Updated: Saturday, 6:55 a.m. New details have been released about an attempted murder investigation. Riley County Dispatch received a call at approximately 10:15 p.m. on Thursday regarding a man who fell down and was possibly injured in the 1000 block of Fremont St. EMS was dispatched to the scene, and when they arrived, found that the victim, identified as 29-year-old Anthony Williams Jr. of Manhattan, was suffering from wounds consistent with being stabbed. The Riley County Police Department responded to the scene and are working the incident as an attempted murder. RCPD has developed two suspects in this case and…
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TOPEKA — Kansas officials say the state mental hospital in eastern Kansas failed to regain federal recertification after a survey in May. That means the state will continue to lose up to $1 million a month in federal funds being withheld because the hospital doesn’t meet federal standards. The government revoked Osawatomie State Hospital’s certification in December 2015, citing safety and patient care issues. Department for Aging and Disabilities Services officials said Friday they were nevertheless encouraged because the surveyors didn’t cite the hospital for the same issues that cost it certification. Instead, many of the issues dealt with the…
TOPEKA — President Donald Trump has approved a federal disaster declaration for more than two dozen Kansas counties hit by storms between April 28 and May 3. The storm dumped more than a foot of snow in some parts of western Kansas. Other counties endured strong straight-line winds and flooding during the storm. The 27 counties named in the declaration are Cherokee, Cheyenne, Crawford, Decatur, Finney, Gove, Graham, Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Lane, Logan, Morton, Neosho, Norton, Rawlins, Scott, Seward, Sheridan, Sherman, Stanton, Stevens, Thomas, Wallace, and Wichita. The declaration allows county governments to apply for public assistance funds…
The Kansas Court of Appeals has ruled on a couple of Riley County cases, with one reversed and remanded and another affirmed. One involves an aggravated criminal sodomy case from 2012 and the other an attempted murder case. The appeal from Ziad Khali-Alsalaami, with a conviction of two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy, was the case that was reversed. The court of appeals Friday indicated it was a unanimous ruling , and that the appellant’s attorney, or defense attorney at the time of the trial, committed errors during his representation of Ziad. Six errors were listed in the 34 page…
The 21st Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking candidates to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy residing in Riley County. The 21st judicial district includes Clay and Riley counties. Justice Marla J. Luckert, the Kansas Supreme Court departmental justice responsible for the 21st judicial district, said candidates can apply or be recommended, but recommendations must come on a nomination form and include the candidate’s signature. Kansas law requires that a magistrate judge must be: a high school graduate or its equivalent; a resident of the county at the time of swearing in and at all times while holding office; and…
Jury duty has never been easier. A local filmmaker is still in need of extras for a jury in his courtroom drama. The film, titled “Objects in the Mirror” centers around a manslaughter case involving a county attorney. “As (the Manhattan Arts Center) is a community theatre with volunteer-only workers, it is not easy to get people together, but we’ve mostly managed to get this project off the ground,” Hal Dace, the movie’s co-director, told KMAN Thursday. “But we need one last push to get more extras to commit to perform.” Penny Cullers is the other co-director. In April, Riley…
TOPEKA — Gov. Sam Brownback has allowed a bill designed to keep concealed guns out of public hospitals and mental health centers to become law without his signature. The governor acted Thursday and broke with gun-rights allies. The new law allows a permanent ban on concealed guns at state hospitals, other public hospitals, community mental health centers, publicly owned nursing homes and indigent clinics. It also allows the University of Kansas Health System and the university’s medical school in Kansas City, Kansas, to ban concealed guns. A 2013 state law required public buildings to allow concealed guns if those buildings…
Gov. Sam Brownback has signed into law a measure to increase the state’s funding on public schools in response to a court mandate. Brownback acted Thursday on the bill, which would phase in a $293 million increase in aid to public schools over two years. The Kansas Supreme Court ruled in March that the state’s $4 billion a year in education funding was inadequate. “The legislature missed an opportunity to substantially improve the K-12 funding system,” Brownback said to KMAN in a release Thursday afternoon. “They did, however, direct more dollars into the classroom by limiting bond and interest aid,…
Wamego Health Center broke ground Wednesday afternoon on their $10.8 million expansion. According to their website, the year-long project will add 11,000 square feet to the facility, including more patient rooms, an expanded laboratory, surgery department, and improved ER and radiology departments. Wamego Health Center Administrator Steve Land said that the hospital staff is “excited” for the project, adding that they are ready for the construction to begin. Throughout the project, several departments will be displaced, but Land indicated that the hospital will be running as close to normal as construction allows. The main entrance to Wamego Health Center will…
Today’s guest was Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce President Lyle Butler.