Riley County commissioners Monday approved a contract for advisory services for dispersing federal coronavirus relief funds. The county will contract with Witt O’Brien’s, a Risk Management and Emergency Response Consulting Firm. Budget and Finance Officer Tami Robison says Riley County’s portion of the governor’s Strengthening People and Revitalizing Kansas (SPARK) spending plan is around $15 [...]

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Riley County commissioners Monday approved a contract for advisory services for dispersing federal coronavirus relief funds. The county will contract with Witt O’Brien’s, a Risk Management and Emergency Response Consulting Firm. Budget and Finance Officer Tami Robison says Riley County’s portion of the governor’s Strengthening People and Revitalizing Kansas (SPARK) spending plan is around $15 [...]

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Census numbers down in Riley County and Manhattan While response numbers in Kansas for the 2020 United States Census may be up in comparison to the rest of the country, response numbers in Riley County and Manhattan are down. According to Emily Kelly, U.S. Census Bureau censorship coordinator for Kansas and Oklahoma, Riley County has [...]

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Riley County COVID-19 numbers continue to rise locally, with now 61 active cases, and 132 total cases in the county since the pandemic began. Those were the latest figures as of Monday afternoon. (Earlier in the day, it was mistakenly reported that active cases were at 25.) “We had a huge jump in our cases [...]

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The Boys & Girls Club of Manhattan has shut down operations at its 5th Street location after a staffer tested positive for COVID-19. The organization says it was notified Saturday and all families connected to the staff member have been notified. Director Trent Jones says it is possible other staff members and kids were exposed [...]

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Aggieville’s Taco Lucha and So Long Saloon have shut down after the business said staff members there came in contact with others who tested positive for the coronavirus. They say out of an abundance of caution and to protect public health, they are closing their doors indefinitely and will reopen once they feel it is [...]

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Following a morning march, at least 100 Manhattan residents continued Juneteenth observations Friday night at City Park with a flashlight vigil for those killed by police nationwide. Juneteenth commemorates the date when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas and announced the emancipation of enslaved people in the state on June 19, 1865. Also known as Black Independence Day, [...]

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Riley County Police announced Friday that a Junction City woman has been arrested in connection to a 2017 murder in southern Riley County. Bobbie Jo Long was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for conspiracy to commit first degree murder and aggravated kidnapping. The arrest is tied to the death of Carrie Jones, [...]

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Manhattan and Riley County officials at a joint meeting Thursday agreed to draft an interlocal agreement to service the new Keats Sewer District. County and city staff will now work out service details and price points to connect the planned sanitary sewer system in Keats to Manhattan’s treatment facility before returning to the bodies for final [...]

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WESTMORELAND — Pottawatomie County is phasing out COVID-19 related limitations and restrictions, despite the health officer’s recommendation to extend the county’s public health order for another 10-14 days. At a Friday morning meeting the Pottawatomie County Commission, acting as the Board of County Health voted 3-0 to not extend Public Health Order No. 6. The [...]

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