The Manhattan Arts Center is excited to be part of Giving Tuesday once again. Development Committee Member and volunteer Jennifer Edwards was on Monday’s Greater Manhattan Community Foundation Hour on KMAN. She says all donations to MAC for Giving Tuesday support MAC’s youth program. “The money will be used for scholarships, musical instrument maintenance, supplies [...]

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The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police.  Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law as well as in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further.  Those arrested are presumed innocent [...]

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A Manhattan man was injured Saturday following a rollover accident in southern Riley County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports that just before 6:30 p.m., a Jeep Grand Cherokee was southbound in the 400 block of Sandy Land Road, just north of K-18 near Zeandale. The vehicle left the roadway into the west ditch and rolled [...]

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A Manhattan man has been arrested on charges related to an alleged stabbing Friday night in Reno County. According to Hutchinson Police, 31-year-old Bryce Baker was arrested on charges of aggravated battery, criminal damage to property and criminal trespassing. Police say an investigation determined Baker was involved in a fight at a garage just after [...]

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Junction City High School will move all students into remote learning for the month of December. The district announced the shift Saturday in a news release. The change only impacts the high school. There will be no school Monday and Tuesday while administrators work to move all high school students to remote learning. Classes will [...]

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An 87-year-old Riley County woman has become the 15th local resident to die from COVID-19 complications since the virus first presented in March. The health department says she was a resident of the Leonardville Nursing Home and died Tuesday, after initially testing positive on Nov. 3. No further information is being released. The county tallied [...]

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Winter sports will proceed with some extra precautions the next few weeks after the Kansas State High School Activities Association’s Board of Directors voted to not delay the season. Among those precautions, no fans will be allowed from Dec. 1 through Jan. 28. For wrestling, some significant changes will be coming forward, according to USD [...]

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Manhattan businesses are encouraging residents to shop locally this weekend, with a focus on Small Business Saturday. Downtown Manhattan Executive Director Gina Scroggs says Small Business Saturday is a reminder to people about the impact small businesses have on a local economy. “In an attempt to educate our community about why it’s so important to [...]

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Thanksgiving was held at Fort Riley, with some notable adjustments this year due to COVID-19. Meals were served Thursday afternoon to soldiers at the Devil’s Den and Whitside Dining Facilities, with several safety protocols in place, including tents set up outside the facilities. Culinary Specialist Sgt. Gabriel Bailey. “We were estimating for about 1500 personnel [...]

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Updated COVID-19 case numbers were not immediately available Wednesday from the Riley or Pottawatomie County Health Departments. Riley County did release its weekly percent positive rate for the week of Nov. 15 through Nov. 21, which remained about the same as the week before at 16 percent, with 419 testing positive out of over 2,600 [...]

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