The Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce is requesting a $500,000 loan from the city’s economic development fund to provide a small business assistance program as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Chamber plans to make a formal request Tuesday evening to the Manhattan City Commission. The program, if approved, would be established for [...]

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A week after finding out he was the Manhattan’s area’s first positive COVID-19 case, K-State journalism professor Drew Smith is making some progress. He joined “The Game” on News Radio KMAN Thursday to give an update on his health and ongoing battle with not only the coronavirus, but also pneumonia and hepatitis. Smith traveled to [...]

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Members of the Manhattan Alliance for Peace and Justice called for the resignation of Riley County Commissioner Marvin Rodriguez during Thursday’s Riley County commission meeting. This is due to the comments Rodriguez made during the special meeting on March 18. These comments are being seen as racist since he says the risk of COVID-19 is [...]

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Teachers at Frank V. Bergman Elementary may not be able to work at the school for the time being or physically be near their students. However many of them came out Wednesday to parade through neighborhoods, in their cars to show students how much they miss and care about them. The teacher parade traveled through [...]

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The USD 383 Manhattan/Ogden School Board approved an emergency purchase Wednesday of Internet hot spots and iPad insurance, during a special meeting. Doing so will allow students in the district without Internet be able to complete necessary school work to finish out the year from home. This purchase is part of the continuous learning program. [...]

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UPDATE AS OF 4:30 PM (3/26/2020): Riley County now has two confirmed positive cases of COVID-19. The first patient is a 57 year-old Manhattan woman who visited the Kansas City area last weekend and returned to her private residence in Topeka, where she remains in home isolation. “She was tested in Topeka on Monday and [...]

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As COVID-19 cases rise across the country, the need for further manpower in the health-care industry has resulted in calls for retired medical professionals to re-enter the workforce. Bob Copple, President of Ascension Via Christi Hospital, says a similar trend is occurring locally. Copple says their help is largely being used to help run a [...]

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CLAY CENTER, Kan. — Clay County had its first confirmed positive case of COVID-19 Wednesday. The case involves a resident with a recent known, travel-related exposure. The Clay County Health Department says that individual is currently self-isolating at home and is stable. The individual is reportedly not considered in the high risk category and contracted [...]

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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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Flint Hills Area Transportation Agency buses continue to operate amid COVID-19 closures, though it’s not business as usual. Executive Director Anne Smith spoke with KMAN remotely on In Focus and says their routes will be changing as a result of the outbreak. Hours of operation will not change, but starting Monday, March 30th, ATA buses [...]

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