Monday’s guests were USD 383 Superintendent Marvin Wade and Board of Education Vice President Curt Herrman as well as Riley County Appraiser Greg McHenry.
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Two Redbud Estates mobile homes caught fire Friday afternoon. Fire officials say the cause is still under investigation. The Manhattan Fire Department received a call for a shed fire at the mobile home park at 3:40 p.m., but it spread from the shed to two units by the time they arrived on the scene. A dog died in one of the homes, there were no other injuries reported. It took 30 minutes for the 24 firefighters on scene to extinguish the second alarm fire. Losses for one of the properties, a single wide 2000 Homesmart mobile home, amounted to $35,000 — $15,000…
Officers filed a report for criminal damage to property in the 200 block of Willow Ln. in Ogden on June 29, 2018 at approximately 1:45 PM. Officers listed the Ogden Community Center as the victim when it was reported an unknown suspect damaged a window to the building. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $1,500.00. 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. Shannon Bryant, 41, of…
WICHITA — Authorities say an 82-year-old woman has been found dead after a fire in her Wichita home. The Wichita Fire Department says heavy smoke was pouring from the home when crews responded Friday morning around 8:30 a.m. Firefighters found the woman’s body after extinguishing the blaze. The cause of the fire is under investigation. The woman’s name wasn’t immediately released, but KAKE-TV out of Wichita is reporting that family members at the scene have identified her as the home’s sole resident, Bettie Clark Johnson.
KANSAS CITY — U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran says he plans to discuss election interference during an upcoming trip to Russia with a small group of Republican lawmakers. The Kansas City Star reports that Moran also will be visiting Norway and Finland during the Senate’s holiday break. The visit to Russia occurs ahead of a planned July 16 meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump in Helsinki. Trump has repeatedly cast doubt on the consensus of the U.S. intelligence community that Russia worked to influence the 2016 election. But Moran said Thursday that the evidence he’s seen from…
Friday’s guests were Deputy Fire Chief Ryan Almes and Deputy Fire Marshal Ryan Courtright of the Manhattan Fire Department. Chris Hupe and Neil Ebert of the Wamego Fireworks Pyro Crew as well as Wamego Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Daryn Solden also stopped by In Focus.
The City of Manhattan’s Aggieville “Vision to Reality” team is asking for community participation in a survey about proposed streetscape and parking improvements to Aggieville. The survey can be found at AggievilleVision.com and will be live through Aug. 31. The city hopes to receive a wide range of survey responses from groups such as Manhattan residents, university alumni and military service members and their families. The Aggieville Community Vision Survey will give the city and the design team, led by Olsson Associates, guidance about what improvements participants would like to see in Aggieville. This survey is part of phase two…
WICHITA — A man who owed almost $400,000 in taxes has been convicted of walking into a tax office in Kansas and shooting and wounding a state tax agent who was working on his case. The Wichita Eagle reports that 52-year-old Ricky Wirths was found guilty Thursday of attempted first-degree murder in the September 2017 shooting of agent Courtney Holloway. The shooting happened about three hours after Holloway and sheriff’s deputies had gone to Wirths’ house to seize assets. Officials say Wirths asked for Holloway by name after he was buzzed into the waiting area of a Wichita tax office.…
Officers responded to the report of an injury accident near the intersection of Kimball Ave. and College Ave. in Manhattan on June 28, 2018 at approximately 5:44 PM. When officers arrived on scene, they found a 2007 white Dodge Ram truck driven by Stephanie Schmidt, 42, of Junction City crashed into 2006 gray Chevrolet Aveo driven by Nancy Hill, 72, of Manhattan. Two passengers in the Aveo were transported to Via Christi for treatment of their injuries.
OVERLAND PARK — A suburban Kansas City chiropractor has surrendered his medical license as a state board investigates sexual abuse reports. The Kansas City Star reports that the Overland Park, Kansas, chiropractor made the decision to surrender his license last week after it was suspended on an emergency basis in May. The suspension came after a female patient reported abuse and got a protection order from a judge because she said she feared he would retaliate. A subsequent order issued last week said the board had received information from two of the chiropractor’s patients “who independently reported similar instances of…