A Riley County Emergency Medical Services employee has tested positive for COVID-19. Riley County EMS was notified Wednesday that the part-time employee tested positive and believe the employee was exposed during their last shift. The employee was last on duty and in contact with the public on Oct. 8. While contact tracing for this case is still in progress, the employee is believed to be the only emergency-services worker or member of the public to have been exposed. Riley County EMS will not publish news releases covering positive cases among employees in the future. Instead, it will address such information…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Republican state treasurer and Democratic Topeka mayor who are running for the open seat in Kansas’ 2nd Congressional District clashed over police reform and racial justice in a debate. Jake LaTurner, the state’s treasurer, was on the attack Wednesday for much of the 30-minute debate, televised by KSNT in Topeka. He accused Michelle De La Isla, Topeka’s first Latina mayor, of holding “radical” beliefs such as defunding police, The Kansas City Star reports. De La Isla said she does “not support defunding the police” and called a LaTurner ad that suggested she was actively doing…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — With COVID-19 cases surging in rural areas across the Midwest, a county sheriff in northwestern Kansas found himself struggling to breathe and landed in a hospital room more than an hour from home because there was no space at the local medical center. The county’s emergency management director, the hospital CEO and more than 50 medical staff have also tested positive. Most of the 30-plus residents in the local nursing home caught the virus, and six have died since late September. Gove County, with a population of 2,600, is among many rural counties in Kansas and…
The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police. Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law as well as in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. MANHATTAN, KAN. – Officers filed a report for theft and criminal trespass in the 200 block of S. Seth Child Rd. in Manhattan on October 14, 2020, at approximately 7:47 a.m. Officers listed a 51-year-old female and…
Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Jason Smith and Director of Membership Sharla Meisenheimer previewed some events coming up in the next few months. Also discussed were business openings, ribbon cuttings, business grants and a discussion on the sales tax ballot question.
Kansas State University is continuing to push forward, even during the pandemic. Richard Myers, Kansas State President, spoke during the Kansas Board of Regents meeting on Wednesday updating the board on how the university has been dealing with COVID. He says that he is proud of everyone involved at Kansas State and their response to the virus. “Hats off to our students, they are trying their best to do the right thing. I would echo the band. When you look at a band member today playing trombone, they’ve got a funny looking beak and they’ve got funny stuff on their…
The Kansas Board of Regents met Wednesday to discuss several proposals from state universities. One major item approved was the student health insurance benefits for the 2021-22 school year. Doug Ball, Pittsburg State Chief Financial Officer, says United HealthCare presented two options. The first was commit to renew now at an increase of nine percent to lock in the premium rates for the next academic year. The second option was commit to a future renewal with a guarantee that the rates for next year will not exceed 12-percent. Both options also guaranteed no changes to the benefits. The KBOR approved…
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is reporting a 10th COVID-19 related death in Riley County. The patient was a 96-year-old female resident of the Homestead Assisted Living facility in Manhattan. She tested positive on Aug. 31 and died about a week later on Sept. 7. Homestead Assisted Living has been the site of a COVID-19 outbreak that is set to expire Thursday if no more cases are identified. The outbreak has been associated with 22 positive cases and four deaths. Riley County is also reporting 36 new positive cases and 76 recoveries since Monday. This brings the county’s…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man who federal prosecutors say they suspect in a Missouri decapitation killing was sentenced Tuesday to 35 years in prison for stalking Kansas massage parlor workers in an unrelated case. Senior U.S. District Judge Gary Fenner told 69-year-old Robert Gross that his history of violence was “extremely disturbing” in sentencing him for the stalking and firearms charges, The Kansas City Star reported. Although he has not been charged with homicide, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jess Michaelsen said Gross had long been suspected in the August 2016 killing of Ying Li whose body was found inside…