Release from the Office of the Governor. TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly today announced she signed an Executive Order Monday that will help make renewing driver’s licenses easier for people across the state. Executive Order #20-46 offers temporary relief from age restrictions that prohibit applicants 50 years of age or older from applying to renew their driver’s license online. Under the new order, all drivers under the age of 65 are permitted to use the online renewal system. “Providing every opportunity for Kansans who are at a higher risk of COVID-19 to conduct business virtually is crucial in our efforts to…
Author: KMAN Staff
Looking to broaden representation within city employment and leadership, Manhattan Mayor Usha Reddi Tuesday proposed a diversity and inclusion advisory board. “We make so many policies all the time, but we don’t know the unintended consequences,” Reddi says. “I think it’s important to have people that represent all of these communities that haven’t been reached out to before to be part of that, to help us and guide us to make sure we are as inclusive as we need to be for everybody involved in our community.” Though specific details were scant, Reddi points to Manhattan-Ogden USD 383, Kansas State…
The Flint Hills Discovery Center will open to the public Tuesday for the first time since closing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The FHDC will be open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and then on Sunday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.. They will close on Mondays for cleaning and maintenance. Before opening to the public on June 23, the FHDC will hold two members-only days to show appreciation for their support. These member-exclusive days will take place on this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sunday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.. Non-members…
Manhattan will see e-scooters on its right-of-ways starting in the Fall. The City Commission Tuesday unanimously voted to finalize a deal authorizing a 500 rental e-scooter pilot program with micromobility networking company LINK YOUR CITY, Inc. — or just LINK. Collaborating with Kansas State University officials and students, who are simultaneously working on their own contract, half of the fleet will be deployed on campus. Launch is planned between August 1 and September 1, 2020. Talks began in 2019 after Manhattan extended bicycle regulations to the devices. The move was prompted by the State of Kansas, which the same year…
OLATHE, Kan. — A 39-year-old Kansas woman who tried to poison her three children with medication after losing custody of them to her ex-husband has been sentenced to nearly 29 years in prison. Therese Irine Roever was sentenced Tuesday on three attempted first-degree murder charges and criminal threat. Prosecutors said Roever’s ex-husband called police in February 2018 to report Roever and their three children were drugged and groggy at her home. WDAF-TV reports Roever lost custody of her children when the couple divorced but was later given unsupervised visitation. Two of the children were 7 and one was 5 at…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Police say a woman has been arrested in a deadly hit-and-run crash over the weekend in Kansas City, Kansas. Police say 25-year-old Kendra Womack turned herself in shortly after fleeing the scene of the early Sunday crash. Investigators say Womack was driving a sport utility vehicle eastbound when she broadsided a car at an intersection. The driver of the car, 42-year-old Myron Gardner of Kansas City, Kansas, died at the scene, and two other adults and two children in the car were injured. Police say Womack fled the crash on foot. Womack has been charged with…
WICHITA, Kan. — Police say a shooting in northeast Wichita has left one man dead. Officials say the shooting happened around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday at a home in the Lambsdale neighborhood. Police say officers were called to the home for a report of a disturbance with a weapon, but when they arrived, they found a man in his 50s dead at the scene with a gunshot wound. Police say several people were at the home when officers arrived, and they were taken in for questioning. Police say they are also searching for another person. The victim’s name has not yet…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Health officials are reporting 41 cases of the coronavirus and one death linked to funeral services and visitations in Topeka’s Shawnee County. The county’s health department says the positive cases include residents from five different counties. Health officials urged families to follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and work with funeral directors and religious leaders to keep services safe. New data released Wednesday shows Kansas has 11,681 cases, up 2% or 262 cases from Monday. The state health department also said that the number of COVID-19 deaths rose by two to 247.
Kansas State University says eight employees in Information Technology Services will be furloughed beginning June 28. Doing so will save the university more than $100,000. The emergency action comes following 430 employee furloughs since May due COVID-19 impacts. The university estimates in total, it has saved nearly $2.75 million. K-State’s Division of Human Capital Services is working with affected employees on federal and state health benefit options. Furloughed employees may qualify for state unemployment benefits.
Kansas State University has canceled all semester-long education abroad programs for fall of 2020. This development is due to K-State policy preventing university-sponsored travel when certain travel advisories are put in place or maintained. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently have a Level 3 travel advisory in place while the U.S. State Department has a Level 4 warning. For more information on K-State education abroad programs, contact oversease@k-state.edu.