Manhattan

• An annual Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 health report revealed rising rates of student ADHD and emotional issues like anxiety and depression. →
• Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 school district officials presented a preliminary budget that projects an enrollment drop and uses averaging. →
• A proposed 15-acre TIF district for the Edge 3.0 development is projected to grow tax revenues for Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 in Manhattan. →
• The Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 Board of Education approved $446,250 in construction bids for high school technical education upgrades. →
• A stretch of Scenic Drive in Manhattan will close nightly from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. June 8-11 for pavement restriping. →
• Riley County Police Department Reports 10 Arrests Over May 21-June 2 →
• Riley County police arrested Luke Maurice Johnson Sr. in Ogden on charges of human trafficking, rape, and distributing fentanyl. →
• Grab your umbrella today, Manhattan, as we're looking at a mostly cloudy day with high chances of showers and thunderstorms off and on, though we'll still warm up to a humid high near 83°F.

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🌾 Kansas

• Ten candidates — seven Republicans and three Democrats — filed for Kansas governor before the June 1, 2026 deadline, with GOP frontrunner and Trump-endorsed Senate President Ty Masterson selecting state Sen. Jeffrey Klemp as his running mate ahead of the August 4 primary. →

• The Ellis County Commission unanimously approved a conditional use permit for ibV Energy Partners' 175-megawatt Tallgrass Solar Development, which is expected to generate $1.1 million annually in tax payments for the county once power production begins around 2029 or 2030. →

• Kanza Park Place LLC announced plans June 2 for the gigawatt-scale Flint Hills Digital Campus at Emporia's Industrial Park IV, with a public hearing set for June 23 amid resident concerns over water use, noise and property values. →

• The Lawrence City Commission unanimously approved a $2.1 million purchase of the former Lawrence Journal-World press building to serve as a City Hall annex, with additional renovation costs pushing the total investment beyond $3.8 million. →

• Gov. Laura Kelly announced $40.5 million in state and federal funding to replace or repair 31 local bridges statewide, selected from 182 applications requesting $222 million — highlighting demand as more than 5,000 of Kansas's 19,000 local road bridges need updates. →

🇺🇸 US

• Italian-American groups filed a federal lawsuit in April demanding the return of a Christopher Columbus statue removed from Columbus, Ohio's City Hall in 2020, as traditionalists nationwide push to restore monuments taken down during post-George Floyd protests. →

• The House voted 215-208 on June 3 to pass a largely symbolic war powers resolution directing Trump to halt U.S. military operations against Iran or seek congressional authorization, with four Republicans joining Democrats in support. →

• President Trump announced June 3 he will nominate Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, who previously served as his personal defense lawyer, to lead the Justice Department permanently. →

• Top AI executives including OpenAI's Sam Altman, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, and Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis signed a letter urging Congress to require screening of synthetic DNA and RNA orders to prevent AI-assisted biological threats. →

• Ukrainian drones struck an oil terminal at St. Petersburg's port and the Kronstadt naval base on June 3, as prominent Russian hawks increasingly call for an end to the stalled war in Ukraine. →

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June 4, 1989: Chinese Crackdown Leads to Tiananmen Square Massacre

Chinese troops and security police stormed Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, firing on pro-democracy demonstrators and killing and arresting hundreds—possibly thousands—of mostly student protesters. The bloody assault shocked the world, prompting widespread condemnation and economic sanctions from the United States and other nations.

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