Fort Riley officials are preparing for the next phase of road work on Henry Drive. Construction will begin March 7, weather permitting. The phase will run from the roundabout at Ray Road to the Kansas River bridge. Traffic will be limited to one lane through the work zone, controlled by traffic signals. Drivers can expect delays and are encouraged to use alternate routes during construction. The work is expected to be complete by the end of April, depending on weather. Henry Drive provides access to Fort Riley from I-70. The Visitor Control Center off Henry Drive at Exit 301, I-70,…
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K-State students and faculty won’t be able to go on university-sponsored or faculty-led trips to certain countries affected by COVID-19, or novel coronavirus, for the foreseeable future. The university has place a travel ban, with guidance from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. State Department, on these types of trips to countries that meet criteria for a CDC warning level 3 or a U.S. State Department Travel Advisory level 4. K-State Division of Communications and Marketing Vice President Jeff Morris says the ban will also affect some students currently overseas. Although the ban won’t affect personal…
Thursday’s In Focus featured conversations with NBAF Director for USDA APHIS Dr. Ken Burton, NBAF Communications Director Katie Pawlosky and Training and Document Control Supervisor Jeff Hansford Executive Director of the Governor’s Military Council Perry Wiggins joined us to discuss the 2020 Census, coronavirus preparation for military members and recent deployments.
The community came out for a groundbreaking of the new Douglass Community Recreation Center Wednesday. The new $4.3 million project will see construction of a 3-lane elevated track and programmable to accommodate an 84-foot basketball court, two NCAA volleyball courts and two pickleball courts alongside community and fitness rooms. Douglass Center Director Dave Baker was on hand to discuss the historical significance of this project. “This used to be the black community’s. It is gone today but we still have a number of African-American people in this community. So to be able to put something back here to help us…
Starting a business can be tumultuous — only about half of American businesses make it past year five, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A class of Manhattan High School students got an opportunity to experience a small taste of the trials and tribulations through the 4th annual Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge. Organized locally by Riley County 4-H and held in Cico Park’s Pottorf Hall Wednesday, the YEC is a statewide program developed in partnership with Wichita-based NetWork Kansas. “What we’re looking to do is bring out high school age students living in our area that have an idea for…
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A federal judge has ruled a Kansas man whose murder conviction was vacated after he spent 23 years in prison can proceed with key claims in his lawsuit against a police officer and others. After Lamonte McIntyre’s conviction for a double murder was vacated in 2017, he sued the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, and police officers involved in the investigation. Federal judge Kathryn Vratil on Tuesday rejected a motion to dismiss the lawsuit. McIntyre and his mother allege Kansas City, Kansas, police conducted a sloppy investigation and he was framed because his mother…
WICHITA, Kan. — A man serving a 90-year sentence for participating in the 1993 murder of a Kansas corrections officer is charged in a 55-count federal indictment with running a drug ring from his Oklahoma prison cell. The U.S. attorney’s office said.in a news release Wednesday that 47-year-old Travis Knighten was the brains behind a criminal organization that distributed methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine powder, crack cocaine and marijuana in Wichita. No attorney is listed for Knighten in online court records. Knighten, who is incarcerated at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Oklahoma, is serving a 90-year sentence for killing Officer Mark…
TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas health department’s top administrator says health officials are monitoring up to a dozen people a day for the possibility that they have the new coronavirus. Secretary Lee Norman also said Wednesday that the Department of Health and Environment now can do its own testing. Norman had a news conference with Gov. Laura Kelly a day after the department launched an online resource center to disseminate information about coronavirus. A legislative committee also approved an increase Wednesday in state aid to local health departments. Kansas has had no confirmed cases of the virus that causes COVID-19,…
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