In a 3 to 2 vote, the Manhattan City Commission approved a first reading of their 2019 budget and the 2019 to 2023 Capital Improvements Program at their meeting in City Hall Tuesday. They also approved an amendment of the 2018 budget necessary as a result of revenue shortfalls and some additional costs that ran higher than anticipated. Mayor Linda Morse, Mayor Pro Tempore Mike Dodson, and Commissioner Usha Reddi voted in favor. Commissioners Wynn Butler and Jerred McKee opposed, though they approved the 2018 budget amendment. The budget amounts just under $156 million, a jump of about $7 million…
Author: KMAN Staff
Wednesday’s guests were Rock Creek USD 323 Superintendent Kevin Logan, Assistant Director of the Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy at Kansas State University Dr. Timothy Shaffer, and a phone interview with Riley County Clerk Rich Vargo.
Officers filed a report for burglary in Manhattan on August 6, 2018 at approximately 2:00 PM. Officers listed Raheem Williams, 24, of Fort Riley, as the victim when he reported an unknown suspect took speakers and an amp from his vehicle. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $600.00. 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 aggravated domestic battery in Manhattan on…
WINFIELD — The Kansas Highway Patrol says a laser was intentionally pointed at one of its aircraft in violation of federal law as authorities searched for an escaped inmate. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that no one has been arrested for pointing the laser. But Lt. Adam Winters said Monday that troopers have an address and are going to follow up on what happened Saturday night as authorities searched for the escaped inmate in Winfield. Winters say that when a laser is pointed at a plane, it can cause temporary blindness to the pilots which can cause “a very dangerous situation.”
KANSAS CITY — A Kansas man who fatally shot an Indian immigrant and wounded another in a suburban Kansas City bar is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday on federal hate crime charges. Adam Purinton of Olathe agreed to a plea deal in May that recommended he be sentenced to life in prison on each of three hate crime charges, with the sentences to run consecutively. Purinton reportedly yelled “Get out of my country” before killing 32-year-old Srinivas Kuchibhotla and wounding Kuchibhotla’s friend, Alok Madasani, in February 2017. A third man who tried to intervene was wounded. The attack raised fears…
INMAN — Authorities say a fireworks company employee was burned while disposing of fireworks. The Hutchinson News reports that the 39-year-old Jason Ukele, of Salina, was flown to a Wichita hospital after the Monday morning accident at the site of Showalter Fireworks west of Inman. Business owner Steve Showalter says Ukele suffered burns on his right leg and hand while they were lighting off 3 to 4 ounces (85 to 133 grams) of powder at a time. He says the burning is done routinely to destroy unserviceable fireworks. He says one of the batches flashed up instead of just burning,…
LAWRENCE — A Missouri woman has been charged with first-degree murder after a car plunged into the Kansas River and the body of her 5-year-old daughter was pulled from the water. Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson on Monday charged 26-year-old Scharron Renea Dingledine, of Columbia, in the death of her daughter. Dingledine is also charged with attempted first-degree murder stemming from critical injuries to her 1-year-old son, who remains hospitalized. Dingledine’s bond was set at $1 million. Police say the children were in a vehicle that sank Friday afternoon in the river in downtown Lawrence. The toddler and the…
Tuesday’s guests were Manhattan City Mayor Linda Morse and City Manager Ron Fehr.
HUTCHINSON — A Kansas woman convicted in connection with a “swatting” event has been sentenced to probation. The Hutchinson News on Friday reported that Reno County District Judge Joe McCarville gave Hutchinson woman Tatumn Marie Watkins one year of probation. The 20 year old pleaded guilty last month to attempting to “give a false alarm of violent activity or a threat to life.” Watkins and another woman allegedly called police in April to report that a man battered two family members and was outside their home with a gun “waiting for police.” Police ordered the man outside at gunpoint, but…
WICHITA — Court documents say the federal government plans to sue a Kansas oncologist who is accused of submitting claims for cancer treatments that weren’t medically necessary. The Kansas City Star reports that federal prosecutors filed a notice last month announcing their plans to file a complaint within 90 days against Mark Fesen and to intervene in a whistle-blower lawsuit. A former clinical oncology pharmacist at the Hutchinson Clinic filed the whistleblower suit in 2014. The suit says the pharmacist became aware of problems with Fesen’s treatment of patients while reviewing “denials” by insurance providers, including Medicare and Medicaid. Outside…