EL DORADO — Officials say inmates broke dozens of windows and set fires during a weekend disturbance at a maximum-security prison in south-central Kansas. Kansas Department of Corrections spokesman Samir Arif said Monday that nobody was hurt. The disturbance started Sunday afternoon in the recreation yard at the prison in El Dorado and lasted about 4 .5 hours. Between 75 and 150 inmates were involved. State union president Sarah LaFrenz says a corrections officer who witnessed what happened told her around 40 windows were broken. She said two classrooms had fire and smoke damage. The officer also told LaFrenz that…
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EMPORIA — A man has been sentenced to life in prison in the fatal shooting of a woman in her apartment near the Emporia State University campus. The Emporia Gazette reports that Sony Uk, of Emporia, won’t be eligible for parole for 50 years under the sentence ordered Monday for first-degree murder. Judge Merlin Wheeler said there was “absolutely no reason or justification” for the March 2017 death of 38-year-old Mahogany Brooks. Uk declined to speak at the hearing. During his trial, the defense argued that the killing wasn’t premeditated, which is required for a first-degree murder conviction. But the…
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.
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.…