A fire at a Junction City apartment complex Friday evening was ruled as intentional after it was found to have been started by a juvenile playing with lighters. The individual stated that this was their first time playing with lighters and they did so because they were curious about fire. The fire took place at [...]

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ONE Gas Inc, the parent company of Kansas Gas Service plans to present $70,000 in ONE Gas Foundation grants to Kansas nonprofit agencies including a number of Manhattan-area agencies. The grants will go to the Greater Manhattan Community Foundation, in addition to foundations in Wichita, Topeka and the United Way of Greater Kansas City. GMCF [...]

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Nearly $12.7 million is being distributed to Kansas State University from the federal government, half of which is directly aimed at student financial assistance. The funding, announced Thursday, is one branch of the $2.1 trillion federal Coronavirus Air, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump in late [...]

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Residents of Washington County are being mandated 14-day quarantine and isolation if they recently traveled to Riley County. The Washington County Health Department announced this week the new measure which applies to any Washington County resident who traveled into Riley County on or after April 7. The measure is in place to limit the spread [...]

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A Manhattan man is jailed after an early Friday morning domestic incident. Riley County Police have charged 21-year-old Kono Desoto Smith with two counts of battery, two counts of domestic battery and one count of aggravated burglary. Police were called out just before 4 a.m. Friday to the Gramercy Apartment complex at College and Kimball [...]

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Riley County EMS will be holding an audit for their employees who hold outside jobs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision was made to protect both EMS employees and the public, and affects both part time and full time employees.  EMS positions are high risk during the pandemic since they are responding to [...]

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Keep Teaching With in-person classes being cancelled for the rest of the school year, K-State has taken steps to make the transition to remote classes easier for higher-education professional. The Keep Teaching program allows university staff to share information and tools for implementing a successful online-teaching experience. While K-State has a Keep Teaching program for [...]

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