Manhattan High School has confirmed its first positive case of the coronavirus. In a letter to parents Saturday, Principal Michael Dorst stated the student attended class Wednesday, Aug. 26 as part of the A group. Any student or staff member that was a close contact will be notified by the Riley County Health Department. Students are currently divided into two learning groups on altering days in person while also utilizing distance learning, as part of the district’s hybrid learning model implemented due to COVID-19. The A group attended classes Wednesday. Students in B group attended classes Thursday. The letter states…
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The Flint Hills Regional Leadership Program has announced the members of its 2020-21 class offering. Among the members in this year’s class are Zach Bayless, City of Manhattan Parks and Recreation Supervisor for Arts and Humanities, Tara Claussen, Konza United Way CEO, Fanny Fang, Riley County Commission candidate and Asian Market owner and partner and Ben Fisher, USAG Fort Riley Air Traffic Controller. The class members, most of whom live or work in Fort Riley, Geary, Riley or Pottawatomie County, were introduced to each other last Thursday during a Zoom meeting. At 22 members, the class has been downsized by…
HAYS, Kan. — Hays has voted extend its face mask ordinance for another five weeks amid a rise in cases as students return to Fort Hays State University. The Hays Post reports that the ordinance had been set to expire to expire Monday. But city commissioners voted 3-2 Thursday night to extend it through Oct. 5. Ellis County Health Services director Jason Kennedy said a vaccine is still at least four or five months away. He said: “Coronavirus is not going away. It’s part of society.“ Five residents spoke against the mandate. Commissioners also said they have been attacked personally…
EUREKA, Kan. — A fourth suspect has been charged in the killing of a 78-year-old man at his home in the southeast Kansas town of Eureka. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said 34-year-old Leon Lindsay, of El Dorado, was taken into custody Thursday at the Butler County Sheriff’s Office. He is charged with felony murder, aggravated burglary, felony theft and conspiracy to commit felony theft in the Aug. 18 killing of Danny Shue. He doesn’t yet have an attorney. Two adults 30-year-old Noah J. E. Farr, of Dighton and 25-year-old Joseph Warden, of El Dorado and a 17-year-old previously were…
HAYS, Kan. — Fueled in part by college students returning to classes, Kansas has set another pandemic record for a seven-day increase in coronavirus cases. The surge has prompted the Lawrence school district to put the brakes on some fall sports and Hays to extend its mask ordinance. Statewide, the number of new reported cases rose by 1,111 from Wednesday to Friday to bring the total to 41,048. The state Department of Health and Environment also reported an additional six COVID-19-related deaths, to put the pandemic total at 443. The average for the seven days ending Friday was 599, 3.6%…
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A man who killed a Kansas girl more than two decades ago has been executed in Indiana, the fifth federal inmate put to death this year and second this week. Keith Nelson received a lethal injection Friday at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, after a higher court tossed a ruling that would have required the government to get a prescription for the drug used to kill him. Questions about whether the drug pentobarbital causes pain prior to death had been a focus of appeals. Nelson grabbed 10-year-old Pamela Butler off the street on Oct.…
TOPEKA, Kan. — An autopsy says a Topeka man died accidentally in March when the dumpster he was in was dumped into a recycling truck. An autopsy made public this week says 62-year-old Paul Vigil died from multiple injuries in a cardboard recycler. Vigil’s body was found March 9 by landfill employees among recycling materials. The autopsy by county coroner John Ralston said Vigil suffered gaping cuts to his left back and left upper chest and fractures to his skull, bones, and multiple ribs. Foul play is not suspected. He died on a day when Topeka received almost an inch…
The Riley County Police Department has released a new program called VINE. VINE stands for Victim Information Notification Everyday. The program is a great way for victims and family members to keep track of their offenders. Dennis Butler, Riley County Police Department Director, says this is another way for them to enhance their services to the community. He also talked about how the program works. “This an automated alert system that sends either texts, phone calls, or emails, depending on the platform a subscriber chooses, about changes in custody status of people who are incarcerated,” Butler said. Along with this…
Kansas State University responded Friday to reports that new COVID-19 outbreaks had been declared at four sorority houses, saying it is working with local health officials and increasing efforts to manage the increase in cases. According to K-State officials, the university still has the capacity to isolate and quarantine students and contact tracers are keeping up with demand. The Riley County Health Department reported 22 new positive cases combined across the Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Xi Delta, Chi Omega and Kappa Delta sororities. This came just two days after K-State officials met virtually with Greek-organization members to discuss the following…
K-State Volleyball has announced their 2020 schedule, as the Big 12 will play a conference only schedule this year, but keep the double round robin format. The season begins on Friday September 25th at home against Iowa State, followed up by another matchup with the Cyclones on that Saturday. 6 of the first 8 matches of the season will be played in Manhattan including Texas and Oklahoma in back to back weekends in mid-October. The final 8 matches will feature just two at home against TCU on November 13th and 14th. This year’s Sunflower Showdown will take place in Lawrence…