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Leonardville Pride 2022 Hullabaloo well attended despite extreme heat

Kansas Pride is a program dedicated to serving communities across the state to encourage and assist local government and volunteers in making their community a better place to live and work. Local communities identify what they would like to preserve, create, or improve for their future. Saturday, Leonardville Pride hosted their 2022 Hullabaloo, and to [...]

Apple Day 2022 advance orders being accepted for historic Ft Riley pies

Fort Riley is open for business post-pandemic; and the Historical and Archaeological Society of Fort Riley (HASFR) is gearing up for the 2022 Fall Apple Day Festival on September 24. Pie Queens Victoria Rios-Furlow and Penny Marvin say the secret pie recipe is more than 150 years old and belonged to a famous resident in [...]

County Engineer advises smoke in area and road work starts next week

Riley County Assistant Engineer Evan McMillan told commissioners Thursday about some work that will be starting next week. He anticipates the brush will burn for about a week, keeping smoke in the area. The asphalt overlay will take about a month to complete. His department has another project on the horizon. The Commissioners unanimously approved [...]

By |2022-08-11T17:30:33-05:00August 11th, 2022|Categories: Local News|Tags: , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on County Engineer advises smoke in area and road work starts next week

Riley County Seniors giving their time to remember 9/11 victims

Riley County Council on Aging Executive Board Chair Kevin Larson says residents at Riley County Senior Center are busy volunteering. The seniors prepared 150 flags the first day. They have a lot of work to prepare for the September 11th remembrance. Nearly 3,000 people were killed at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a [...]

By |2022-08-11T17:05:24-05:00August 11th, 2022|Categories: Local News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Riley County Seniors giving their time to remember 9/11 victims

Maternal and Child Health Program represented at Everybody Counts Community Event

The annual Everybody Counts Community Event was well-attended yesterday at the Douglass Community Complex in Manhattan. The Riley County Health Department’s Bilingual Navigator, Maria Baquero, was there helping the community to learn about available services from the County’s Maternal & Child Health program: Riley County and the State of Kansas have both proclaimed they are [...]

By |2022-08-07T15:01:02-05:00August 7th, 2022|Categories: Local News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Maternal and Child Health Program represented at Everybody Counts Community Event

Everybody Counts Community Event promotes calling 211 for local resources

The Douglass Recreation Complex in Manhattan hosted the Everybody Counts Community Event yesterday. Agencies and Organizations passed out goodies; provided resource information; and chatted with the community. But, Konza United Way’s CEO, Tara Claussen, says there is also 24/7 help available: 211 is answered by a larger United Way in the Wichita area, but Claussen [...]

By |2022-08-07T14:29:38-05:00August 7th, 2022|Categories: Local News|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on Everybody Counts Community Event promotes calling 211 for local resources

Two Manhattan residents injured in Sunday night crash

Two Manhattan residents were injured around 10:45pm Sunday in the 6100 block of Anderson Avenue. RCPD responded to the scene where a 2003 Subaru Forester operated by 25-year-old Jose Castro-Rivera had been traveling west when he maneuvered to avoid a deer. Police say the vehicle left the road, partially overturned, and came to an up-right [...]

By |2022-07-25T11:44:44-05:00July 25th, 2022|Categories: Local News|Tags: , |Comments Off on Two Manhattan residents injured in Sunday night crash

9-year-old Manhattan resident wins Baking Contest at Riley County Fair

  This year’s Baking competition at the Riley County Fair was cinnamon rolls, and the judges enjoyed their sweet assignment on Sunday. Riley County Commissioner John Ford joined Founder/Publisher Tyler Jackson of Manhattan City Lifestyle Magazine to judge the competition. The two enjoyed every entry, awarding a purple ribbon (excellent quality) to each. Manhattan’s Audrey [...]

By |2022-07-24T16:27:18-05:00July 24th, 2022|Categories: Local News|Tags: , |Comments Off on 9-year-old Manhattan resident wins Baking Contest at Riley County Fair

Manhattan resident enters rocket to Riley County Fair

A Manhattan 9-year-old entered a rocket as his STEM Project at the Riley County Fair, Friday afternoon. Gantt Chase from the CiCo Shamrocks 4-H Club already has a background in rocketry. Participants submitted their projects, along with evidence that it is operational, directly to a judge. The judges critiqued the projects as they were submitted, giving compliments on design [...]

By |2022-07-22T17:15:08-05:00July 22nd, 2022|Categories: Local News|Tags: , |Comments Off on Manhattan resident enters rocket to Riley County Fair

Former Wamego teachers accused of sexual relations with a student make first court appearance

Two former Wamego teachers appeared in Pottawatomie District Court Tuesday morning. 51-year-old Allen and 55-year-old Deborah Sylvester appeared in front of Judge Erich Campbell. Each are charged with unlawful sexual relations involving a student who was 17, later turned 18, during the 2020-21 school year. On May 31st, the married couple resigned their positions as [...]

By |2022-07-19T11:28:47-05:00July 19th, 2022|Categories: Local News|Tags: , |Comments Off on Former Wamego teachers accused of sexual relations with a student make first court appearance
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