KANSAS CITY — A Kansas sheriff is remembering two sheriff’s deputies who were fatally shot by an inmate as “true heroes.” The Kansas City Star reports that Wyandotte County Sheriff Don Ash said Thursday during a joint service for Theresa King and Patrick Rohrer that they “literally put their lives between a cold-blooded killer and the citizens they swore an oath to protect.” The deputies were buried Thursday following a joint service at 9 a.m. at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas. Authorities say an inmate apparently overpowered the deputies last Friday in a gated area behind the courthouse and…
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KANSAS CITY — A Kansas priest has been revoked of his rank years after an investigation into multiple child sexual abuse allegations against him. The Kansas City Star reports that Archbishop Joseph Naumann issued a decree in December removing the Rev. John Wisner from the clergy. The decree was announced May 25. The Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas says it suspended Wisner from active ministry in 2012 after receiving many allegations he sexually abused minors decades ago. The archdiocese says an internal investigation found the allegations credible. Wisner has denied the allegations. The archdiocese says it notified law enforcement,…
WICHITA — A federal judge has delayed the trial of a Sedgwick County commissioner accused of misspending more than $10,000 in campaign funds and trying to cover it up. The jury trial of Michael O’Donnell that had been scheduled for July 10 has been continued to Sept. 18 in federal court in Wichita. The unopposed change was requested by his defense attorney because he already had another trial scheduled on that initial week and needed more time to prepare pretrial motions. O’Donnell has pleaded not guilty to a 12-count indictment alleging fraud and money laundering. Prosecutors say the 33-year-old Wichita…
Thursday’s guest was Lyle Butler, president of the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce.
Congressman Roger Marshall of Kansas’ Big First District has joined Kansas Senators Jerry Moran and Pat Roberts in voicing opposition to separating and detaining immigrant children apart from their parents at the U.S./Mexico border. Marshall took time between meetings at Washington D.C. to speak with KMAN during Wednesday morning’s edition of “In Focus.” “The separation of children from their parents is a terrible situation and the situation on the border is really a crisis situation,” Marshall said. “I think to call it a crisis situation is really an understatement.” Marshall said he spoke with President Trump on the issue Tuesday. “I think the…
Wednesday’s guests were Congressman Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Manhattan Area Technical College Director of Allied Health Mark Ballinger and Director of Nursing Laurie Stegeman. The show concluded with Flint Hills Regional Leadership Program Executive Director Jack Lindquist and program alum Matt Walters.
The Junction City Police Department says the investigation into the identity of a deceased woman found between two buildings in Junction City on May 28 continues. Wednesday, JCPD Public Information Officer Capt. Trish Giordano said the identity is still unknown, but added one has been ruled out. “We have received several calls inquiring whether this individual could be Ashley Meiss, the missing woman from Ogden,” Giordano said. “Ashley has been ruled out as our Jane Doe by a fingerprint comparison.” According to a press release from the JCPD on May 28, officers were advised of the body at 2:25 p.m. that…
The Manhattan City Commission approved an economic development package for a local company, voted to rezoned a plot on Laramie Street, and discussed new city and commercial planning regulations as well as a new policy on special events with alcohol at their meeting in City Hall on Tuesday. The commission approved the economic development package for Ultra Electronics I.C.E. Inc., an aerospace electronics business founded in Manhattan that was bought out by a U.K. holding company in 2014. The package was initially approved at commission’s first reading on June 6 and was not altered. Ultra Electronics is looking to expand and…
The 2018 winter wheat harvest is underway and some local producers have been seeing better than expected results. “It’s been going real good,” said Dan Higgins, manager of the Farmway Co-op in Leonardville. “I think everybody is kind of surprised that the wheat is a little better than they actually thought it was going to be after all the dry weather.” Higgins told KMAN Tuesday Farmway is about 50 percent done with the harvest and averaging test weights of 60 pounds per bushel and yields averaging close to 40 bushels per acre. “That’s fairly typical for this area,” he said.…
TOPEKA — The state of Kansas has joined a multistate lawsuit challenging the legality of an immigration program that grants temporary legal status to immigrants without proper documents who came to the U.S. as children. The program, called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, was established by former President Barack Obama in 2012. About 7,000 people in Kansas have obtained work permits under DACA. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said Monday he joined the lawsuit last week at the request of Gov. Jeff Colyer. Colyer said in a statement the lawsuit seeks to roll back executive overreach of Obama’s…