MEDICINE LODGE — A Kansas undersheriff who fatally shot a man at close range with a beanbag has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents arrested 60-year-old Barber County Undersheriff Virgil “Dusty” Brewer Wednesday at the Barber County Courthouse. He was charged by the Kansas Attorney General’s office in the October 2017 death of 42-year-old Steven Myers, of Sun City. Myers was shot with the beanbag after officers responded to a call about a man threatening people with a gun outside a bar in Sun City, about 110 miles (177 kilometers) west of Wichita. Myers’ wife has…
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Thursday’s guests were Manhattan Convention and Visitor’s Bureau Director Karen Hibbard and NBAF Director of Partnership Development Dr. Marty Vanier.
Officers filed a report for theft in the 9100 block of Blue Ridge Rd. in Manhattan on September 5, 2018 at approximately 6:00 PM. Officers listed Jeff Wilson, 61, of Manhattan as the victim when he reported an unknown suspect took a trailer from his yard. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $1,200.00. Police ask that anyone with information contact RCPD or the Manhattan Riley County Crime Stoppers. Using the Crime Stoppers service can allow you to remain anonymous and could qualify you for a cash reward of up to $1,000.00. Officers filed a report for burglary…
Multiple residents spoke passionately about the flash flooding in Wildcat Creek during the public comment section of the Manhattan City Commission meeting Tuesday. Resident Chuck Henderson pointed to development along the creek as the cause for repeated flooding in the area and called the inability to mitigate drainage into the creek a failure on the part of various local municipalities and agencies, including the City of Manhattan. “What we have here is a failure to collaborate with a known problem that was created by people, not god, not the random weather patterns,” Henderson said. Resident Charlie Pottorff said he harvests…
A longtime Topeka-area Girl Scout camp that closed last year will become a camp for people with disabilities and their families. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Hope Ranch Inc. plans to turn the former Camp Daisy Hindman into its Mission Creek Camp and Conference Center. Executive Director Ken Scroggs said there aren’t many opportunities for people with disabilities to attend summer camp. Many of the camp’s buildings will comply with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act guidelines. The camp in Dover will also have a therapeutic riding center, something the nonprofit has operated in Manhattan for years. “Hope Ranch, Inc.…
Wednesday’s guests were USD 383 Superintendent Marvin Wade and school board member Jurdene Coleman as well as Dr. Adam Chase of the Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Center.
TOPEKA — Kansas is reporting that it collected $6 million more in taxes in August than expected to extend its longest streak of better-than-anticipated revenues in at least 50 years. The state Department of Revenue reported Monday that tax collections were $494 million last month. The state’s official forecast had predicted $488 million. The monthly surplus was 1.3 percent. It was the 15th consecutive month that tax collections have been better than forecast. An AP spreadsheet compiled from monthly reports shows the state hasn’t seen such a long streak since at least February 1968. Since the current fiscal year began…
MANKATO — A fund has been established to help two Jewell County sheriff deputies who were shot on duty last week. Authorities say the deputies were shot by a 40-year-old man who walked into the sheriff’s office, asked to see a deputy and opened fire. The man, Jason Whitson of Mankato, later shot and killed himself after leading law enforcement on a chase into Ottawa County. A motive for the shooting has not been released. KSAL reports the Jewell County Sheriff’s Office said both deputies will make a “long but full recovery.” The agency says an account has been established…
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…
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…