Release from the Riley County Health Department and City of Manhattan. This afternoon the Riley County Health Department launched a drive-thru swabbing station in partnership with Konza Prairie Community Health Center. The station will provide COVID-19 testing for pre-screened patients only. Testing will be available to people who have written orders sent to the Riley [...]

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Riley County commissioners extended the local disaster emergency declaration to the end of the year. The original declaration was issued on March 18 due to Gov. Laura Kelly’s state of emergency declaration.  The declaration was in place for seven days, with the option to extend it. County Counselor Clancy Holeman made the suggestion based on [...]

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A Manhattan activist organization is publicly demanding the resignation of the Riley County commission chairman over allegations of racism and misinformation. The group, Manhattan Alliance for Peace and Justice (MAPJ), has called Marvin Rodriguez’s comments at a special meeting of the Riley County commission on Wednesday, March 18 “derogatory,” “misinformed” and “racist” and are petitioning [...]

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A Manhattan activist organization is publicly demanding the resignation of the Riley County commission chairman over allegations of racism and misinformation. The group, Manhattan Alliance for Peace and Justice (MAPJ), has called Marvin Rodriguez’s comments at a special meeting of the Riley County commission on Wednesday, March 18 “derogatory,” “misinformed” and “racist” and are petitioning [...]

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Budget season is fast approaching for the Riley County Police Department. The department on March 16 presented to the Law Board its first budget proposal which includes a 4 percent increase (around $900,000) in new funds. Captain Josh Kyle says the proposal asks for the hiring of a part-time clerk to assist with administrative duties [...]

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A 51-year-old Manhattan man, who became Riley County’s first patient to be tested positive for the Coronavirus, is a K-State faculty member. Andrew Smith is a professor in the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism, who recently traveled with his family and several journalism students to London to study abroad over Spring Break. Those students and [...]

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A revision was made Sunday to the Riley County Health Department’s ban on public gatherings of more than 10 people. All public gatherings of more than 10 people, whether indoors or outdoors, in Riley County remain prohibited unless otherwise exempted below. This second order prohibiting public gatherings shall remain in effect until at least April [...]

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