KMAN’s Cathy Dawes visited with outgoing USD 383 School Board members Marcia Rozell, Pat Hudgins, and Aaron Estabrook: Manhattan Rotary Club President Vern Henricks, Konza Rotary Club President Rod Harms and Committee Chair Mike Dodson, on Rotary International’s charge of “One Rotarian, One Tree” and how the two clubs are working with the City to plant hundreds of trees throughout Manhattan: K-State Libraries Friends President Katie Philp on “Hale of a Time” event November third:
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WICHITA – Wichita airport officials aren’t waiting for the snow to hit to do a so-called snow rodeo. The airport says in a news release that it’s planning Tuesday to practice snow removal operations without any snow. The event starts at 10 a.m. and lasts for a couple of hours. Assistant Airport Director Brad Christopher says the purpose is give staff time to train without the added stress of actual weather. Intermittent closures on the two parallel runways are not expected to cause an airport closure or traveling delays for the public.
TOPEKA – One of the three co-defendants in a Topeka shooting death has pleaded guilty to reduced charges. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that 36-year-old Use David Laeli Jr. admitted Friday to reckless involuntary manslaughter and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute in an unrelated case. He faces more than 11 years in prison when he’s sentenced in February. Laeli was accused of ordering the disposal of the pistol used to shoot 28-year-old Xavier Patrick McCollough. Prosecutors say the shooting happened after McCollough was lured in July 2016 to a parking lot, where Laeli and two others waited. Prosecutors say…
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will deliver the first Landon Lecture of the 2017-2018 school year at Kansas State University. Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. will speak at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 27, in Forum Hall at the K-State Student Union. This Landon Lecture is free and students, faculty, staff and the public are welcome. “As a military-inclusive institution with a long history of serving the educational needs of our military members and veterans, as well as their families, and with the strong partnerships we have with both Fort Riley and Fort Leavenworth, we look forward to bringing the nation’s highest-ranking…
A Manhattan man faces a December 18th sentencing on rape and indecent liberties with a child convictions. Derrick Bishop was found guilty by a Riley County District Court jury late Friday of two counts of rape, one count of indecent liberties with a child, and one count of sexual battery. The trial went most of last week. Bishop was arrested in late March of 2016. Little was said about the case at the time but the warrant stemmed from crimes occurring from as early as November of 2014.
On Saturday, October 28, 2017 at approximately 12:30 p.m., the Riley County Police Department received a call concerning the discovery of a deceased person in rural southern Riley County. When officers arrived on scene, they located a deceased middle-aged white female, identified as Carrie Alicia Jones, 48, of Junction City. Initial investigation revealed Jones was the victim of an apparent homicide. The investigation is ongoing, and further details will be released as the investigation progresses. Anyone with information is asked to call the Riley County Police Department at (785) 537-2112 or Crime Stoppers at (785) 539-7777. Using the Crime Stoppers Service…
LAWRENCE — Kansas State’s ninth-straight win over rival Kansas won’t do much to restore confidence in the Wildcats’ sputtering season. But it wasn’t a loss, and that will have to do, for now. K-State used three Matt McCrane field goals and a D.J. Reed kickoff return for a touchdown to overcome KU, 30-20, at Memorial Stadium. The Jayhawks entered the game coming off the worst offensive performance in Big 12 Conference history, but KU looked reenergized under new quarterback Carter Stanley. Stanley and his receivers, primarily Steven Sims, Jr., caused problems all afternoon for a K-State secondary that gave up…
Updated Wednesday morning: The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has rescinded a boil water advisory for the Ellis Heights Neighborhood at Fort Riley in Geary County. KDHE officials issued the advisory because of a line break resulting in a loss of pressure in the system. Failure to maintain adequate 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…
The Riley County Police Department is investigating battery involving Manhattan High School football players, according to a press release from the RCPD and a report from the Manhattan Mercury Friday afternoon. The RCPD said it was made aware of an incident involving “several juveniles” Friday morning and is in the process of filing a battery report from the information it received. Authorities say the battery happened Thursday in the 3300 block of Robinson Drive in Manhattan, which is where Bishop Stadium is located in CiCo Park. Officers list a 15-year-old male and a 16-year-old male as the victims when it…
LAWRENCE — Experts are saying the Kansas economy is heavily dependent on global free trade and immigrant labor at a time when both are considered charged political issues in the U.S. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the University of Kansas’ Institute for Policy and Social Research sponsored the annual Kansas Economic Policy Conference on Thursday. Alexandre Skiba is a former economics professor at the university and spoke at the conference. He says the dependence on immigrant labor and foreign trade is especially true in rural western Kansas, where the meatpacking industry depends on immigrant labor and the entire agriculture industry…