OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) The number of people sickened in a norovirus outbreak linked to a suburban Kansas City dinner theater has grown to nearly 400. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said in a news release Thursday that the people who reported contracting the gastrointestinal illness attended performances at the New Theater Restaurant in Overland Park starting on Jan 15. The theater holds about 625 people Four people have laboratory specimens to confirm norovirus. Health officials are asking people who have attended a performance since Jan. 15 to participate in an online survey. The source of the illness…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Senate has approved Gov. Sam Brownback’s appointments of a new commerce secretary and three members of the board overseeing the state’s higher education system. All four votes Thursday were 40-0. Antonio Soave has served as interim commerce secretary since December. He formerly was chairman and CEO of a company that helps businesses with mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and expanding foreign markets. Soave also previously coached college soccer and played professional soccer in Italy. The three Board of Regents members confirmed Thursday were appointed by Brownback in June. They are David Murfin of Wichita, Dennis Mullin…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A 27-year-old woman has been arrested after police say she stole items from a west Wichita Wal-Mart and led officers on a chase. Wichita police Lt. Randy Reynolds says an officer pulled over a car for driving erratically and not using headlights around 11:20 p.m. Wednesday. The officer learned that the vehicle matched the description of one used by a shoplifter at an area Wal-Mart. When the officer asked the woman to step out, she drove away. Reynolds says a short chase ensued before the woman turned into a cul-de-sac and crashed. The Wichita Eagle reports that…
Today’s guests on In Focus were: State Senator Tom Hawk Body First CEO Doug Sellers with Wicked Marathon Bill Kennedy with Souper Bowl Sunday Marsha Boswell with Kansas Wheat on the upcoming conference, “Women Managing the Farm”
A search warrant on 9th St. resulted in the arrest of Brett Vaughan, 23, and a Colorado man was arrested for sexual offenses. Police arrested 26-year old Anntonette Duran of Ogden on a warrant for the offense of failure to appear, with the original offense of burglary. Duran was arrested on Thursday morning at approximately 8:50 a.m. and given a bond of $50,000. A Manhattan resident was arrested in the 1100 block of Moro Street in the early hours of Friday morning. Edwin Madrigal, 25, was taken into custody around 4:15 on Friday morning based on a warrant from Lyon County. The offense is listed as probation violation. He was…
A Manhattan man will be spending 272 months — or 22 years and six months — behind bars for attempted 1st degree murder. Samuel Dartez, 31, was sentenced Friday morning in the Riley County District Courthouse by Judge David Stutzman for the stabbing of a 27-year-old woman multiple times on Nov. 13, 2014, near the intersection of Juliette and Yuma streets. Dartez was in a relationship with the woman and they share two children. He will also owe $25,000 in restitution after his sentence is served. Dartez was scheduled for sentencing on Jan. 5, but that was delayed after he refused to…
On Thursday evening at approximately 10:40 p.m. Riley County Police executed a search warrant at 311 North 9th St. in Manhattan where officers seized approximately 2.8 pounds of marijuana, over $9,000 in cash, as well as other controlled substances including amphetamine pills, Xanax, and LSD. Numerous items of drug paraphernalia were also located and seized as part of this investigation. Brett Vaughan, 23, of Manhattan was arrested for the offenses of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute within one-thousand feet of a school, possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute within one-thousand feet of a school, possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, possession…
A Colorado man has been arrested by Riley County Police for rape and aggravated criminal sodomy charges. William Nesbitt, 36, was taken into custody Thursday on West U.S. Highway 50 in Canon City, Colorado but is currently in RCPD custody. According to Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson, Nesbitt will have his first appearance on Monday at the Riley County Courthouse. Bond was set at $500,000.
State Representative Tom Phillips (R-Manhattan) filed for re-election to the Kansas House of Representatives in the Secretary of State’s office. “I consider it a true privilege to represent the citizens of the 67th District,” Phillips said. “Kansas is facing serious challenges, and I am more dedicated than ever to finding solutions to move our state in a positive direction.” Representative Phillips is Vice Chair of the House Local Government Committee and a member of the Taxation, Children and Seniors, and Energy and Environment Committees. “Tom is one of the hardest working members in our caucus,” said House Majority Leader Jene Vickrey (R-Louisburg). “He is always…
Robyn Brown, 21, of Junction City, Kansas was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on January 27, 2016 at approximately 6:45 PM. Brown was arrested on a warrant for the offense of failure to appear with an original offense of burglary. She was given a bond of $5,000.00 and at the time of this report was confined at the Riley County Jail. Police in the 300 block of Colorado Street arrested Jason Leonard, 40, listed as having no address on January 28, 2016 at approximately 12:00 AM. Leonard was arrested on three warrants for the offenses of probation…