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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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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Gas prices are the cheapest this Thanksgiving holiday week since 2015, according to AAA. The national average is at $2.10, with gas prices in Manhattan trending around $1.91 most places. Five years ago the national average was about a nickel cheaper at $2.05. This year, nearly half of all states are seeing gas prices anywhere [...]

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Sunset Zoo in Manhattan isn’t just a summertime trip, but also a winter outing as well. Melissa Kirkwood, zoo Marketing and Development Officer, says that the zoo is open throughout the entire year. She says the winter hours are a little shorter this year and tells KMAN one reason why. “Our keepers can do that [...]

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Ascension Via Christi has updated its visitation measures once again amid surging coronavirus case numbers locally. The Manhattan hospital announced Monday it will not allow visitors for inpatient medical/surgical and critical care patients or in the emergency department. Exceptions include one visitor per patient (none under the age of 18) for OB/Labor and Delivery patients, [...]

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Students and non-students seeking rental properties in the Manhattan area now have an easy to use, free online option to find housing. The new website is called MHKHousing.com and is entirely student run through Collegian Media Group at Kansas State University. The site, which officially launches in January, offers an extensive, consolidated online catalog of [...]

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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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