The 14th confirmed case of COVID-19 in Riley County is an Ogden man in his 50s, officials said Monday.
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The Riley County Commission on Monday tabled discussion on whether to continue allowing county employees who work in law enforcement and emergency medical care to work additionally in other counties, whether in a full time or part time capacity, during the coronavirus pandemic.
One semester, as K-State entomology students were getting ready for their class, they discovered that right in front of them, their professor Jeremy Marshall had turned into a giant bug.
The Manhattan Alliance for Peace and Justice is continuing its calls for the Riley County commission to begin offering online streams of its meetings, and for chairman Marvin Rodriguez to resign following comments the group is calling racist, grossly incorrect and insensitive.
The Riley County Health Department was informed Sunday evening of another positive coronavirus test, which brings the county’s number of known cases to 14.
Coronavirus is now spreading throughout the community, local officials have confirmed, as one of the most recent cases involved a person who contracted it here.
One word that’s been frequently brought up during the coronavirus pandemic is “uncertainty.”
It took a while for Manhattan High School senior Will Bannister to fully process what the cancellation of in-person classes for the rest of the school year would mean for him.
The Manhattan City Commission on Tuesday will discuss and provide feedback about the community development block grant (CDBG) program.
Let’s go to a city council meeting. City council members are listening to a presentation about perceptions of their community. Is this presentation being made by an expensive consultant from halfway across the country? No, this presentation is being made by a local group whose average age is…
Miriam Chamberlain was starting to get better from her battle with COVID-19, but then she fell into what her doctors called a relapse of her symptoms.
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The Geary County Health Department announced the county’s first positive case of COVID-19 Saturday afternoon.
Riley County has two new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 11, but there is still no evidence of community spread, officials announced Saturday.
The Riley County Police Department arrested a Manhattan man late Friday afternoon after several people reported that a shot was fired in Aggieville.
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O’Malley’s Inc. denied nearly all allegations in a lawsuit against it for allegedly failing to protect its bar patrons from sexual assault. A former K-State student reported to police she was raped at O’Malley’s Alley in 2018 and sued the bar for negligence.
The next dean of K-State’s Carl R. Ice College of Engineering will be Matthew J. O’Keefe.
Riley County tied for the highest grade among all Kansas counties in a gauge of compliance with social distancing.
American Airlines has suspended all flights at the Manhattan Regional Airport to and from Chicago until May 1, the airport announced Thursday evening.
An additional case of the coronavirus has increased Riley County’s total to nine, as of Friday morning.
Riley County Police Department Assistant Director Kurt Moldrup said RCPD's follow-up with asking businesses to close because of Gov. Laura Kelly's stay-at-home order went successfully.
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The Manhattan-Ogden school district on Wednesday launched its continuous learning webpage, which will act as a hub for learning materials as the district works to continue educating students.
The Boys and Girls Club of Manhattan is hosting a drive-through family dinner program at Bluestem Grill starting Friday.
Although K-State is allowing this spring’s graduates to walk at December’s commencement ceremonies, veterinary students won’t have that same opportunity, as the College of Veterinary Medicine doesn’t have a fall commencement.
Riley County commissioners on Thursday approved a measure that would punish any county employees who travel out-of-state for a “non-essential activity” during the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce has started to accept online applications for its newly created business emergency fund.
Wednesday was the first day of the Manhattan-Ogden school district’s continuous learning plan, and district administrators say rollout of that plan has been largely successful.
Three more positive tests have brought Riley County’s total of confirmed coronavirus cases up to eight.
Another Riley County resident has tested positive for the coronavirus.
Another Riley County resident has tested positive for the coronavirus.
The Manhattan City Commission on Tuesday passed an emergency resolution on how its meetings would proceed, but two commissioners expressed their dissatisfaction with the resolution’s removal of open public comment at the first meeting of each month.
It was nearly the day Katie Delph-Miller and Garland Miller had been planning for for months — their wedding day.
Alison and Nat Bjerke-Harvey started preparing for the anticipated social distancing measures brought by COVID-19 around St. Patrick’s Day. It didn’t make the reality of when those measures were implemented any easier.
Local businesses will soon be able to apply for no-interest loans up to $20,000 after the Manhattan City Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved a $500,000 loan request from the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce to help struggling businesses during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Students at K-State will have the option to move to a more forgiving grading system, university administrators announced at a virtual student town hall Tuesday afternoon.
Local health officials Tuesday announced three new positive cases of the coronavirus in Riley County, the most reported in one day.
Aggieville businesses laid off about 880 part-time and full-time employees because of the COVID-19 pandemic, said Dennis Cook, president of the Aggieville Business Association.
A 22-year-old Kansas State University student has tested positive for the coronavirus, health officials announced Tuesday evening.
Meadowlark Hills, the largest retirement community in the Manhattan area, established a checkpoint station Wednesday to start screening all traffic coming into its campus.
A 29-year-old Manhattan man has tested positive for the coronavirus, officials announced Tuesday afternoon.
The Manhattan-Ogden school board will meet Wednesday to discuss contracting for a $389,000 fiber internet build-out to Oliver Brown Elementary School and the district’s new warehouse property in east Manhattan.
The Riley County Commission on Monday approved how the county will pay employees during the month of April in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Belvue Bridge is back on the radar of the Pottawatomie County Commission.
A 71-year-old Wamego woman has tested positive for the coronavirus.
A 57-year-old man in Riley County has tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the total of positive cases for area residents to four.
Riley County Health Department Director Julie Gibbs said Monday afternoon that officials are waiting on one pending coronavirus test.
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