TOPEKA — Incoming Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said she is “stunned” by a state agency’s lack of response to a shortage of residential psychiatric beds for children. The Wichita Eagle reports the shortage of beds has left about 140 Kansas youth waiting for residential psychiatric care. During a meeting Tuesday of a task force studying the state’s child welfare system, Kelly suggested she wants significant changes after she takes office in January. Susan Fout is deputy secretary of the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services. In response to Kelly’s remarks, Fout acknowledged some children are not getting the psychiatric…
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WICHITA — A 26-year-old Wichita man has been arrested after two children, ages 2 and 4, arrived at Via Christi Hospital St. Joseph suffering from gunshot wounds to their hands. Wichita police spokesman Charley Davidson said the children were playing with a handgun Tuesday when they were each injured. Davidson said the 2-year-old was treated and placed in protective custody. The 4-year-old was still hospitalized Wednesday after surgery. Davidson said Delano Wayne Rogers and the children’s 21-year-old mother were home while the children were playing with the gun. Davidson said Rogers is a friend of the children’s mother. He drove…
GREAT BEND — Great Bend police who responded to reports that a man was bitten by a venomous snake allegedly found the snake decapitated and hallucinogenic mushrooms at his home. The department says on a Facebook post that officers went to the home of 25-year-old Ari Hooley on Tuesday after he was treated Monday for bite from a Coral Cobra, a venomous snake. It is illegal to own an exotic or venomous snake in Great Bend. KAKE-TV reports Hooley refused to cooperate with officers. When they returned later with a search warrant, officers found the snake decapitated and buried. Police…
The Manhattan City Commission unanimously approved phase 2 of the Aggieville Infrastructure Report at their meeting Tuesday. The plan lays out possible features for the business district’s future, incorporating community input that came in the form of surveys as well as focus groups. It included multiple options, ranging from various street and parking designs down Moro and Laramie, a potential pedestrian mall on 12th Street stretching from Laramie to Moro, alley improvements, publicly available WiFi as well as a parking garage at the intersection of Manhattan Avenue and Laramie. None of the features were specifically chosen for approval, the report…
Water, sewer and stormwater service rates are set to rise come the new year.The Manhattan City Commission unanimously approved the increases at their Tuesday meeting. City staff recommended the increases to rates for water and wastewater services in order to keep pace with “community growth and to ensure adequate funding of various projects for the operation, maintenance, and capital improvements to the City’s public water supply, distribution systems and sanitary sewer collection treatment systems.” The yearly increases are based on a cost of service study performed in 2015. Increases to stormwater services are also to keep up with rising costs,…
In Focus guests Wednesday included USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden Superintendent Dr. Marvin Wade and Board of Education member Leah Fliter. We also spoke with Pottawatomie County Economic Development Executive Director Jack Allston about the 2018 Labor Force Analysis.
The Flint Hills Discovery Center Horizon Ranch Immersive Experience Theater will be getting some improvements thanks to Marty Vanier. The Manhattan City Commission unanimously approved the purchase of 4 new projectors using funds donated by Marty Vanier and her late husband, Bob Krause. The projectors cost $417,950 and will replace older, obsolete models. Discovery Center Director Susan Adams said the upgrades will improve the quality of their movie showings “I think it has lost a little luster lately and I look forward to it as bright and beautiful as it did at the beginning,” Adams said. Discovery Center Foundation President Bruce Snead…
Daniel Mainville, 34, of Manhattan was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on December 4, 2018, at approximately 12:05 PM. Mainville was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for failure to appear. Mainville was issued no bond causing him to remain confined at the time of this report. Timothy Lesher, 53, of Gardner was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on December 4, 2018, at approximately 11:30 AM. Lesher was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for failure to appear. Lesher was issued a total bond of $20,000.00 causing him to remain…
More U.S. beef is being recalled because it may be contaminated with salmonella. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says a unit of Brazil’s JBS is now recalling a total of more than 12 million pounds of raw beef that was shipped around the country. JBS Tolleson in Arizona already recalled about 7 million pounds of beef in October. Health officials say their investigation identified additional products with the USDA inspection number “EST. 267.” The products were packaged between late July and September. The USDA says any products still in people’s freezers should be thrown away. It says 246 illnesses have…
KANSAS CITY — Officials say a gunman pursued two shooting victims as they drove to a Kansas hospital, where he shot one of them at the entrance and then killed himself. The University of Kansas Hospital says in a statement that it started around 11:30 p.m. Monday when gunfire erupted about 2 .5 miles (about 4 kilometers) away. The statement says the shooting suspect followed a male victim as he drove to the hospital with a female victim. Upon arriving, the man ran to the hospital’s main entrance, which was secured. The hospital says the gunman then shot the man…