In-person visitation at the Riley County Jail has been suspended until further notice as precaution due to COVID-19, jail officials said Thursday. RCPD will continue to provide free video visitation in the police department lobby from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Staff will be routinely disinfecting the lobby area and visitors are required to wear a face covering. RCPD also says video visitation from your home is also continuing at a reduced rate through Imate Canteen: inmatecanteen.com. Jail staff are reportedly working to continue to ensure the safety of inmates by planning for potential COVID-19 cases within the…
Author: KMAN Staff
On Thursday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce director of economic development Daryn Soldan and director of membership Sharla Meisenheimer.
The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a homeless man in connection to a report of criminal threat. The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office, Riley County Police Department and Kansas Highway Patrol reported to the 8200 block of Southport Dr. in Manhattan Thursday morning in response to reports of a possible active shooter. While there was no active shooter, it was found that an individual had fled the scene in a red Ford flat-bed truck after making threats to shoot an employee and damage a building. Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office deputies later began pursuing a truck of similar description after the…
Students in Manhattan-Ogden Schools will stay in the hybrid classroom mode for the immediate future. The school board discussed maintaining Hybrid versus other modes of instruction, and formally held no vote. This follows announcements earlier this week, that students at all Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 schools will go into a full-distance learning format on Nov. 23 and Nov. 24 allowing for deep-cleaning of facilities. Marvin Wade, Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 superintendent, addressed rumors circulating about returning to a in-person five-days-a-week schedule by Jan. 5, saying that this is the goal but not a promise. “Yes, we are committed to planning that and…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly issued a new mask mandate Wednesday in hopes of lessening the spread of the coronavirus in Kansas after the state again reported another record seven-day increase in new cases. State law still allows Kansas’ 105 counties to opt out of such an order from the Democratic governor, and most did when Kelly issued a similar order in July. But the state’s rolling seven-day average for new coronavirus cases is now more than nine times higher than it was than when her first order took effect. Kelly’s order takes effect Nov. 25, the day…
On Wednesday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 assistant superintendent Eric Reid, Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 Board of Education member Darell Edie and Manhattan Christian College president Kevin Ingram.
Aggieville and City Park parking restrictions The Manhattan City Commission Tuesday discussed adding parking restrictions in Aggieville, City Park and nearby neighborhoods. The move is in response to what will be a sizable decrease in available parking stalls during 2021 due to the construction of a parking garage near the N. Manhattan Ave./Laramie St. intersection. Potential restrictions include three-hour parking limits during weekdays, no overnight parking and a new residential parking color zone. Mayor Usha Reddi says she is in favor of the parking plan and its potential to bring more pedestrians to the area. “That’s a densely populated area,…
Riley County is reporting 56 new positive COVID-19 cases and 175 recoveries since Monday. This brings the county’s total number of active cases to 432 and recoveries to 2,597. The percent positive rate in Riley County for the week of Nov. 8 came in at 18.6 percent, down slightly from the previous week’s rate of 19.2 percent. Ascension Via Christi Hospital is currently caring for seven COVID-19 positive patients and two persons under investigation (PUI). One of the PUIs and three of the positive patients are in the intensive care unit. Riley County currently has nine active outbreaks. 509 people…
Don’t worry children of Manhattan , Santa Claus IS coming to town. Santa Claus will be visiting the Manhattan Town Center to meet with children and families. Visits with Santa are scheduled to begin Nov. 27 and will continue through Christmas Eve (Dec. 24th). Reservations are strongly encouraged with walk-up visits available as space allows throughout the day. Best practices will be followed: maintaining social distance, face masks required for everyone, and enhanced cleaning between visits. Guests will not sit on Santa’s lap but will have the opportunity to engage in conversation with Santa. Large gift boxes in front of…