DERBY — Authorities say two people are dead after a driver smashed through railroad crossing arms and into the path of a train. The Kansas City Star reports that the crash happened Sunday night just west Kansas 15 in Derby. Lt. Tim Myers, of the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office, says the 38-year-old driver and her 39-year-old male passenger died in the crash. Their names weren’t immediately released.
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Friday’s guests were Honor Flight Liason Officer Donald Riffey, Dan Springer and Amber Petty from Wildwood Adventure Park, Flint Hills Breadbasket Executive Director Maribeth Kieffer and Susan Shaw of CROP Walk Manhattan, as well as Biosecurity Research Institute Director Dr. Stephen Higgs.
Thursday’s show started with a quick open phones segment where community members shared thoughts on the Brett Kavanaugh hearing. Guests for the day were Pawnee Mental Health Services Executive Director Robbin Cole as well as UFM Executive Director and Education Coordinator Kayla Savage.
Officers filed three reports for aggravated indecent liberties with a child in Manhattan on September 28, 2018. Officers listed a 14 year old female as the victim and a 16 year old male as the suspect for the three separate instances. Due to the nature of the crime reported, no additional information will be released. Officers filed a report for burglary in the 1400 block of Chase Pl. in Manhattan on September 28, 2018 at approximately 10:10 PM. Officers listed Mikayla Fiehtner, 20, of Manhattan as the victim when she reported an unknown suspect took her wallet from her vehicle.…
Canada agreed late on Sunday to join in the new trade deal between the U.S. and Mexico that is intended to replace the North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA). Multiple Kansas leaders are praising the agreement that preserved the three-country make-up of the original NAFTA trade deal. Officials said that the deal includes new intellectual property, labor rights and environmental protections, among other provisions. Congressman Roger Marshall of Kansas’ First District spoke with KMAN and said the agreement is a “big deal” for the state as there are 400,000 “NAFTA-dependent jobs” in Kansas. “We export $2.5 billion to Canada each year…
Manhattan, Kan. – It was a true tale of two halves in Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Saturday and depending on which one was viewed, different people could think that one team was the 18th ranked team in the country. Texas came out of the gates early against the Wildcats of Kansas State, after punting on their first possession, K-State took the ball back from the Longhorns only to send a punt of their own away. D’Shawn Jamison of Texas fielded the punt at the 10 yard line and shot out of the gates and zoomed towards the endzone for…
TOPEKA — Kansas utility regulators approved rates for Westar Energy that will lower many customers’ monthly election bills. The rates scheduled approved Thursday by the Kansas Corporation Commission would lower monthly bills for residential customers by about $3.80 a month. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the rate decrease will not apply to most people who have installed solar panels or other self-generating devices. Those customers will be charged additional fees that Westar says are necessary so those customers pay their fair share of maintaining the power grid. Westar spokeswoman Gina Penzig said those customers could still potentially see about a 30…
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas plans to cut $20 million from its budget by leaving many vacant faculty positions unfilled and implementing a buyout program for older faculty members. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that KU Interim Provost Carl Lejuez presented budget cuts at a town hall meeting Wednesday. He says a new voluntary retirement program that was adopted in August would work in tandem with the university’s decision not to fill many vacant positions. Lejuez says 45 faculty members have applied for the program, which offers a buyout option to tenured and tenure-track faculty who are 62 or older.…
LEAVENWORTH — A University of Kansas student has been killed in a crash as he returned to the campus after spending homecoming weekend at his alma mater in St. Louis. The Kansas City Star reports that 20-year-old Charlie Gillis, of St. Louis, was injured Monday in Leavenworth County, Kansas, after a tractor-trailer pulled out in front of his sport utility vehicle. The Kansas Highway Patrol says Gillis struck the middle axle of the truck, spun out and hit the front of another vehicle. He died Tuesday at a hospital. The crash remains under investigation. The Mary Institute and Saint Louis…
MOUND CITY — An eastern Kansas jail employee has been arrested on suspicion of sexual battery. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said in a news release the employee was taken into custody Thursday at the Linn County Sheriff’s Office and booked into jail on the misdemeanor charge. The Linn County Attorney’s Office had requested this summer that the KBI investigate the 48-year-old jail employee. The release provided no other details about what happened.