Five Ascension Via Christi Hospital certified nursing assistants (CNAs) are volunteering to assist medical officials at Ascension facilities in Illinois and Indiana. Alyssa Jones and Brooklin Stoddard are both traveling to Chicago. Baylee Hogan, Cortney Kipp and Taylor Vandeloo are volunteering in Indianapolis, where outbreaks of the coronavirus have been more rampant. The five were [...]

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Small towns are adjusting to life amid the coronavirus pandemic. In the City of Riley, Mayor Tim Sharp says facilities are closed, but government continues to operate. “We have two full-time employees that work there (at City Hall), they’re both still working, doing their job and they do let people in sometimes, but if we [...]

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Construction crews have begun tunneling work under the Union Pacific Railroad tracks at 5th Street and Fort Riley Blvd. It’s the first phase of a nearly $6.4 million storm sewer drainage improvement project near downtown Manhattan. Crews are installing a 66-inch diameter concrete storm sewer pipe using a horizontal drilling machine to cut a tunnel [...]

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Graduation will look a lot different for area high schools this spring. A number of districts are working on plans to offer some form of ceremony, whether it’s held later or held virtually. USD 384 Blue Valley Superintendent Brady Burton says the school board approved the graduation committee’s recommendation to push the in-person ceremony to [...]

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Area nonprofits received a welcome boost to funding Wednesday with a record $768,307 raised in 24 hours of online fundraising through the eighth annual Grow Green Match Day. The total surpassed last year’s donations by more than $250,000. The amount of donor gifts also increased from more than 2,600 a year ago to over 4,200 [...]

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The construction timeline for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility is being delayed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Department of Homeland Security and US Department of Agriculture announced jointly the NBAF facility which had been projecting a December 2020 completion date and a May 2021 commissioning, will shift. NBAF Program Manager for DHS [...]

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Kansas State University will proceed with the creation of the Institute for Global Food, Health and Biosecurity, pending $5 million in funding from the state legislature. At a virtual meeting of the Board of Regents last week, Provost Chuck Taber said the effort would be designed to compliment the global food systems work which is [...]

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One person was air lifted from a motor vehicle accident Monday near St. George. The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office says the crash, which occurred around 11 a.m. involved two passenger cars at the intersection of Highway 24 and Blackjack Road. Both cars were eastbound at the time of the crash. The drivers of both vehicles [...]

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Facing uncertainty ahead of the 2021 budget year, the Riley County Law Board Monday directed Riley County Police Department leadership to bring back a zero budget proposal to next month’s meeting. Law Board member and Manhattan City Commissioner Wynn Butler says with no sales tax coming in and grim revenue projections, the increase for RCPD [...]

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The Manhattan City Commission will consider settling a debt agreement of more than $5,000 for city sewer service with Riley County Commissioner Ron Wells. Tuesday’s consent agenda includes the agreement which would resolve connectivity issues after it was discovered in 2017 that a Wells family property was receiving free sewer service at 3605 and 3609 [...]

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