Issues with meat supply chains may be affecting national fast-food franchises, but local restaurants are still going strong. Within the last week, it has been reported that several Wendy’s restaurants across the country have stopped selling hamburgers due to supply shortages. Local restaurants, such as Vista Drive In, have yet to experience such problems. This can be attributed in part to the size of the long-standing burger joint. “Some of the issues for big chains is you need lots of beef, right?,” Andy Streeter, the general manager at Vista Drive In, said. “Well, we’re one store and the people that…
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National Bio and Agro Defense Facility Program Manager Tim Barr with the Department of Homeland Security, USDA NBAF Coordinator for APHIS Dr. Ken Burton and NBAF Communications Director Katie Pawlosky joined the program Thursday to highlight ongoing work at NBAF. Perry Wiggins, Executive Director of the Governor’s Military Council joined us for an update on Fort Riley COVID-19 related topics.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has ordered flags throughout the state to fly at half-staff to honor an Overland Park officer who was killed in the line of duty. Officer Mike Mosher died Sunday. Mosher was off-duty but in uniform when he took off in pursuit of a suspect after an apparent hit-and-run. Police say the suspect stopped his vehicle, Mosher approached and a shootout began. The suspect, 38-year-old Phillip Michael Carney of Overland Park, also died. Kelly’s order, issued Wednesday, requires flags to be flown at half-staff on the day of Mosher’s memorial service, which has not been set.
TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas Legislature is expected to focus on issues related to the coronavirus when it reconvenes for a single day later this month to wrap up the 2020 session. A panel of legislative leaders on Wednesday decided that lawmakers will return May 21. The truncated session is aimed at limiting exposure to COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Republican House Speaker Ron Ryckman told the Topeka Capital-Journal that it appears no vote will take place on a proposed constitutional amendment on abortion, with focus squarely on the pandemic.
The streak of no new coronavirus cases came to a halt Thursday as Riley County Health Department officials announced one new case, a 62-year-old man tested positive. All told, the county is monitoring 20 active cases of COVID-19. Ascension Via Christi Hospital has two positive patients and two persons under investigation who are hospitalized, showing symptoms and awaiting test results. Of the 56 total cases since mid-March, 36 people have recovered. A total of 631 people have been tested in Riley County so far, representing 1 percent of the county’s total population. Pottawatomie County is reporting 16 cases with 11…
Nicholas Wallace, an assistant professor in the Kansas State University Division of Biology, has received a $454,466 grant for cancer research. The R15 Academic Research Enhancement Award comes from the National Cancer Institute of Health and is for Wallace’s study titled, “HPV Oncogenes Dysregulate Translesion Synthesis.” Wallace is studying the resistance of certain cervical cancers to Cisplatin, a drug that is largely effective in treating cervical-cancer tumors. More specifically, Wallace and his team are looking at how to identify Cisplatin resistance in cervical-cancer cells and the different features that make certain cancers resistant to the drug. According to Wallace, the…
Thursday morning’s guest was Asian Market Manager Fanny Fang, a member of the Manhattan Area Recovery Task Force.
A streetscape revamp in Aggieville will cost the City of Manhattan a maximum of $2.043 million. The Manhattan City Commission Tuesday unanimously approved the guaranteed maximum price with McCownGordon Construction, the construction manager at risk on the project. The commission previously approved the plans to redevelop street and subterranean infrastructure on 12th Street from Bluemont Avenue to Moro Street and on Bluemont from 12th to Manhattan Avenue. They opted to go with a curbless “inverted crown” design on 12th. The project is one of the first components of a possible $30 million in public infrastructure redevelopment projects in the Aggieville…
Riley County has gone three days without a new positive COVID-19 test as of Wednesday afternoon. Health and safety officials updated the public online Wednesday. 20 of a total of 55 positive COVID cases remain active and one Riley County resident remains hospitalized. Health Department Director Julie Gibbs says the re-opening process has started smoothly, with most businesses adhering to occupancy, distance and other requirements. “Please keep in mind, those businesses who are following the best practices are far less likely to have a COVID positive case associated with their business,” Gibbs says. “And, therefore, are more likely to stay…
Manhattan will pick up an increased portion of outstanding infrastructure costs in a Lee Mill Village low-income senior living development. Facing $300,000 in increased development costs, the Manhattan Area Housing Partnership asked that the city split the difference with them and lower MAHP’s purchasing price for the 19 lots from $380,000 to $285,000 and raise Manhattan’s match to equal that. The City of Manhattan previously struck a real estate deal with MAHP that involved the city paying $190,000 — one third — of the outstanding special assessment taxes. The commission also approved an amendment to the development plan to allow…