PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kan. (AP) Students throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area dressed in black to support a Kansas girl who says she was sexually assaulted in a school bathroom. The Kansas City Star reports hundreds of students at Shawnee Mission East High School in Kansas wore black on Wednesday in support of their schoolmate. The freshman says she was groped last week by a boy inside a boys’ bathroom while a second boy held the door shut. Word of the “wear black to stop attacks” effort spread on social media Tuesday night soon after news broke that police were investigating…
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Mason Reves, 26, of Manhattan was arrested on the offense of failure to appear which was listed on a warrant with a bond of $7,000.00. Reves was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on September 20, 2016 at approximately 12:00 PM. At the time of this report Reves was not confined at the Riley County Jail.
The Wamego City Commission secured a new fire truck during Tuesday’s meeting. City Manager Merl Page reviewed the financing of the purchase, noting that 550 thousand dollars would be paid out of the Fire Department Reserves, and the remaining 300 thousand would be handled through a lease/purchase for 10 years. Bids were received from four local banks, with Kaw Valley Bank and Trust the low bidder with an interest rate of 2.9 percent. Following the approval, the Commission approved an ordinance to authorize the expenditure of the funds. Commissioner Robert Morse was not present. The Wamego City Commission also approved a lot split…
The time came to take the noise off the table. Manhattan city commissioners removed the noise ordinance from the backburner for approval, with first reading approval by a vote of 5-0. Assistant City Manager Kiel Mangus indicates in the current ordinance there is no language regarding decibel limits. There are two district boundaries, which are Aggieville and Downtown Manhattan and minimum fines for first, second and third offenses. The fines could be 100, 200, and 500 dollars as first and second offenses. City Commissioner Karen McCulloh says though the ordinance is focused on decibel levels she does not think one party at…
WICHITA — The League of Women Voters says Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has discarded as of August the registrations of about 6,570 prospective voters under a rule that allows him to toss them after 90 days because they did not prove citizenship. Those prospective voters likely registered at some place other than a motor vehicle office without providing citizenship documents, so their voting rights are not protected by recent court orders. They would need to register again to vote in November. Kansas requires proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote. The Secretary of State’s office says it could not…
TOPEKA — U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) has introduced federal legislation that would require schools to provide fuller disclosure of their campus gun laws. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the proposed law would require federally-funded universities to publish their gun policies on their websites and in other promotional materials. Presently, Kansas law allows concealed carry by anyone who is legally eligible to own a gun. Ellison introduced the legislation after Minnesota resident Marti Priest contacted Ellison with concerns regarding the University of Kansas’ lack of disclosure its campus gun rules. Priest was worried for her son Erik Nelson after a…
TOPEKA — Kansas is joining a challenge to a new federal overtime rule that would allow hundreds of government workers to receive overtime for working more than 40 hours a week. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the rule goes into effect in December and will affect about 550 state employees in the executive and judicial branches who aren’t currently entitled to overtime pay. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s office announced Tuesday that Kansas would join 20 other states in fighting the U.S. Department of Labor mandate. The department estimates the rule also will affect about 36,000 private employees in Kansas. Schmidt…
WICHITA — The former president of a troubled union district office in Wichita has been banned from holding an officer position for five years. The Wichita Eagle reports that the ban affecting Frank Molina follows a union determination of “financial mismanagement.” International Association of Machinists spokesman Frank Larkin says Molina can appeal. Molina is the former leader of the union’s District 70. It represents 8,000 Machinists members in the Wichita area. Earlier this year, the IAM took over the operations of the District 70 office under a process it calls trusteeship. Larkin says the trusteeship could be lifted following an election of…
ELLSWORTH — A man who was shot and wounded during a central Kansas law enforcement chase faces multiple felony charges. The Salina Journal reports that 35-year-old Alberto J. Garcia y Tapia was charged Friday in Ellsworth County District Court with felony fleeing, felony aggravated assault on law enforcement officers and felony DUI. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said in a news release that three officers from two jurisdictions fired their weapons during the chase Thursday night with a possibly armed person. The shooting is under investigation. The suspect continues to recuperate in a Wichita hospital. He has not made a court appearance…
Today’s guests on In Focus were Manhattan Mayor Usha Reddi and City Manager Ron Fehr.