Via Christi Hospital was awarded accreditation recently from the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP), an independent, accreditation organization recognized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). It earned this distinction after the HFAP conducted an extensive and objective review of the quality and safety standards of Via Christi Hospital, a member of Ascension. […]

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Two men were sentenced and a jury trial was set for another in Pottawatomie County Court Thursday. Jarvis Clark was sentenced to 24 months with the Department of Corrections  for discharge of a firearm in an occupied building…as well as six months with DOC for aggravated endangering of a child. Clark was arrested in April […]

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Via Christi Hospital celebrated its new Patient Admissions and GI/ Endoscopy Center Thursday. “The Deacon from St. Thomas More came to bless the facility,” said Joyce Constant, manager of patient access. “It’s been a long time in making and we’re very excited to have the facility.” The entrance features an admissions desk, lab draw area, […]

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Via Christi Hospital named its first The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses recipient during a brief ceremony July 21 at the hospital’s Birth and Women’s Center. Jessi Erickson, RN, a labor and delivery nurse, received the honor. Erickson, who hails from Wamego, has worked for Via Christi Hospital for 11 years. She was one of […]

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“Back to Basics” is the theme for this year’s state conference for Local Emergency Planning Committees being held in Manhattan. David Whitfell with the Kansas Division of Emergency Management was pleased with the nearly 100 in attendance, representing counties from across the state. Whitfell tells KMAN “passing on lessons learned” is what it’s all about. […]

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The region is in a heat advisory for the foreseeable future and just on cue for fair time in Manhattan. The 2016 Riley County Fair gets going Thursday night with the first night of the 81st Annual Kaw Valley Rodeo at 8 p.m. in Wells Arena in CicCo Park. Before that, the opening parade for […]

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A Wakefiled man was arrested on Wednesday. Officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Joshua Schultz, 34. Schultz was arrested on a warrant from Dickinson County for probation violation and was given a bond of $25,000. This arrest took place in the 2100 block of Fort Riley Blvd. as officers were conducting a welfare […]

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The final mill levy is far from set, but Lew Faust had some good news for USD 383 board members at last night’s meeting. Thanks to an increase in property valuation and some changes in how funds are applied to schools, the mill levy might not be changed too much for the upcoming year. Faust, […]

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Richard Tilton, 43, was convicted of one count of aggravated indecent liberties of a child under 13 and 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a child in May of this year. On Wednesday, Tilton received the maximum sentence of life in prison plus 73 months, as well as lifetime parole and electronic monitoring if he […]

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Kansas State University Police and emergency personnel from the Manhattan Fire Department and Riley County EMS responded to the Seaton Hall construction site on the Manhattan campus for a workplace accident shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday. A male worker was injured after a fall at the construction site. He was taken to Manhattan’s Via Christi Hospital. Members of the K-State […]

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