It is expected that 1,175 officers from more than 97 agencies will carry the “Flame of Hope” throughout 52 counties in Kansas as they travel to the annual Kansas Special Olympics Summer Games in Maize, Kansas on June 2nd. The Law Enforcement Torch Run is a series of statewide runs which will travel approximately 1,312 miles throughout the state.

Locally, the Torch Run will be today ( Thursday ) and include the communities of Wamego to Manhattan to Fort Riley and ending in Junction City.

The Torch Run will start at the Wamego Sports Complex at 8 a.m. and then go to Manhattan and on southwest to Ogden, ending at the Fort Riley Gate.

The Torch will then be passed to Fort Riley officers at the Ogden Gate and travel Huebner Road to Grant Avenue in Junction City. It will stop at Grant Park in Junction City, and then be carried by Junction City Officers west on Grant Avenue, cross over Washington Street to Jefferson Street, south on Jefferson to 6th Street and stop at Heritage Park at 6th and Jefferson.