A Colorado man already serving time for a bank robbery in Arkansas was indicted Wednesday on charges he robbed a bank in Manhattan, according to a press release from U.S. Attorney Tom Beall. Kenneth Wayne Fisher, Jr., 41, formerly of Colorado Springs, Colo., is charged with one count of bank robbery. The indictment alleges that on Aug. 26, 2015, Fisher robbed Sunflower State Bank at 2710 Anderson Ave. in Manhattan. A few months after the Manhattan robbery, Fisher was arrested in California. He was extradited to Arkansas to face charges of robbing a bank in Bentonville, Ark., on Aug. 28,…
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PRAIRIE VILLAGE — A second Kansas teenager says he wants to run for governor next year. Tyler Ruzich, of Prairie Village, who will turn 17 next week, filed campaign papers with the state this week. He is a junior at Shawnee Mission North High School. The Hutchinson News reports Ruzich considers himself a moderate Republican but says he is still developing specific policy positions. Another 16-year-old, Jack Bergeson of Wichita, is running for the Democratic nomination for governor. Ruzich says he contacted Bergeson, who encouraged him to run. Ruzich says the young candidates agree that having two teenagers in the…
WICHITA — The Latest on the shooting of a Department of Revenue employee in Wichita: 3:55 p.m. The Kansas Department of Revenue says the man accused of shooting a seizure agent at its office in Wichita has two tax warrants totaling almost $400,000 related to his construction business. Police have identified the suspect as 51-year-old Ricky Wirths of Wichita. He is accused of shooting Cortney Holloway at the office in Wichita on Tuesday afternoon. Holloway is in stable condition. The tax warrants were filed in June against Wirths and his company Rick Wirths Construction. One warrant is for $196,455.46 in…
For the second consecutive week, a Kansas State women’s soccer student-athlete has received the Big 12 Freshman of the Week award as the league office announced Hannah Davis as the honoree. Davis follows her teammate Brookelynn Entz who earned the program’s first league weekly honor on Sept. 12. That’s according to a release from K-State Athletics. Davis finished the week with a combined four points, scoring one goal and adding two assists. Davis has tied the school record held by Tatum Wagner for consecutive matches with a point at four straight games. The forward from Lincoln, Nebraska, broke through to…
Riley County Police have announced a missing 15-year-old from Ogden. Calob Haymond reportedly went missing from Salina Sunday afternoon at about 4:30. Calob, who is from Ogden, was taken to Salina on Friday by his family and dropped off at a friend’s house to spend the weekend. He and a friend were reportedly out walking and his last known location was in the Walmart area in south Salina. Calob is 5’9,” weighs 155 pounds, and has dark blonde hair dyed light pink, with hazel eyes. He was last known to be wearing a dark grey Pac-Man t-shirt and black athletic…
The Manhattan City Commission reviewed recommendations Tuesday contained in the latest draft of the Flint Hills/Fort Riley Joint Land Use Study. One such recommendation involves noise produced by Fort Riley and how it impacts potential home buyers close to the installation. Specifically, Fort Riley and the City of Manhattan have suggested a solution that ties noise disclosures to real estate transactions near post. Should the solution be implemented, the noise disclosure would automatically pop up in a title search. Another recommendation calls for the retooling of the study’s technical working group into an implementation committee, which Project Manager, Ray Greer…
A 55-year-old Kansas Department of Corrections inmate serving time on Geary County murder and rape charges apparently has been passed over for parole this time around. Oliver Smith, who was sentenced in 1989 in connection with 1986 cases, faced public comment sessions in July with a parole hearing held last month. The latest information from the KDOC indicates Smith’s earliest possible release date is November of next year. Smith is currently being held at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is facing criticism for using a private email account for business associated with his work as vice chairman of President Donald Trump’s commission on election fraud. The Kansas City Star reports that a Kansas Press Association leader and a media attorney are questioning whether Kobach is flouting a year-old state law. It makes public officials’ emails about public business subject to disclosure under the Kansas Open Records Act even if they are on private accounts or devices. Kobach told the investigative site ProPublica last week that it would be a…
Today’s guests on In Focus were Manhattan Mayor Linda Morse and City Manager Ron Fehr.
LEAVENWORTH — A spokesman says Tyson Foods Inc. is evaluating its options after local official backed away from offering a key incentive for a planned chicken-processing plant in northeast Kansas. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Tyson spokesman Worth Sparkman said the company was disappointed in the Leavenworth County Commission’s decision Monday. The commission voted 2-1 to rescind a previous resolution in favor of issuing $500 million in industrial revenue bonds to help finance the project. The resolution would have made the project eligible for an 80 percent property-tax reduction. The commission’s vote came three days after a town hall meeting…