To help kickoff its 2021 fundraising campaign, Konza United Way CEO Tara Claussen and Campaign Champion and former Manhattan Chamber President Lyle Butler joined us for the hour. Guests included Community First National Bank President Rob Stitt and AVP of Human Resources Sara Wildin in segment two. Funded United Way partner CASA and local Executive Director for CASA Carson Kober spoke to their involvement with the United Way and how dollars support their needs. In the final segment we spoke to Claussen and Butler about the virtual events happening along with KMAN Program Director Dave Lewis.
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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 in the 800 block of Commons Pl in Manhattan on September 19, 2020, at approximately 1:55 pm. Officers listed Target as the victim when it was reported an…
On Monday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Riley County Historical Museum Director Cheryl Collins.
An employee of the Riley County Treasurer’s office tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend. Treasurer Shilo Heger made the announcement at Monday’s Riley County Commission meeting. Due to this, six other employees are needing to quarantine as they were close contacts. Heger reminded the commission that her office has been using the proper protocols to keep the public safe. Since the office will be short staffed, the remaining staff will be focused on motor vehicle transactions. Driver’s license services are being suspended starting Monday and will reopen on October 2nd, pending staffing issues. Licenses that expired between March 15th…
WICHITA, Kan. — A performer has been wounded during a reenactment at a Kansas history museum in a shooting that police say appears to be accidental. The Wichita Eagle reports that the shooting was reported at 9:05 p.m. at an event near the Old Cowtown Museum, where reenactors were supposed to use blank rounds. Police Officer Kevin Wheeler said in a news release that the 24-year-old victim was shot in the upper body and taken to a hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
HARVEY COUNTY, Kan. — A pedestrian died after he ran onto an interstate in south-central Kansas Saturday night. The Kansas Highway Patrol said 20-year-old Kalub Rowson of Minneapolis, Kansas, died after he was struck by an SUV on Interstate 135 about 12 miles north of Wichita. The crash happened around 10:15 p.m. Saturday. The three occupants of the SUV were not hurt.
TOPEKA, Kan. — Crews are beginning work to fix a dangerous stretch of the Kansas River where three people have drowned since 2007. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the two-year, $5.7 million project starts Monday and aims to make a river weir in Topeka safer. Friends of the Kaw executive director Dawn Buehler says the problem is that calmer, slow-moving water suddenly speeds up around the weir, creating a dangerous “washing-machine effect.” Kelly Ryan, levee engineer at the Topeka Utilities Department, said construction will be done in two phases. That construction is expected to be completed by this winter, and…
Riley County and the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce will soon begin taking applications for the approximately $2.5 million Riley County CARES small business grant program. This program, which is part of the first round of CARES Act funding, will allow eligible Riley County businesses to receive up to $15,000 in grant funds. If the business is owned by mostly minorities, women, disadvantaged or veterans, then it can receive an additional 10 percent. The window for application submissions will go from 1 p.m. on Sept. 24 until 5 p.m on Nov. 2. Daryn Soldan, Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce economic…
Kansas State University alumnus and donor Carl Ice will retire from BNSF Railway at the end of 2020 after serving as the company’s CEO for about seven years. Ice graduated from K-State in 1979 and has spent his career helping to make BNSF Railway into one of North America’s top railroad operators. Carl and his wife, Mary Ice, who also graduated from K-State, have heavily invested in K-State’s academic and athletic programs over the years. In 2018, the Ices made a significant contribution that led to K-State naming its engineering school the Carl R. Ice College of Engineering. K-State has…