WICHITA — Wichita police say all sexual assault kits will now be submitted for forensic testing, including a backlog of nearly 1,700 kits going back to 2002. Police Chief Gordon Ramsey announced Friday that all the backlogged kits will be submitted by the end of the year. The Wichita Eagle reports that previously, law enforcement officers would determine which kits were sent for testing. Between 2002 and 2015, more than 1,000 rape kits were not submitted by Wichita police. Between 2015 and Friday, a backlog of around 600 rape kits built up. The kits contain DNA taken from women reporting…
Author: KMAN Staff
KMAN spoke with Republican incumbent Rep. Roger Marshall of the 1st district and his Democrat opponent Alan LaPolice ahead of the November 6 general election. Here are their remarks in full. Note: the interviews were conducted a week apart due to scheduling and the candidates utilized different polls, so the numbers cited vary. —————————————————————————————————————————-
Friday’s guest was K-State Research and Extension Family and Consumer Science Agent Megan Dougherty. The show also featured pre-recorded interviews with candidates for the district 1 seat of the Pottawatomie County Commission. Candidates included incumbent Dee McKee (GOP), Sage TeBeest (D), and Nathaniel Gotsch (I).
Jesse Bailey III, 20, of Junction City was arrested while in the 1200 block of Moro St. in Manhattan on November 1, 2018, at approximately 1:10 AM. Bailey III was arrested on offenses of aggravated robbery, criminal possession of a weapon by a felon and interference with LEO. Bailey III was issued a total bond of $40,000.00 causing him to remain confined at the time of this report. Dquane Phillips, 18, of Junction City, was arrested while in the 1200 block of Moro St. in Manhattan on November 1, 2018, at approximately 1:10 AM. Phillips was arrested on offenses of…
The family of a worker who died over the summer while working at a Westar Plant near Topeka have filed a lawsuit in federal court. The suit was filed on behalf of the children of Damien Burchett of Manhattan. Burchett and co-worker Jesse Henson of Overbrook were killed at the plant on June 3rd when the elevator they were in filled with superheated steam. The two were investigating a loss of steam at a safety release valve. The valve is intended to vent steam outside should pressure rise too high. Investigators determined that the steam release valve had been ripped…
The latest tax collection report released by Gov. Jeff Colyer’s office shows that revenue exceeded expectations. Tax revenue for the month of October was up 2.14 percent from the previous year, an increase of $10.71 million. That exceeded the state’s expectations for the month by $6.99 million. Fiscal year 2019 tax revenue for the state totals $2.2 billion. That’s $105.6 million more than was estimated to be collected. That also exceeds fiscal year 2018 tax collections by more than $183 million. Individual income taxes brought in $242.29 million in the month of October, $12.88 million more than the previous fiscal…
The Senate Confirmation Oversight Committee approved Mark Hutton of Andover and Allen Schmidt of Hays to begin serving on the Board of Regents and confirmed Bill Feuerborn of Garnett for a second term. Hutton and Schmidt will fill the positions vacated by Joe Bain of Goodland and Zoe Newton of Sedan. Feuerborn has been serving on the Board of Regents since 2014. Hutton was the CEO of Hutton Construction Corporation in Wichita and has served as a state representative in the Kansas Legislature. Schmidt also served on the Kansas Legislature as a state senator and is a retired US Army…
Thursday’s show started with pre-recorded interviews with 67th district Representative Tom Phillips (GOP) and his opponent in the race Alex Van Dyke (D). Thursday’s live guest was Governor’s Military Council Executive Director Perry Wiggins.
Military retirees and their families in Manhattan and the surrounding area are invited to come to a community briefing on Saturday regarding changes to Tricare health plans. Benefit counselors from Irwin Army Community Hospital will be at the Manhattan Public Library at 10 a.m. to inform people about what to expect under the changes to Tricare. No longer will Tricare recipients be able to change their health plans at will. Instead, people will only be able to switch plans during an open season period that starts on November 12 and runs until December 10 this year. New plans go into…
ATCHISON — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is investigating a shooting involving an Atchison police officer. The Atchison police department contacted the KBI Wednesday for assistance in an officer-involved shooting. The KBI reports preliminary information indicates that an Atchison officer was sent to a theft of services call at an Atchison home. When the officer arrived on scene, a man approached the officer while carrying a rifle. The KBI says the man, 44-year-old Bryan Boldridge, put down the rifle when ordered to by the officer. The agency says when the verbal conflict escalated, the officer deployed a Taser. The suspect…