Wonder Workshop Founder Richard Pitts passed Monday morning after a decade long fight with cancer. Pitts, a New Jersey native, came to Manhattan to study history at K-State.  He began to develop a children’s educational program concept and created the Wonder Workshop back in 1995.  The museum carries out exhibits and programs to teach about the arts, sciences, [...]

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Riley County commissioners approved the purchase of the First Christian Church property during their meeting Monday. Commissioners brought up the purchase last meeting, but put it on hold due to a non-unanimous vote.  They want to use the property for additional office space due to expansions to the courthouse.  During this meeting, Commissioner Ron Wells [...]

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Pottawatomie County will receive up to about $21,000 in federal aid to help prepare for the primary and general elections this year. These funds come from about $2.6 million being given to county voting officials in Kansas and will go towards temporary help, publications and getting out information about in-person and mail-in voting. Kansas is [...]

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A recent survey of major Manhattan area employers finds a huge drop in consumer confidence to be the top concern as the coronavirus pandemic continues. Some 55 survey responses submitted by the Greater Manhattan Economic Partnership were received from those employers in Riley and Pottawatomie counties. They represent over 7,600 jobs in the Manhattan area, [...]

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Two dozen Manhattan businesses have been added to the list of recipients of emergency dollars from the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce’s emergency assistance loan program. The second round recipients are receiving just under $112,000 in funding. The funds are drawn down from the City of Manhattan’s Economic Development Fund upon approval of the City [...]

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New cases of coronavirus are holding steady for the most part in the Manhattan area. The Riley County Health Department reported a 58th overall case Monday morning, a 63-year-old male patient who was a close contact of another confirmed positive patient. The county has seen a significant increase in the number of people who have [...]

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New cases of coronavirus are holding steady for the most part in the Manhattan area. The Riley County Health Department reported a 58th overall case Monday morning, a 63-year-old male patient who was a close contact of another confirmed positive patient. The county has seen a significant increase in the number of people who have [...]

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Update 10:30 a.m. Monday Junction City Police have identified the person who died Saturday following a seven-hour standoff. Captain Trish Giordano says 39-year-old Damien Paul St. Julien died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Officers had been attempting to arrest him on a felony warrant out of Douglas County. St. Julien was initially located in his [...]

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Fort Riley museums and the 1st Division celebrated the 75th anniversary of the victory of Europe during World War II, or VE Day on Friday. Fort Riley Museums Dr. Robert Smith showed KMAN some of the museums artifacts that involved the 1st Division during the war.  Over 43,000 soldiers served in the big red one [...]

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