St. Thomas More to hold drive thru Christmas dinner again this year

St. Thomas More will be holding its Community Christmas Dinner in a drive thru format again this year. This year will mark the 10th year of the Community Christmas Dinner. Pastor Michael Ide says the event started when a volunteer wanted to help with a Thanksgiving dinner, but didn’t need any more volunteers . In [...]

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Eric Church brings “Joy to the World” in White House performance

Dayum. Eric Church was one of the featured performers Wednesday night for PBS' Performance at the White House: Spirit of the Season special and just rocked "Joy to the World." Joanna Cotten being on the vocals as well had a lot to do with the awesomeness of the performance. Since Eric added her as a [...]

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Manhattan Animal Shelter closed until further notice after COVID exposure

Manhattan’s T. Russell Reitz Animal Shelter is closed until further notice after an employee there recently tested positive for COVID-19. The employee tested positive Wednesday and the city is notifying close contacts. Anyone who visited the shelter Tuesday is advised to monitor for symptoms and consult the Riley County Health Department of a physician if [...]

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Open Letter No. 2 from RCPD Director Dennis Butler

Policing in America & The RCPD I don’t know if I have ever seen the topic of police legitimacy remain front page news for as long as it has since May 2020. I’d like to share my perspective as a gauge of what we read and watch about other communities and what I have learned [...]

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Riley County reports 131 new COVID cases; vaccine appointments booked through mid-January

Riley County identified 131 new COVID-19 cases and 110 additional recoveries in its latest weekly report Wednesday. That brings the active case count to 227 countywide, with a percent positive rate for new infections currently at 7.6 percent. The health department says so far, no cases of the new Omicron variant in Riley County, despite [...]

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Manhattan approves Chamber, CVB contracts for 2022

The Manhattan City Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved the budget request for the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce for 2022, totaling over $533,000 from the Economic Development Fund. Chamber officials presented the year end report which included highlights from its work with the Greater Manhattan Economic Partnership and Knowledge Based Economic Development. Chamber President Jason Smith noted its five key areas [...]

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Ascension Via Christi records highest COVID inpatient volume since January

Hospitals are seeing a rise in the number of COVID-19 inpatients being treated. Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan began Wednesday with 12 positive inpatients, five of whom were in the Intensive Care Unit. All five were said to be on ventilators. Hospital President and CEO Bob Copple tells KMAN that a sixth ventilated patient [...]

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NORAD prepping the hot cocoa for the annual Santa tracker

The countdown is on to Santa’s big trip around the world and, for the 66th year, the North American Aerospace Defense Command will be manning the Santa Tracker. The NORAD Santa Tracker website is already live in preparation for Christmas Even, with a full interactive Santa’s Village for you to explore. And then, starting at 3 a.m. [...]

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Watch: Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani Pair for Loved Up Version of “You Make It Feel Like Christmas”

Newlyweds Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani teamed for a new, even more, loved-up version of their duet “You Make It Feel Like Christmas” recently on Stefani’s Facebook Watch series “Live from the Orange Grove.” Shelton looks...

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Junction City officials investigating actions of contract employee during Dec. 15 water treatment plant failure

An investigation is underway to determine why a contract employee, working at Junction City’s Water Treatment Plant, switched from a backup generator back to Evergy power after winds knocked out power to the facility on Dec. 15. City Manager Allen Dinkel said in a Tuesday news release that the full ramifications of that decision are [...]

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