Riley County commissioners voted 2-1 Monday morning to halt any plans to sell four county buildings. Commission chairman Ben Wilson raised eyebrows last week when he said K-State had tried to use their ownership of the land Riley County wants to move its EMS facility to as leverage in a more favorable deal for a cluster of county buildings that had been proposed for sale on the 2000 block of Claflin Road in Manhattan. Outgoing commissioner Robert Boyd, who had been on vacation for the past two weeks, was back in the Commission Chambers and clarified Wilson’s earlier comments. “This…
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A semiannual report on alcohol enforcement from Riley County Police brought several questions and comments during Monday’s Riley County Law Board meeting. Board member Craig Beardsley wondered about the numbers involved and how the information was gathered–adding that while some of the local bars might be self-reporting, he wished there were a way to make that clear on reports. Board member Karen McCulloh talked about the need to set a tone, with worries expressed about bars at the top of the list for calls for service. RCPD Director Brad Schoen indicated law enforcement relationships with the local bars is better now than…
Police arrested Shannon Meireis, 34, of Topeka, Kansas on August 12, 2016 at approximately 9:05 PM while in the 400 block of S. 4th Street in Manhattan. Meireis was arrested on the offense of possession of opiates, opium, or narcotic drugs and use of possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia. She was given a bond of $6,000.00 and at the time of this report was not confined at the Riley County Jail. This arrest stemmed from a traffic infraction which constituted a traffic stop. RCPD is investigating a report of aggravated battery and battery which occurred at 1430 Cambridge…
Manhattan PEO Chapter IW presented a $1,600 continuing education grant Saturday to K-State Global Campus student AnLee Bradley, who is working toward a Masters of Art in Teaching degree. Bradley, of Topeka, was presented with the check by IW’s Continuing Education Chair Cathy Scroggs, with committee members, Judy Regehr and Cheryl Arthur and Chapter IW President Patty Wadick and IW member Sydney Carlin present. The PEO Program for Continuing Education is a grant program providing financial assistance to women whose education has been interrupted and who find it necessary to return to school to support themselves and/or their families.
Updated 11:48 p.m.: TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has rescinded a boil water advisory for the City of Manhattan public water supply located in Riley County. The advisory was issued because of a loss of pressure. Inadequate pressure may result in a loss of chlorine residuals and bacterial contamination. Public water suppliers in Kansas take all measures necessary to notify customers quickly after a system failure or shutdown. Regardless of whether it’s the supplier or KDHE that announces a boil water advisory, KDHE will issue the rescind order following testing at a certified laboratory. Laboratory…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita police are investigating the discovery of a body found near the Arkansas River but don’t believe foul play was involved. The Wichita Eagle reports the body was lying on the ground next to a tree around 7:30 a.m. Sunday when someone walking along the river found him. Police spokesman Sgt. Joe Kennedy says a 59-year-old white man was pronounced dead at the scene. The body was taken to the Sedgwick County Regional Forensics Science Center to determine cause of death. Kennedy says the person may have been homeless. No other details were being released.
An Onaga man who allegedly threatened a person with a gun was arrested Thursday. The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Dispatch received a report of an unwanted subject at the address of 717 Leonard Street in Onaga Thursday afternoon. The caller reported that another person inside the residence at 717 Leonard had been threatened with a gun. The suspect, Scott Hanner, 53, was located outside of the residence. After investigation of the incident, deputies took Hanner into custody. Hanner was arrested for aggravated assault, possession of a stimulant, possession of an hallucinogenic drug and possession of drug paraphernalia. He is currently confined at…
LAWRENCE — A Kansas court says parental rights should be terminated for a woman accused in 2012 of binding and blindfolding two of her children. The Kansas Court of Appeals agreed Friday that Deborah Gomez’s parental rights should be terminated. Gomez, and her husband, Adolfo Gomez, were arrested after police found two of their children blindfolded and bound with duct tape in a Lawrence parking lot. The couple said they were traveling from Illinois because they believed the world was ending. The children were taken into state custody. Both parents later pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of endangering a child. Deborah…
TOPEKA — A meeting between community members and Topeka police ended abruptly when participants yelled at the police chief. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports about 200 people attended the Friday meeting, which ended about halfway through the scheduled program. Police Chief James Brown was interrupted as he read his remarks noting the police department’s efforts to engage with the community, touting community policing officers’ work and recent “coffee with a cop” events. A man sitting at the back of the room laughed loudly and interjected comments as Brown spoke. A woman then also stood up and began yelling, while attendees asked her to…
Editor’s note: Story written by Jorge Gomez, IACH Public Affairs Office Digital technologies have changed every aspect of our lives, a hospital becomes obsolete if it can’t support the technological demands of today’s modern healthcare. On the weekend of July 23-24, a team of information technology specialists animated the new Irwin Army Community Hospital after transplanting the digital heart from the old hospital into the new one. Several months of collaborative efforts by IT specialists from IACH, Health Facility Planning Agency, Regional Health Command – Central (Provisional), Defense Health Agency, General Dynamics Information Technology and the Healthcare Relocation Team culminated in standing up the data center at the new hospital…