Thursday’s guest was Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Lyle Butler.
Author: KMAN Staff
FORT RILEY — The Department of the Army announced today the winter 2018-2019 rotation to Europe and Afghanistan of three 1st Infantry Division units stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas. The 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division will replace 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division stationed at Fort Hood, Texas as part of a regular rotation of forces to Europe in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve. “After spending the last several months conducting an intensive and comprehensive training cycle that included a National Training Center rotation, the Devil Brigade is looking forward to deploying to Europe in support…
WICHITA — A federal judge has again delayed until next year the fraud trial of Sedgwick County Commissioner Michael O’Donnell. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren on Wednesday set a new trial date for Jan. 29 in federal court in Wichita. It had been previously scheduled to begin Nov. 13. The judge granted an unopposed defense request for more time. Prosecutors say O’Donnell of fraudulently obtained $10,500 from his campaign accounts for his personal use. An indictment charges him with 23 counts of wire fraud and two counts of money laundering. The Wichita Republican was elected to the state Senate in…
OLATHE — Prosecutors say a man who kidnapped and raped a suburban Kansas City sheriff’s deputy is a dangerous sexual predator who raped another woman while her toddler was in bed with her. The Kansas City Star reports that prosecutors made their case Wednesday for 23-year-old Brady Newman-Caddell to serve more time in prison than what’s called for in Kansas sentencing guidelines. He and another man, William Luth, were convicted previously of abducting the deputy from outside the detention center in Olathe, Kansas, in October 2016 as she headed to work. She was released in the Missouri suburb of Lee’s…
WICHITA — A man and a woman have been arrested in the shooting of 4-year-old boy in an apparent road rage incident after one vehicle cut off another in a Kansas city. Wichita Police Chief Gordon Ramsay says the boy was shot in the stomach Wednesday evening and is in stable condition. The boy was one of six children inside a sport utility when someone in a silver Ford Mustang fired two shots just before 5 p.m. The Wichita Eagle reports that the Mustang took off after the shooting but was later stopped. Police said Thursday that a 21-year-old woman…
TOPEKA — Kansas authorities are looking for an inmate who escaped from a work crew in Topeka. The Shawnee County Department of Corrections says 27-year-old Brian Andrew Worrell ran away Wednesday on his first day with that crew. Maj. Tim Phelps. Worrell told the Topeka Capital-Journal that Worrell is not thought to be an active threat to any member of the public. Worrell was part of a community work crew was helping with code compliance work. Worrell ran away when the crew supervisor began taking photos of the work. The remaining inmates were then secured. He had been booked into…
Geary County Sheriff Tony Wolf was arrested this morning by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation on a charge of felony theft and misuse of public funds. He was booked into the Geary County Jail and released on bond. He also has been placed on administrative leave by the department. Sheriff Wolf is accused of gifting a county-owned firearm to a third and using government money in an unlawful manner. The KBI investigation into Wolf began in August before being presented to Dickinson County Attorney Andrea Purvis. Purvis was appointed as the special prosecutor on the case and sought a warrant…
Are you smarter than a librarian? You can find out through a game of trivia. A team of librarians from K-State will participate in a trivia competition at Arrow Coffee Thursday night. Teams of up to 6 members can link up to participate in the competition. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the game starts at 7:30. There is a 5 dollar per person participation fee with all proceeds going to the Hale Library recovery fund. They’ll also be giving out Hale t-shirts in return for a 20 dollar donation to the fund. And if your team manages to outwit…
Wednesday’s guests were Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 Assistant Superintendent Eric Reid and Board of Education member Jurdene Coleman. They were followed by Manhattan Area Technical College President Jim Genandt.
PAOLA — Authorities have a suspect in custody in a hit-and-run crash that injured a 12-year-old boy in eastern Kansas. Police in Paola said in a Facebook post that the crash happened Tuesday afternoon. The boy was taken to a hospital, but the extent of his injuries weren’t immediately known. The post said the sport utility vehicle that hit the child was leaking fluid as it left the scene. Police announced later in the day that the suspect was in custody. The suspect’s name wasn’t immediately released. The investigation is ongoing.