BLUE SPRINGS — The Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph says a longtime employee at a Blue Springs church embezzled $446,000 during the past several years. The diocese said Tuesday the woman worked at St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church for decades but the embezzlement occurred over the last seven years. Diocese spokesman Jack Smith says the woman agreed to repay the money within 60 days after she was confronted last week. The diocese didn’t name the employee. A member of the parish’s finance council discovered that the employee had been writing checks to herself and entering the names of vendors…
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TOPEKA — The three top candidates for Kansas governor say they want the authority to change the state’s Medicaid program. Gov. Jeff Colyer’s administration said during a legislative committee hearing Monday that he plans to continue with changes to KanCare included in new contracts with three companies. The contracts are set to take effect in January as Colyer is leaving office. An administration official says the new contracts provide room for the state’s next governor to change KanCare. Colyer was defeated in this month’s GOP primary election by Kris Kobach. The Wichita Eagle reports Kobach, Democrat Laura Kelly and independent…
WICHITA — Wichita police say a man who was convicted in a 1984 murder is suspected of raping an 8-year-old girl he was babysitting. KAKE-TV reports 56-year-old Clifford Cox is being held on $250,000 bond after being arrested Monday. Officer Charley Davidson said a parent reported his 8-year-old daughter was possibly assaulted by Cox on several occasions in the last few years. He says the alleged assaults occurred while Cox was caring for his children and the girl’s siblings. He says Cox and the girl’s parents were acquaintances. Cox was released from prison in 2006 after serving time for the…
Quinton Shorter, 64, of Manhattan was arrested while in the 1100 block of Westloop Pl. in Manhattan on August 21, 2018 at approximately 8:00 PM. Shorter was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for driving under the influence. Shorter was issued a total bond of $5,000.00. Shorter was not confined at the time of this report. Officers filed a report for criminal damage to property in the 1600 block of Laramie St. in Manhattan on August 22, 2018 at approximately 1:30 AM. Officers listed Edgar Patino, 21, of Manhattan as the victim when he reported a known female…
Wednesday’s guests were Blue Valley-Randolph Superintendent Brady Burton, Riley County Superintendent Cliff Williams, Reps for Friday night’s “Retro Gaming Night”, and Hope 22 Founder Brooke Brown.
Riley County commissioners heard from representatives from the City of Riley on the issue of ambulance services to the northern portion of the county Monday. Riley City Commissioner Greg McKinley and Mayor Tim Sharp were both present at the meeting. McKinley responded to a monthly call for services report from EMS Director David Adams earlier during the meeting. “it’s like a financial statement, he’s using dollars and cents saying it doesn’t pay to have anything in the north county because there aren’t enough people there,” said McKinley, “But the ambulance, I thought was a service not a business. You don’t…
Riley County Police Department Director Brad Schoen said the department will be purchasing a Lenco Bearcat armored personnel carrier at the Riley County Law Board meeting on Monday. The purchase will be funded by money seized as a result of various cases and investigations and would not impact any government’s budgets or taxes. The RCPD seizure fund was only expected to grow marginally over the last 10 years, but it grew significantly after two cases worked in conjunction with federal authorities in the county which added sums of $154,000, $283,000 and $180,000 to the overall fund. The seizure fund balance totaled…
Tuesday’s guests were Manhattan Mayor Linda Morse and City Manager Ron Fehr.
TOPEKA — A newly-released autopsy reports says a 72-year-old Lawrence man was driving drunk when he collided with a vehicle driven by an off-duty Topeka police officer, killing both men. The crash on May 29 killed 25-year-old officer Trey McCluskey, of Mayetta, and Peter Bieri. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the autopsy found Bieri’s blood-alcohol level was much as three times the legal limit when he drove the wrong way on U.S. 75 north of Topeka and collided with McCluskey’s vehicle. The autopsy listed “ethanol intoxication” as a contributing factor in Bieri’s death. No alcohol or drugs were found in McCluskey’s…
TOPEKA — State officials have cancelled training sessions on open government in Colby and Garden City due to lack of interest. The Kansas attorney general’s office says in a news release it determined too few people were interested in attending this week’s training in western Kansas to justify the expense of providing them. Just eight people registered for the two sessions. Sessions scheduled on Thursday and Friday in Topeka and Fredonia are still on. Others are being planned for Topeka and Johnson County. The free public seminars about the Kansas Open Records Act and the Kansas Open Meetings Act are…