If inflation at the grocery store makes you cringe, farmers trying to purchase fertilizer and herbicides can more than relate. Greg McClure, Riley County K-State Ag Extension Agent, says anhydrous ammonia prices are what scares him a lot right now. He says prices last December were $424 a ton, but today, that isn’t the case. “I looked it up again in September and it was about $680. Then I looked again last week and I saw $1100 and I talked to a farmer yesterday and he says, no you’re wrong. He says its $1465, that’s the local quote.” McClure says…
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Tuttle Creek Lake levels are right where they need to be for this time of year. Tuttle Creek Operations Project Manager Brian McNulty says the rain during this season has led to some rising in levels. Initially the lake rose about three feet, then more later on in the season. When the winter months start coming, potential snow could have an impact on levels. McNulty says they try to draw the lake back down to normal levels for the winter, according to what they are told at the state level. McNulty says right now, the area is in a normal…
Novel coronavirus recoveries have outpaced new cases in Riley County since last week’s report. 54 new COVID-19 cases were reported by the Riley County Health Department Wednesday, with 98 recoveries being reported as well since November 18. As of Wednesday, seven patients were under care at Ascension Via Christi Hospital — one of whom is fully vaccinated. Three unvaccinated patients are in the ICU. That brings total active cases to 117, with the percent positivity rate dropping to 4.7 percent from 7.9 percent in the last week. Prior to that, percent positivity had seen increases for multiple weeks. Overall, 8,428…
On Wednesday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with USD 378 Riley County Superintendent Cliff Williams. We also spoke with USD 384 Blue Valley Superintendent John Cox. In our final segment we spoke with US Army Corps of Engineers Tuttle Creek Brian McNulty.
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 near the intersection of N. 11th St. and Thurston St. in Manhattan on November 23, 2021, around 4:49 p.m. Officers listed a 21-year-old male as the victim when…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – No. 14/15 Illinois broke open a tight contest with a decisive 21-7 run midway through the second half, which included five 3-point field goals, to pull away from Kansas State on Tuesday night in the consolation game of the Hall of Fame Classic in front of 7,255 at the T-Mobile Center. A night after shooting just 28.1 percent from the field, including 13.6 percent from 3-point range, in a loss to Cincinnati, the Fighting Illini (3-2) seemed to make every shot against the Wildcats (2-2), as they connected on 52.1 percent (25-of-48) from the field, including 12…
MANHATTAN, Kansas – K-State saw three players in double figures and used a big first quarter to ease past Abilene Christian, 93-53, on Tuesday night at Bramlage Coliseum. The Wildcats have now won five straight home games. “I didn’t really expect the start,” said K-State head coach Jeff Mittie about the first 10 minutes of Tuesday’s game. “We were a little flat in warm-ups so I was concerned about that and the staff was concerned about that. So I did not expect the start, but I do think our group addressed it and knew we needed to raise their enthusiasm and…
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Riley County commissioners voted 2-1 Monday to not create a policy for federal vaccine mandates for county employees. The areas of concern were going to be for the heath and EMS departments, due to each receiving federal funding from Medicare and/or Medicaid. This new mandate would affect facilities covered by these entities and non-compliance could mean losing that funding. County Counselor Clancy Holeman says while the health department doesn’t fall under any of the 21 definitions, arguments could be made against it. Holeman says the EMS compliance is also not as clear, since the conditions also include transportation to covered…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Authorities say a man was killed and two Kansas City, Kansas, police officers were injured in an altercation. Police spokeswoman Nancy Chartrand said police responded around 2:30 p.m. Monday to the city’s Coronado neighborhood after receiving a report that someone was standing in a road looking at the sky and jumping in front of traffic. She said an altercation ensued and a gun was discharged. She said it wasn’t immediately clear who fired the weapon or whether it went off intentionally or accidentally. She said the man who had been the focus of the call died…