The Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad is holding a fundraiser for track maintenance. This is the train that operates from Abilene to Enterprise and back during the spring and summer. General Manager Ross Boelling says the railroad wasn’t well maintained by previous ownership. The project will be done in two phases, with the first starting in early March. Phase one will stabilize the track with a $30,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Dickinson County. The railroad also has $10,000 in donations and gifts, but needs another $65,000 the first phase. While maintenance is needed for the tracks, Boelling says…
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Numerous groups took to the stage at Forum Hall in the K-State Student Union to commemorate the university’s Lunar New Year Celebration on Saturday. See a selection of images from the afternoon below. Click here for a preview of the event. The 2022 program is presented by the Vietnamese Students Association, Society of Asian Scientists & Engineers, and Asian American Student Union at Kansas State University.
Geary County Schools USD 475 plans to highlight its strategic plan at a rescheduled 2022 State of Education address. Superintendent Dr. Reginald Eggleston joined KMAN’s In Focus Friday, discussing numerous topics including the address. That event is now planned for March 22nd at 7 p.m. at the Junction City High School auditorium after being postponed due to the prevalence of COVID-19 in the local community. “It does give us an opportunity to talk about everything that has transpired over the past 12 months,” Eggleston says, including the approval of the five-year strategic plan by the USD 475 Board of Education…
USD 383 is seeking public input on a budget plan for millions of dollars of federal funding coming to the district. The Manhattan-Ogden school district was allocated over $7.25 million by Congress in March of 2021 intended to help elementary and secondary schools respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in various ways. This is the third round of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency (ESSER III) funds distributed since 2020, provided this time as part of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). USD 383 previously received over $812,000 through the CARES Act and over $3.2 million as part of the CRRSA Act.…
The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police. Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law as well as in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. MANHATTAN, KAN. – Officers filed a report for theft in the 400 block of N. Park Rd. in Manhattan on February 4, 2022, around 2:05 a.m. Officers listed a 24-year-old male as the victim when it was…
On Friday morning we spoke with 51st District State Rep. Ron Highland with our Weekly Legislative Update.
On Friday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with USD 383 Director of Business Services Lew Faust. Riley County Extension Nutrition, Food Safety and Health Agent Megan Dougherty also joined the program. In our final segments we spoke with Geary County Schools Superintendent Dr. Reginald Eggleston.
Valentine’s Day is just over a week away and downtown Manhattan invites you to celebrate. Gina Snyder, Downtown Manhattan Incorporated executive director, tells KMAN that several restaurants are running specials during the holiday weekend and on Valentine’s day itself. She says whether it’s dining in or picking up or whether its a full meal, drinks, or even just dessert, downtown is the place. “Several of them are doing take-out desserts as well. So if you are wanting to just do something special with desserts, you’ll be able to find that on our website, or you can go directly to your…
Governor Laura Kelly this week vetoed the congressional redistricting map, a move that was expected, following outcry from Democrats who argued the map took away a stronghold for the state’s lone Democrat in Congress, Rep. Sharice Davids. The map splits Wyandotte County into two separate congressional districts. It also separates the city of Lawrence from Douglas County and places urban boundaries of Lawrence into Rep. Tracy Mann’s 1st Congressional District. 51st District State Rep. Ron Highland (R-Wamego), voted present on the bill the first time around and explains why. “I heard from many of my constituents they were not happy…
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