Riley County recently received a grant from the Department of Justice to start a new drug court program. The $550,000 grant was awarded to Riley County Community Corrections Dec. 9. It essentially creates an alternative to incarceration for criminal or juvenile offenders and parents with pending child welfare cases who have alcohol and other drug [...]

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COVID numbers continue to climb locally, with the Riley County Health Department Wednesday confirming 161 new infections and 176 more recoveries since Dec. 29. The health department is monitoring 206 active cases while the percent of positive test results rose to over 14 percent for the week of Dec. 26. Ascension Via Christi was caring [...]

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The Riley County Health Department has adopted the new Kansas Department of Health and Environment guidelines for COVID quarantine and isolation. Last week, KDHE announced it would adopt the CDC’s new guidelines reducing the 10 period to only five days. That is now in effective in Riley County. Guidelines state those with lab-confirmed COVID-19 infections, [...]

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