Not just one, not two, but three new recreation facilities have now opened their doors in Manhattan. The City of Manhattan, Manhattan Parks and Recreation, as well as USD 383 took part in a ribbon cutting Sunday to celebrate the opening of the new Eisenhower Recreation Center. “It was just an opportunity to celebrate the culmination of an almost two-year process, to bring these new facilities to the community and just to recognize some of the people that have been involved in that, and to let the community know that we are open,” Randi Clifford, Manhattan Recreation Director…
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Manhattan City Park was the site of the 10th annual C. Clyde Jones 5K and Midge’s Mile Saturday. Participants gathered to show support for Shepherd’s Crossing, which is also celebrating its 20th anniversary. Development Officer and event namesake C. Clyde Jones says the event has evolved over the past decade and now allows people to participate virtually, a result of the COVID pandemic last year. Melanie Horton, Administrative Assistant to the Dean in the K-State College of Business Administration, pointed out that the virtual option has enabled the event’s reach to spread beyond Kansas, even extending overseas. In the past…
The Community Conversations on Race and Reconciliation will talk about equity and inclusion in area education. The current series of the conversation is titled “Listening to Local Voices,” with Monday’s conversation titled MHK Equity and Inclusion in Education. Manhattan Nonviolence Initiative Director Susanne Glymour says the focus on the talk will be about people’s perceptions of those two words. Glymour says everyone in the community is somehow tied to these institutions, so this conversation is for everyone. Manhattan MLK Memorial Committee Co-Chair Kevin Bryant says he hopes this conversation will help eliminate the national fervor and highlight what is being…
A community push to bring everyone together is the key to the third annual Wamego Community Foundation Match Day. Daryn Soldan, Foundation Board Chair, says the inaugural event was in 2019, and each year since, the event has grown. Soldan says even through the pandemic and switching to a virtual setting last year, he says the funds grew from the first-year total of $180,000 plus the matching. Soldan adds that they anticipate another increase in funds this year. “I think it really speaks volumes to the community and to the engagement in the community,” Soldan says. “I’m looking at the…
WICHITA, Kan. — Wichita police say a 16-year-old girl is dead and three teenagers are in custody after shots were fired while two vehicles chased each other. Police Capt. Jeff Weible said officers went to an area near Wichita State University Thursday afternoon after receiving calls about shots being fired. A short time later, a vehicle carrying a group of teenagers arrived at Wesley Medical Center, with the 16-year-old victim in the car. The other vehicle, which had been stolen, was recovered after the suspects fled on foot. Weible says a preliminary investigation indicates the groups in the two cars…
WICHITA, Kan. — Authorities in Sedgwick County are investigating after a woman was found dead in the roadway. The body of the 26-year-old woman was found by a resident just after 7 a.m. Thursday. Emergency crews responded and the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The woman’s name has not been released and authorities are still investigating how she died.
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 burglary in the 3000 block of Anderson Ave. in Manhattan on September 23, 2021, around 11:54 a.m. Officers listed a 50-year-old male as the victim when it was reported…
On Friday’s edition of In Focus RCPD Capt. Josh Kyle and an RCPD detective joined us to talk about counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl circulating in the community. Later on the program we had a preview of the Sept. 27 Community Conversation on Race and Reconciliation with Manhattan MLK Memorial Committee Co-Chair Kevin Bryant and Manhattan Nonviolence Initiative Director Susanne Glymour.
Manhattan-Ogden USD 383’s unofficial enrollment numbers are better than expected considering last year’s 300 student decrease from the year before. Assistant Superintendent Eric Reid says last year’s drop hurt the district’s five year average. Funding tied to enrollment will be something the district will have to watch in the near future. Reid says the district can also use the federal ESSER funds from COVID to help recover some of the losses. When it comes to redistricting, none of the elementary schools are up and the middle schools have increased. This is due to 6th grade moving up to the middle…
Riley County is reporting one more COVID related death, bringing the county’s total to 58. One Riley County resident has passed away after testing positive for COVID-19. A 28 year old unvaccinated male tested positive for COVID-19 on August 13th and died on September 14th at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Riley County has identified 116 new positive Coronavirus cases and 143 additional recoveries since the last report on September 15. Seven COVID-positive patients are currently under care at Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. Of the five patients on the medical floor, four are unvaccinated. Two patients…