TOPEKA — Plans for better broadband coverage across Kansas recently got a boost from the Information Network of Kansas. The network has approved a $300,000 grant request from Gov. Jeff Colyer to complete a Statewide Broadband Mapping project. The map will be used by a state task force created by the Kansas legislature to identify and close broadband coverage gaps in Kansas. A group called Connected Nation will produce the map in collaboration with the state’s broadband service providers. The Hutchinson News reports the first draft of the statewide broadband availability map should be ready by Dec. 31.
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LAWRENCE — A Eudora man has been found guilty of fatally shooting a man at a bar. A Douglas County jury on Wednesday found 37-year-old Danny Queen guilty of second-degree murder in the June 2017 death of Bo Hopson outside the D-Dubs Bar and Grill in Eudora. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Queen was intoxicated and had been thrown out of the bar that night. Hopson reportedly asked Queen if he needed someone to drive or walk him home but Queen responded by shooting him at close range. He also tried to shoot two other men but the gun jammed. Queen…
PAOLO — Miami County authorities say two sheriff’s deputies became ill after arresting a man for drug violations. The sheriff’s department said the deputies stopped to check on a car Wednesday afternoon near Spring Hill. The deputies were overcome by some type of substance after they arrested a man inside the car. The suspect also was hospitalized after an apparent overdose. The deputies were released from the hospital Wednesday night. The other man remained hospitalized Thursday. The sheriff’s office said in a news release investigators didn’t know what substance caused the deputies to become ill but it may be linked…
KMAN Program Director Dave Lewis filled in for Brady Bauman on Thursday’s episode. Thursday’s guests were Fort Riley Garrison Commander Col. Stephen Shrader and NBAF Director of Partnership Development Dr. Marty Vanier. Dave also talked about St. Thomas More Catholic Church founding pastor Father Loren Werth, who died Monday. Community members also called in and shared thoughts about Father Werth.
To honor the men and women of the “Big Red One” and its proud 101-year legacy, the 1st Infantry Division will host its annual Victory Week celebration Aug. 6-10 at Fort Riley. The public is invited to witness events of camaraderie and remembrance throughout the week. Members of the public are encouraged to attend Victory Week unit sporting events, which will begin on Aug. 6 with basketball, combatives, football, soccer, softball, volleyball and water “brolo.” Other sporting events include the Danger Dash and Warrior Competition. Public finals for those sports will be held Aug. 8. While Victory Week is a…
Sarah Sessin, 31, of Manhattan was arrested while in the 1900 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd. in Manhattan on August 8, 2018 at approximately 1:44 AM. Sessin was arrested on offenses of possession of marijuana, driving while license cancelled/suspended/revoked and driving while a habitual violator. Sessin was issued a total bond of $5,000.00 causing her to remain confined at the time of this report. Dexter Robinson, 26, of Manhattan was arrested while in the 900 block of Moro St. in Manhattan on July 31, 2018 at approximately 5:45 PM. Robinson was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for…
For Wednesday’s episode, host Brady Bauman started the program by introducing KMAN reporter Nick McNamara. He and Sam Hennigh be filling in for Brady while he is on vacation. Wednesday’s guests were USD 383 Executive Director of Teaching and Learning Lacee Sell and School Board Member Dave Colburn as well as Riley County Clerk Rich Vargo.
LAWRENCE — Police say a 10-year- boy brought a gun to a science camp in Kansas and accidentally discharged it. The Lawrence Journal-World reports no one was injured but the incident caused the evacuation Tuesday of the room at the New Century Fieldhouse in Johnson County where the camp was being held. Capt. Rob Weber of the Johnson County Parks and Recreation Department Police says about nine to 10 children were in the room. Police say the boy brought the gun from home in his backpack to “show it around” at the camp. The child later thought better of that…
KANSAS CITY — Police agencies in northeastern Kansas are opposing a proposal from the Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office to study potential wrongful conviction cases. The Kansas City Star reports that Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree recently sought funding from the Unified Government Board of County Commissioners to create a Conviction Integrity Unit. The unit would investigate claims of innocence, prosecutorial misconduct and law enforcement error. Dupree says his office has already identified 19 cases that could be reviewed. But Kansas City Police Chief Terry Zeigler, Wyandotte County Sheriff Donald Ash and Fraternal Order of Police representatives wrote a…
OLATHE — Kansas health officials say two Johnson County residents have developed serious West Nile Virus infections. Greg Lakin, medical officer of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, said Tuesday most cases of West Nile are not serious but the two Johnson County residents have neuroinvasive infections, which cause brain swelling and sometimes death. The health department said most of the state is under a high-risk warning for the mosquito-borne illness. Health officials say late summer and early fall is the peak time for West Nile Virus. The western two-thirds of the state is the most high-risk part of…