An annual chicken feed in Pottawatomie County will look a little different this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic. St. Joseph’s Catholic Church has opted to shift its annual chicken dinner fundraiser to a drive-thru event. The picnic typically draws thousands to Flush for the food, festivities, and fun. This year’s event will take place Sunday, [...]

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Officers filed a report for rape in Manhattan on August 6, 2020, at approximately 7:12 PM. Officers listed a 21-year-old female as the victim and a 25-year-old male known to her as the suspect. Due to the nature of the crime reported, no additional inf...

BRI visit and overview of its COVID-19 research Gov. Laura Kelly toured the Biosecurity Research Institute at Kansas State University Thursday to see research the facility is conducting on COVID-19 and COVID-19 treatments. While press members were unable to take part in the tour, they were able to speak with Kelly and BRI researchers afterward, [...]

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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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Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 will start the school year with their hybrid model of learning. The announcement was made during the school board meeting where Final Draft 2 of the plan was presented.  Superintendent Dr. Marvin Wade says the plan will allow for students to be spread out and lessen the number of people in each [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested Wednesday night after attempting to escape arrest. 38-year-old James Watkins of Manhattan was taken into custody by Riley County police around 8:15 p.m. in the 1600 block of Fairchild Avenue. Watkins is accused of criminal property damage and fleeing from police. He was issued a $3,000 bond and is no [...]

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Motorists at Fort Riley will need to adjust their routes. The base plans to close the Trooper gate temporarily as it begins on a construction project at the Trooper Access Control Point. It closes Friday at 7 p.m. and will remain so until the project wraps by the end of September. In its place, Fort [...]

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Manhattan Tuesday unanimously passed a 1st reading of its 2021 budget featuring a flat mill levy. The full budget amounts more than $166 million, up about $3 million due to about half a million dollars in property valuation increases — to be in-part directed to the city’s bond and interest fund and to fully fund [...]

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Recently a team of virologists in the College of Veterinary Medicine published a study showing a possible therapeutic treatment for COVID-19. The study, “3C-like protease inhibitors block coronavirus replication in vitro and improve survival in MERS-CoV-infected mice,” appears in the Aug. 3 issue of Science Translational Medicine, a prestigious medical journal. The team includes Yunjeong [...]

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