A Manhattan structure fire resulted in about $30,000 in damages Sunday evening. The Manhattan Fire Department responded to 2030 College Heights at 6:50 p.m. Sunday in response to a report of a structure fire. Crews arrived to the one-story residential structure, reportedly owned by Mark and Jayne Lund of Green, KS, to find smoke coming from the attic. The 17 fire fighters and six fire apparatuses that reported to the incident were able to contain the fire within about 20 minutes. While the occupants were displaced from the home, no injuries were reported. The cause of the fire was reportedly…
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Flint Hills Discovery Center (FHDC) is offering subsidized opportunities direct to the home or homerooms of those in the community, and is available to any K-12 public, private, self-taught, or ancestral school situated in Kansas. Priority will be given to schools and projects situated inside the 21 province Flint Hills Ecological Region and applications are presently open for these schools. Any remaining Kansas schools will be considered beginning February 15th. Notwithstanding the intelligent virtual program, schools will get a program asset delivered by staff or via the post office loaded up with active supplies. Singular projects are restricted to a…
Riley County health officials confirmed 15 new coronavirus cases and one additional recovery on Friday. Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan is currently caring for seven positive patients, including one patient in the Intensive Care Unit. The total number of coronavirus cases in Riley County since the start of the pandemic is now 6,040 with the total number of active cases at 252. Riley County has also seen 5,757 recoveries during that time. Even with the decrease in COVID-19 numbers in Riley County, health officials continue to urge the community to wear masks, social distance, and keep social gatherings small.…
It’s that time of year again- time to file taxes. Gary Fike, Riley County K-State Extension Officer, reminds KMAN about the volunteer income tax assistance center which helps to file taxes for free. Fike talks more about who the program is open to. “It’s designed for low to moderate income people,” Fike says. “The IRS calls that $57,000 or less household income and if you are a little bit over that, that’s fine, we are not going to split hairs or things like that. We are trying to help as many people as we possibly can.” Fike adds that the…
Riley County’s emergency radio system upgrade is nearly paid off. Emergency Management Director Russell Stukey told county commissioners Thursday that 90 percent of the final payment has been issued to the contracted company. “We held back a little over $80,000 and about 10% in retention until they’ve completed their 173rd contract or obligations,” Stukey added, “We continue to meet with them typically once a week, if not 2 or 3 times a week. And they’re slowly making progress.” Stukey says there is training required as part of the overall project, which takes place in Virginia. Part of the training will…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Topeka police say a police officer responding to a call was attacked by a man riding his bike past the scene. Police Sgt. Scott Scurlock says the officer was at a boarded up home Thursday morning when the bicyclist tried to get his attention. Scurlock says when the officer asked the man to wait, the suspect charged the officer, knocked him over and punched him several times. During the tussle, the man tried unsuccessfully to grab the officer’s gun. A bystander intervened and the suspect was arrested. The officer was not seriously injured. Later Thursday, 22-year-old Justin…
NEWTON, Kan. — Kansas plans to invest the nearly $85 million the state received in the federal coronavirus relief funds for infrastructure programs and services in every county, leaving no part of the state behind. Gov. Laura Kelly said Thursday that in deciding how to best invest the money it received, the state also decided on an approach that would invest the maximum amount of dollars into the economy in the least amount of time. It also is targeting economic opportunities in communities that have been hardest hit during the pandemic.
COVID-19 vaccines will soon be administered through select retail pharmacies across the state. Earlier this week, Kroger, the parent company of Dillon’s announced it had been selected to participate in the Federal Retail Pharmacy Partnership Plan, which will allocate vaccines to Kroger Health pharmacists in seven states including Kansas. One of those sites is the Westloop Dillon’s location, one of 22 in the state selected. The Dillon’s Store on Sarber Lane is not one of the sites that was chosen at this time. Appointments will be required and people can start scheduling appointments online Feb. 11.
GREAT BEND, Kan. — Barton County officials say a 20-year-old man died when he fell down an embankment into a creek. Sheriff Brian Bellendir said emergency crews were called to Wet Walnut Creek near Great Bend early Wednesday. Paramedics found Manuel Castillo in the creek and tried resuscitation but he was pronounced dead at a hospital. An investigation determined that Castillo fell about 40 feet down an embankment into the river. He was cut and bruised during the fall by rock, metal rods and corrugated steel used to prevent the embankment from eroding. That left him incapacitated in 2 feet…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s administration plans to begin giving COVID-19 vaccinations to state prison inmates next week. The move would ignore a call from the Republican-controlled Legislature to postpone the inoculations so that others can get them first. Spokesperson Carol Pitts said in an email that the state Department of Corrections has not yet vaccinated any inmates but would start giving them throughout its nine facilities. Her email came Thursday as the Kansas Senate was debating a resolution condemning a decision by Kelly to make inmates eligible for shots during the second phase of the state’s vaccine…