PRATT — Authorities say police have shot and wounded a man after he fired at an officer in southern Kansas. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says 38-year-old Rene Prieto, of Pratt, is in critical condition at a Wichita hospital. The shooting happened Tuesday afternoon in Pratt after police officers responded to a report of a man waving a gun on a street outside a home. The KBI says as officers approached Prieto, he fired at one of the officers. Three officers then returned fire and struck Prieto. The KBI says no officers were hurt. The agency is investigation and will…
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The latest updates on plans for two planned recreation centers and the future of City Park were presented at the Manhattan City Commission’s work session in City Hall Tuesday. City Park Master Plan The plan lays out the long-term vision for improvements and projects around the park. The last version of the plan was adopted in 2006, but city administration decided it needed updates as many projects within it have already been completed. Park Planner Alfonso Leyva said the goal of this plan was to “create a space that caters to bicyclists and pedestrians” while enhancing activities already in the…
Tuesday’s In Focus program featured Riley County Commissioner Marvin Rodriguez discussing ambulance services in Riley County as well as the recent election and various road projects. Our final two segments of the program dealt specifically with a proposed Junietta Road bridge project from Riley to Pottawatomie counties, which Commissioner Rodriguez argues Riley County can not afford.
K-State Police is advising students and faculty on campus about recent robo phone calls. According to a press release, on Sunday, November 11, K-State phone numbers started receiving robocalls with derogatory racially or ethnically based messages. Many of the calls were left on voicemail. K-State Police and Telecom have been made aware of the calls and have determined they originate from a number that cannot be traced. While Telecom is working to block the reported number, KSU PD are advising those receiving a call to hang up immediately and report it to K-State Police at police@k-state.edu or by calling 785-532-6412.
An infant from Manhattan died Thursday morning, according to Riley County Police officials. RCPD responded to a call reporting an infant not breathing in East Manhattan at around 8:30 a.m. The child was life-flighted to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City after being rushed to Via Christi in Manhattan. He was declared dead at the KC hospital. The investigation is ongoing. KMAN will update as more information becomes available.
Officers filed a report for criminal damage to property in the 1300 block of Hudson Ave. in Manhattan on November 11, 2018 at approximately 12:30 AM. Officers listed Jessica Price, 22, of Manhattan and James Wood, 79, of Manhattan as the victims when it was reported a known male suspect damaged a door and frame. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $500.00.
TOPEKA — Kansas recorded more domestic violence related homicides in 2017 than it had in more than two decades. A Kansas Bureau of Investigation report shows the 38 domestic violence deaths in 2017 was twice as many as 2016. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the agency says 20 of the deaths were female and 18 were male. Also, 33 of the suspects were male while five were female. And firearms were used in 26 of 38 cases. KBI spokeswoman Melissa Underwood says 2017 was the second highest number of domestic violence-related deaths since records began in 1993, with 41 deaths. Erin…
WICHITA — Records show that a man arrested in a deadly Wichita shootout had been paroled just a few months earlier for a 2008 killing. The Wichita Eagle reports that 28-year-old Aubrey Montez Oliver was booked into the Sedgwick County Jail on suspicion of first-degree murder. He was arrested after one person was killed and another person injured in a southeast Wichita shootout early Saturday. The slain person hasn’t been identified. Kansas Department of Corrections records show that Oliver had been released from prison in July and placed on parole for the killing of Kenneth “Landy” White in Hutchinson. Oliver…
WICHITA — A California man accused of making a hoax phone call that led police to fatally shoot an unarmed man in Kansas is expected to enter new pleas. Twenty-five-year-old Tyler R. Barriss has a change-of-plea hearing Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Wichita. He was indicted in Kansas for conspiracy to make a false call, cyberstalking and other crimes. The court will also take up cases initially filed in California and the District of Columbia related to other fake calls and threats . Barriss faces a separate January trial in Kansas on a charge of involuntary manslaughter . Barriss…
OLATHE — A fifth lawsuit has been filed in Kansas against an opioid maker and a doctor accused in a prescription kickback scheme. The Kansas City Star reports that Timothy Farquhar filed the lawsuit last week in Johnson County against his former doctor, Steven Simon, and Insys Therapeutics. He alleges that Simon prescribed him unnecessarily high doses of opioids, including the fentanyl spray Subsys, for pain related to a spinal injury and cyanide poisoning. Farquhar says he wasn’t informed of the risks of addiction and become dependent. The federal government has alleged that Insys illegally used its physician speaker program…