EMPORIA, Kan. — The Kansas Highway Patrol says several children suffered minor injuries when a school bus rolled onto its side near Emporia. Patrol Lt. Dave Hundley say36 studests, two teachers, a chaperone and the driver were on the bus when it went into a ditch off a slushy Kansas Turnpike Wednesday morning about 14 miles south of Emporia. Seventeen children were taken to a hospital in Newton for treatment. The bus was carrying students from Park Elementary School in Wichita. The Emporia Gazette reports the students were on their way to a Topeka for a field trip.
Author: KMAN Staff
WICHITA, Kan. — A Wichita woman has pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicaid by claiming she was caring for a man when he was in jail. The Kansas attorney general’s office said in a news release that 52-year-old Gretta Elaine Smith entered the guilty plea Tuesday in Sedgwick County District Court. The release said an investigation found that she fraudulently collected nearly $2,8000 by claimed to be providing in-home personal care to 65-year-old Joe Ross Mitchell last year when was incarcerated on unrelated charges. The release said Smith put at least some of the money and possibly all of it in…
WICHITA, Kan. — Authorities are investigating a deadly shooting in Wichita. Police responded around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday to the scene in the southeast part of the city and found a 25-year-old man suffering from gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital, where he died. Police say that witnesses reported a suspect with a gun in the area. Police didn’t immediately release the name of the victim or a motive.
EL DORADO, Kan. — Authorities say an ambulance has crashed on a slushy stretch of Interstate 35 near El Dorado in central Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the driver lost control around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday as the area was under a winter weather advisory. The crash report says the driver then overcorrected and struck the barrier wall and the guard rail. The ambulance driver went to a hospital with a suspected minor injury. No mention was made in the report of a patient in the ambulance. The patrol says a tractor-trailer also was involved in the wreck. That driver…
On Thursday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Fort Riley Museum Complex Director Dr. Robert Smith. We also spoke with Manhattan Catholic Schools Principal Tim Hulshoff and Flint Hills Christian School Principal Josh Snyder.
The Flint Hills Foster Teen Camps was able to raise over $126,000 during their 10th annual Evening of Hope fundraiser. The total amount raised during the fundraising event was $126,292.50, which is a 33% increase from last year. Flint Hills Foster Teen Camps Founders Mike and Lisa Irvin were amazed at the support from the community. “This community goes above and beyond. It is just really is exciting to see the way they just caught the mission of what Flint Hills Foster Teen Camps is all about,” says Mike. The total amount raised was helped by a 50% match from…
The City of Manhattan is aiming for a summer start date for a streetscape revamp in Aggieville and commissioners are keen on a design option preferred by the Aggieville Business Association (ABA). Commissioners Tuesday discussed a trio of options for major street and utility upgrades on 12th Street from Moro to Bluemont and Bluemont from 12th to Manhattan Avenue — roadways surrounding the site of the new Courtyard by Mariott hotel under construction. The project is among first components of a total $30 million in possible public improvements identified in Manhattan’s Aggieville redevelopment plan. While no official vote was issued…
WICHITA — A study reveals that Kansas universities pay their instructors less compared to schools of the same size with similar programs in other states. The latest figures from the Kansas Board of Regents show state university instructors, who are full-time and spend at least half their time teaching, made on average $13,796 less than instructors at comparable universities in the 2019 fiscal year. In other words, instructors made 86 cents for each dollar their out-of-state peers earned. The previous year, Kansas faculty made 84 cents for every dollar paid to their peers.
On Wednesday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Pott County Schools – USD 320 Wamego Superintendent Tim Winter and USD 323 Rock Creek Superintendent Kevin Logan. We also spoke with Manhattan Area Technical College President Jim Genandt.
WICHITA — Authorities say a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper found nearly $350,000 of suspected drug money hidden in the gas tank of a pickup truck after pulling over the driver on Interstate 70. The Wichita Eagle reports that federal prosecutors filed a civil asset forfeiture case Tuesday, asking a judge to give the money to the government. The money was found in December after a trooper pulled over the driver for a traffic violation. The affidavit says the cash was “rubber-banded” and “wrapped in vacuum-sealed plastic bags” hidden in the fuel tank. The driver told the trooper he was headed…