WICHITA — Authorities say two women have been killed in a Wichita crash. The Wichita Eagle reports that the crash happened Tuesday afternoon as the women were turning left. Wichita police Officer Paul Cruz says the driver of a sport utility vehicle collided with passenger side of the women’s car. The impact knocked the car off the road and onto nearby grass. Cruz says the 20-year-old female passenger was pronounced dead at the scene. The car’s 21-year-old driver died at a hospital. Police don’t know the relationship between the women. Their names were immediately released. Police say the driver of…
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Officers filed a report for motor vehicle theft in Manhattan on September 4, 2018 at approximately 7:20 PM. Officers listed a 47 year old male as the victim and a female known to him as the suspect. Due to the nature of the crime reported (domestic) no additional information will be released. Molly Meeks, 29, of Manhattan was arrested while in the 3000 block of Brookeville Dr. in Manhattan on September 4, 2018 at approximately 2:30 PM. Meeks was arrested on offenses of violate protection order and criminal trespass. Meeks was issued causing her to remain confined at the time…
EUDORA — A Kansas home day care worker who was convicted in the death of a 9-month-old baby is seeking a new trial. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that 44-year-old Carrody Buchhorn was scheduled to be sentenced Friday. She was convicted in July of unintentionally but recklessly causing the death of Oliver “Ollie” Ortiz, of Eudora, on Sept. 29, 2016, at the Sunshine Kids Group Daycare Home in Eudora. Buchhorn has a new legal team that is trying to get her a new trial. Douglas County District Court Judge Sally Pokorny rescheduled Buchhorn’s sentencing for Oct. 18 to allow time for…
WICHITA — State welfare officials say police should have considered taking 2-month-old twins into protective custody before one of them died at a west Wichita motel. The Wichita Eagle reports that in the Wichita area, when police put children into protective custody, it often means taking them initially to a facility that offers emergency, temporary care. From there, they can go to a foster home or relative while the child protection system determines an eventual placement. Instead, police put the infants with a relative on Aug. 28 after finding that their parents were intoxicated at the motel where the family…
TOPEKA — Kansas is trying a new way to reduce the amount of sediment in the state’s reservoirs. The Salina Journal reports the state will pay landowners up to $50 a ton for the amount of sediment they keep out of a watershed leading to a state reservoir. Kanopolis Reservoir, which has lost 39 percent of its water supply storage, is one of the four reservoirs included in the Kansas Reservoir Protection Initiative. The state has budgeted $900,000 for Kanopolis, Fall River, John Redmond and Tuttle Creek reservoirs. Many sediment best-practices are eligible for the initiative, including cover crops, reducing…
WICHITA — After nearly a century of growing pumpkin patches and providing corn mazes for visitors, Wichita’s Cox Farm will close soon. Ron and Vickie Stein, third-generation owners of the farm, announced Thursday they will close the 92-year-old Wichita institution in late September or October. The Steins, who have operated the farm for 12 years, are retiring. Both are 71 years old. The Wichita Eagle reports Ron Stein says the couple has worked seven days a week for their entire lives and they have had enough. Stein said the property has already drawn interest, with some wanting to keep it…
Officers responded to the report of an injury accident near the intersection of Anderson Ave. and 60th Ave. in Manhattan on September 3, 2018, at approximately 2:05 PM. When officers arrived on scene, they found a 2006 Red Ford Freestyle driven by Laura Mendez, 28, of Manhattan crashed with a 2001 Red Hyundai Tiburon driven by Abigail Collins, 22, of Manhattan. Collins was transported to Via Christi for treatment of her injuries. Adrian Ortega, 39, of Manhattan was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on September 3, 2018 at approximately 8:00 PM. Ortega was arrested on a Riley County District…
Tuesday’s guests were Manhattan City Mayor Linda Morse and City Manager Ron Fehr.
Update Sunday 1 p.m. City of Manhattan officials estimate flooding caused damage to 93 properties which contained 106 buildings and 381 dwelling units. They are hoping to have a total accounting of building damage finished by next week after staff completes inputting data into the FEMA model. The Emergency shelter at Pottorf Hall closed at 12 p.m. Saturday. The remaining residents displaced by the flooding have either found living arrangements on their own or were set up with housing by their landlords. American Red Cross Executive Director Jane Blocher said they are “extremely grateful” for the outpouring of support from community…
Kansas State University Director of Bands Dr. Frank Tracz was taken to the hospital during the season opener for K-State Football on Saturday. The cause of his hospitalization has not been released, but the K-State Marching Band Facebook page wrote that Tracz is in good spirits and is “passing every test with flying colors.” He left the stands during the third quarter. The K-State Marching band page put out an update on Sunday that Tracz will be back to work “in no time.” They included a statement from his family assuring that Tracz is doing “very well” and that they…