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…
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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.
TOPEKA — Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran says he will vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The Republican senator made his announcement after Thursday’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee by Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford. Ford accuses Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a gathering of friends in 1982, when both teenagers. Kavanaugh strongly denied the allegation. Moran’s short statement did not mention their contradictory testimony. Instead, he said after he met with Kavanaugh in August, he saw him as well-qualified “with a deep respect for the Constitution. Moran said: “I still believe that to be true.” Kansas’…
Dalton Amaro, 28, of Manhattan was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on September 27, 2018, at approximately 12:10 PM. Amaro was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for probation violation. Amaro was issued a total bond of $5,000.00 causing him to remain confined at the time of this report. Kieya Miller, 21, of Topeka was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on September 27, 2018, at approximately 11:30 AM. Miller was arrested on a Manhattan Municipal Court warrant for failure to appear. Miller was issued no bond causing her to remain confined at…
A proposed memorandum of understanding for the Riley County EMS and Pottawatomie County EMS was presented to the Riley County commissioners on Thursday. RCEMS Director David Adams presented the memo, which would help clarify the how the RCEMS and PCEMS would respond to the Blue Township area. “This [memorandum] essentially states that if PCEMS provides full time ambulance coverage in this area, and that ambulance is on a 911 call and a second call comes in, then the RCEMS will come in and respond,” said Adams. Adams stated that Pottawatomie County will be providing primary ambulance response to the township effective…
A full house today on the show as Kellis Robinett and Matt Hall are both in today, they join John and Mason to try and get to the bottom of KSU football issues, looking at Texas and some reflection on KSU basketball media day. 0:00 – QB Shuffle 18:23 – No, we are not firing Bill 24:43 – They’re playing Ba-sket-ball 36:25 – Pibb vs DP 40:02 – Recruiting improvements 54:44 – Taylor Braet has a tough job 1:07:46 – Basketball about to take over? 1:15:49 – YCBS
The Greater Manhattan Community Foundation has pledged to match all donations made to the 2018 Manhattan Flood Recovery Fund. The GMCF created the Recovery Fund to provide assistance to residents affected by the Labor Day flood of Wildcat Creek. GMCF officials said in a release that they will retroactively match all donations that have already been made as well as any future contributions up to $50,000. To date, the GMCF has received just over $13,000 in donations. Donations can be made at www.MCFKS.org as well as over the phone by calling (785) 587-8995. Donations can also be made via text…
OLATHE — A 13-year-old says she was sexually assaulted inside a child welfare office in Kansas as she slept in a conference room. The Kansas City Star reports that the newly released affidavit says the teen told authorities that Michael Anthony Hamer climbed under a blanked with her in May at the KVC Behavior Healthcare office in Olathe and began touching her. She later told a worker and authorities that she had been assaulted. Hamer, who turned 19 Wednesday, was charged earlier this month with rape and aggravated indecent liberties of a child. A KVC spokeswoman says the social worker had…
DOUGLAS — The Douglas County Commission has raised the minimum age to buy tobacco products in the county’s unincorporated areas from 18 to 21. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the commission approved the change Wednesday and it will take effect in 30 days. The measure includes all products that include nicotine, such as the liquids used in electronic cigarettes. Currently, only four stores in the county’s unincorporated areas would be affected by the resolution. A Topeka ordinance raising the age to 21 was struck down in court in March. Douglas County commissioners said they are not worried about lawsuits because the county’s…
WICHITA — Authorities say a man who was fatally shot in Wichita may have been trying to rob someone after a road rage incident. The Wichita Eagle reports that officers responded around 9 p.m. Wednesday. Sgt. John Bogle says a man in his 20s was found lying in the street and was pronounced dead at the scene. He says the shooting took place at the same time as a robbery attempt in the street, which may have stemmed from a road rage incident. Police think the man who fired the shots was the victim in the robbery attempt, and the man…