As higher education institutions grapple with a possible return to in person learning this fall, projections remain uncertain with how enrollment will be impacted. Manhattan Christian College President Kevin Ingram tells KMAN that recruiting has actually ticked up, with April applications for the fall up 21 percent versus last year. Acceptances are also up 45 [...]

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Riley County continues to see a flattening of the coronavirus curve. Health Department Director and local health officer Julie Gibbs says just one new positive case came in over the weekend. It was only the second reported case in well over a week. Another case was confirmed by late Tuesday afternoon, bringing the county’s total [...]

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ST. MARYS, Kan. — A Kansas City Star investigative report has uncovered numerous accounts of alleged sexual abuse at the hands of clergy within all four of the state’s catholic dioceses, and now expanded to include the Society of St. Piux X, which is based in St. Marys and runs an academy there. It’s unclear [...]

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Some local pet control officers are working to help a Riley County pet owner get into compliance after about 30 terrier-mix dogs were found at a Randolph home earlier this week. T. Russell Reitz Animal Control officers worked with the owner to surrender over five adult dogs and four puppies that needed immediate care. Those [...]

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Junction City has announced that the 12th Street Community Center will reopen Tuesday. The center will operate on a limited hour and activity schedule from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The center will be closed on Sundays Patrons are asked to bring their own equipment, such as basketballs. Backpacks and purses will [...]

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An overnight robbery in downtown Manhattan is under investigation. The Riley County Police Department’s incident report states a hold-up took place around 2 a.m. Thursday at 3rd and Poyntz Ave. RCPD spokesperson Hali Rowland says the victim, a 26-year-old man, told police his shoes and wallet were stolen. He was not able to provide a [...]

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Three men, including a pair from Wamego are facing federal charges for illegally hunting whitetail deer in off-limit areas of Fort Riley where explosives are discharged for tranining exercises. U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said Wednesday that 55-year-old Gregory Frikken and 32-year-old James Nunley, both of Wamego and 55-year-old Michael J. Smith of Watertown, New York [...]

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Riley County continues to see improvement in the number of positive cases of coronavirus locally. Health officials announced no new cases Wednesday and remains at 60 total positive cases since mid-March. Of that total, six cases are currently active 53 people have recovered and one person has died. There are currently 83 pending test results [...]

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Former Manhattan Mayor Mike Dodson has filed for the vacant 67th district House seat in the Kansas Legislature. The retired U.S. Army veteran filed for the seat Wednesday, a day after Tom Phillips announced he wasn’t seeking re-election this fall. Dodson tells KMAN he still has the energy and desire to serve as an advocate [...]

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Manhattan State Representative Tom Phillips will not seek re-election to the Kansas House of Representatives. “There’s never a good time to let go of something you enjoy, but I just felt like if I wanted to write a new chapter in my life I have to close this one. I have still my energy level [...]

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