Kansas State University has licensed a technology that may lead to production of an antiviral drug to treat coronaviruses and noroviruses. This comes as worldwide concern increases over the novel cornavirus outbreak, COVID-19. A release from the university Friday said two K-State College of Veterinary Medicine virologists, Yungeong Kim and Kyeong-Ok “KC” Chang along with [...]

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A 15-time Grammy award winner will headline this year’s Symphony in the Flint Hills. Organizers of the annual event announced Thursday that renowned banjo player Bela Fleck, the longtime frontman for Bela Fleck and the Flecktones will be the featured performer alongside the Kansas City Symphony. This year’s event takes place June 13 at the [...]

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The K-State Graduate School hosted its annual 3MT Competition this Thursday, February 27th at the K-State Alumni Center. The competition was a completion of a previous competition which was held on February 14th. In this event winners from the last event competed once again for a chance to represent K-State at the Midwestern Association of [...]

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USD 378 Riley County Schools Superintendent Cliff Williams is keeping an eye on a pair of legislative bills that could alter state aid when it comes to bonds and interest, tilting the scales in favor of taxpayers. Williams says Senate Bill 382 and House Bill 2526 are similar in their approaches, but favors the Senate [...]

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USD 378 Riley County Schools Superintendent Cliff Williams is keeping an eye on a pair of legislative bills that could alter state aid when it comes to bonds and interest, tilting the scales in favor of taxpayers. Williams says Senate Bill 382 and House Bill 2526 are similar in their approaches, but favors the Senate [...]

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A home in Blue Township sustained minor damage following a small house fire Thursday. Pottawatomie County and Blue Township firefighters responded just before 1 p.m. to a house fire in the 3400 block of Dempsey Road. Assistant Pottawatomie County Fire Chief Alex Kinderknecht (Kin-dur-connect) says the fire was contained to a room on the south [...]

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Pawnee Mental Health Services’ second annual Pancakes for Pawnee event that took place at the Early Edition restaurants in Manhattan Tuesday is believed to have topped fundraising numbers from last year. Estimates put the amount of money raised at around $17,000. Robbin Cole, the Pawnee Mental Health Services Executive Director, says they also saw the [...]

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RANDOLPH — USD 384 Blue Valley/Randolph Schools will be getting a new superintendent this summer. His name is John Cox and he’s the current middle school principal at Parsons Middle School in southeast Kansas. “I’m looking forward to getting a lay of the land and seeing the things we’re doing, what needs to be tweaked, [...]

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RANDOLPH — USD 384 Blue Valley/Randolph Schools will be getting a new superintendent this summer. His name is John Cox and he’s the current middle school principal at Parsons Middle School in southeast Kansas. “I’m looking forward to getting a lay of the land and seeing the things we’re doing, what needs to be tweaked, [...]

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RANDOLPH — USD 384 Blue Valley/Randolph Schools will be getting a new superintendent this summer. His name is John Cox and he’s the current middle school principal at Parsons Middle School in southeast Kansas. “I’m looking forward to getting a lay of the land and seeing the things we’re doing, what needs to be tweaked, [...]

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