0:00 – Playing Butler is therapy for John 12:19 – Brett McMurphy 23:02 – McMurphy Reaction and how good is Butler 30:33 – Bud loves Liam, it is on “the List” 0:00 – The Game Classic: Bigger missed opportunity 9:44 – Grant Flanders on basketball 19:39 – #1 Song of the Day 27:32 – AUA
Author: KMAN Staff
Julie Gibbs, Director of the Riley County Health Department, joined KMAN in the 5 PM hour to give our daily COVID-19 update.
Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 and the K-State College of Education will proceed as scheduled with the 10th annual STEM Summer Institute, this time in an online format. The program will begin on June 1 and go through June 25, Monday through Thursday from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.. Students from Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 and other schools districts who will be in 6th through 9th grade this fall are welcome to enroll in the institute at usd383.org. The cost of the program is $100 for students who qualify for full-priced lunches, $42 for those who qualify for reduced lunches and $28 for those…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas has relaxed its guidelines on coronavirus testing so that residents who don’t have a fever but who are showing other symptoms can be tested. Gov. Laura Kelly announced the change Tuesday as the state prison system saw the coronavirus spread to a third facility and the number of confirmed cases among staff and inmates topped 100. Kansas has among the the lowest testing rates of any state, and officials say they struggle to find supplies. Expanded testing is a key issue for officials in determining how and when to reopen the state’s economy.
USD 384 Blue Valley Superintendent Brady Burton USD 378 Riley County Superintendent Cliff Williams Housing and Credit Counseling, Inc. Financial Counselor Chris Burk Dave Lewis and Brandon Peoples closed the show out highlighting Grow Green Match Day
By Gloria Freeland, Assistant Professor of Journalism at Kansas State University MANHATTAN — People have always depended on their local media for government, arts, sports, lifestyle and health news, but the current COVID-19 crisis has highlighted how absolutely crucial those media are in providing good, accurate information to their communities. “Local media help hold their communities together,” said Gloria Freeland, director of Kansas State University’s Huck Boyd National Center for Community Media and assistant professor of journalism and mass communications. “They are especially important now in the midst of this crisis that has turned everyone’s world topsy-turvy.” But what many…
Manhattan City Commissioners clashed Tuesday while discussing the beginnings of a plan to recover from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayor Usha Reddi raised the idea of forming a recovery task force during the Commission’s bi-weekly legislative session held via Zoom. While the planning is in early stages, Reddi proposed involving Manhattan City representation as well as USD 383, the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce, Kansas State University and other area colleges, Fort Riley in addition to health officials to discuss how to phase in re-opening the economy — but says Manhattan will need to follow guidelines from…
K-State administrators discussed the possibility of implementing furloughs during a virtual town hall with university faculty and staff Tuesday. It is yet to be determined who would be affected by potential furloughs and for how long, but Jay Stephens, the K-State vice president for human capital services, says these measures would be better than laying off employees. These measures are considered by K-State administrators to be part of one scenario among several for which they are preparing. K-State President Richard Myers says one determining factor in deciding which route the university will have to take is whether the state legislature, which…
Release from the Kansas Department of Labor. TOPEKA – Kansas Secretary of Labor Delía García confirmed today that the expansion to up to 26 weeks of unemployment benefits passed by the Kansas Legislature and signed into law by Governor Laura Kelly in March is operative. In mid-March, the Legislature passed a temporary extension to increase the number of weeks an individual would be eligible for unemployment benefits to up to 26 weeks for all claims filed after January 1, 2020. The extension will apply automatically; no application or process is required other than to file weekly claims. Those impacted will receive…