Becky Goff
Manhattan Bureau Multimedia Journalist
Manhattan, Kan.
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I was born and raised on my grandparents' dairy farm in Keats, KS, just west of Manhattan. Now I'm raising my two daughters in rural Riley County.
I have a passion for news and am enthusiastic to cover news in Riley County and the surrounding communities.
WIBW-TV was and still is my family’s go-to station to watch for weather forecasts, news and severe weather coverage.
When I am not covering news, I enjoy reading, crocheting and tatting. I am on the Board of Directors for the Kaw Valley Rodeo Association. I am also a parent volunteer with a Riley County 4-H Club.
The demand for vaccines backed up traffic Thursday in Riley County. The Health Department started Phase Two of COVID-19 vaccinations with people age 65 and over.
After months of having Vivienne Uccello, public information officer for the City of Manhattan, as the interim Riley County Public Information officer, the county has now hired Alice Massimi to fill the role.
For the first time since it was formed in 1974, the Riley County Law Board is now predominately female.
Just over a month has passed since the first COVID-19 vaccine was administered at Ascension Via Christi in Manhattan.
Fort Riley woman brings the community together with Facebook group
A Fort Riley mom and wife of a soldier found a way to help promote local businesses while working from home during the pandemic.
As the completion of the new Douglass Recreation Center near, the city of Manhattan Parks and Recreation Department are looking for a professional artist to paint a mural inside the new building.
Riley County Police Department says there is no clear explanation for a recent spike in the number of Motor Vehicle Thefts and Thefts from Motor Vehicles within the city of Manhattan and Riley County.
Riley County Police Department update on the theft of and theft from motor vehicles
Riley County has gotten 2,500 more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
97-year-old Manhattan resident concerned about when she can receive COVID-19 vaccine
Looking for a way to use her platform to promote other locally owned small businesses a Junction City business owner created a Facebook group
Fort Riley’s Garrison Commander Colonel Will McKannay hosted a media roundtable via Zoom today, to give an update on the state of Fort Riley.
97-year-old Betty Ainsworth lives in Manhattan with her dog, Molly, and Betty says she is ready to receive the vaccine but doesn’t know what phase she falls in.
As part of Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, the Midwest Dream Car Collection hosted the 2nd annual Cars and Cops event this afternoon.
Teachers hope to boost morale with visit to hospital lawn.
Hoping to boost the morale of a coworker, thirteen teachers and staff from Anthony Middle School in Manhattan gathered on the front lawn of the Ascension Via Christi in Manhattan
Pottawatomie County structure fire on North Kelliann Way in Manhattan 01-07-2021
Since Wednesday, Riley County Health Department has confirmed 105 new positives and 24 additional recoveries.
Geary County Health officials are trying to stay ahead of the curve with the COVID-19 vaccines, in order to avoid doses being wasted.
Volunteer fire crews were dispatched to a report of a structure fire on north Kelliann Way in Pottawatomie County at 8:35 am today.
Local business owners have been focusing on keeping business as normal as they can while following COVID-19 guidelines throughout the pandemic.
Kansas State University announced Tuesday that it is considering starting the spring semester completely remote.
Mark Twain once said, “Eat a live frog first thing every morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.” A Manhattan couple plans to help community members ‘Eat the Frog’ with the help of a new fitness center.
Just after 10:00 pm Friday evening, fire crews were called out to a residence on Fawn Circle, northwest of Manhattan, for smell of an electrical fire.
Gracen Gfeller honored for donation to Geary Community Hospital
The out-patient clinic at Ascension Via Christi in Manhattan treated seven patients Thursday with COVID-19 antibody infusions, in hopes to reduce the severity of symptoms.
A Chapman Second grader wanted to find a way to help health care workers during the pandemic.
Since Monday, December 28th, Riley County has identified 199 new positive COVID-19 cases, while 87 more have recovered.
Just before 8:30 Tuesday morning, Pottawatomie County dispatch received a 911 call reporting an injury accident on K-99 highway north of Westmoreland, near mile marker 193.
Christmas day has come and gone, now, many people start taking down their Christmas decorations, including their Christmas trees.
The ninth annual Manhattan Community Christmas Dinner looked a lot different today due to changes made to keep people safe during the pandemic.
Remnant Church has given away more than 25 thousand boxes of food this fall as part of the USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box program.
The first 200 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine were delivered to the Riley County Health Department Monday afternoon.
Following the success of their Halloween Drive thru event, Manhattan’s Hy-Vee hosted a Christmas Drive thru event Saturday afternoon.
Wreaths across America is an annual event held across the United States, to honor fallen soldiers during the holiday season
For more than 30 years the Riley County Police Department has helped children throughout Riley County with gifts at Christmas time.
Christkindl Market at Downtown Farmers Market in Manhattan
A partnership between WellHealth and KDHE brought the first day of self-administered saliva collection for COVID-19 testing to Manhattan on Friday.
Wamego Health Center administered their first COVID-19 vaccinations to frontline employees Friday afternoon.