TOPEKA — A meeting between community members and Topeka police ended abruptly when participants yelled at the police chief. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports about 200 people attended the Friday meeting, which ended about halfway through the scheduled program. Police Chief James Brown was interrupted as he read his remarks noting the police department’s efforts to engage with the community, touting community policing officers’ work and recent “coffee with a cop” events. A man sitting at the back of the room laughed loudly and interjected comments as Brown spoke. A woman then also stood up and began yelling, while attendees asked her to…
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Editor’s note: Story written by Jorge Gomez, IACH Public Affairs Office Digital technologies have changed every aspect of our lives, a hospital becomes obsolete if it can’t support the technological demands of today’s modern healthcare. On the weekend of July 23-24, a team of information technology specialists animated the new Irwin Army Community Hospital after transplanting the digital heart from the old hospital into the new one. Several months of collaborative efforts by IT specialists from IACH, Health Facility Planning Agency, Regional Health Command – Central (Provisional), Defense Health Agency, General Dynamics Information Technology and the Healthcare Relocation Team culminated in standing up the data center at the new hospital…
TOPEKA — The huge Kansas City, Kansas, waterslide on which a 10-year-old boy recently died was built in a state known for its light regulation of amusement park rides. The company also lobbied legislators to help ensure that it remained responsible for its own inspections. Kansas mandates annual inspections of permanent rides but allows private inspectors to do the checks, rather than requiring state inspections. The state does only random audits of operators’ records, and there are no additional local safety regulations for the Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City. Before Kansas considered imposing inspection requirements for amusement rides in 2008, a Schlitterbahn…
WICHITA — A government report is forecasting record corn and soybean harvests in Kansas. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Friday that it expects corn production in the state of 660 million bushels. That is 14 percent higher than a year ago. Anticipated soybean production of 164 million bushels will also set a record if realized. That is 11 percent higher than a year ago. The agency also estimated the sorghum harvest to come in at 244 million bushels, down 13 percent from a year ago. Production of this year’s winter wheat crop is estimated at 462 million bushels, up 43 percent…
A Kansas Department of Corrections inmate serving time on Riley and Geary County convictions has been released. Anthony Juan Murphy, 51, was released last week and KDOC records indicate he is currently located in Riley County. Murphy was held on several charges, including a 2013 Riley County case involving aggravated sexual battery and other sexual related counts. Prior to that he had convictions for criminal threat and driving under the influence in Riley County and theft, burglary, and drug-related charges in Geary County. Murphy most recently was held at Lansing. Public comment sessions were held in January, with parole hearings…
Outpacing Melanoma is hosting a free skin cancer screening from 11am-2pm on Saturday, August 13 in the Chiropractic Family Health Center on 1213 Hylton Heights in Manhattan. It is a walk-in screening and open to the public. Outpacing Melanoma, a non-profit organization dedicated to funding research and promoting early detection, screening, and prevention in the fight against skin cancer, was founded in memory of Riley County native, Richard Klover, who died from melanoma at the age of 46. Dermatologists from the University of Kansas Medical Center will be on hand to provide the screenings. Assessments of facial sun damage and…
LEAVENWORTH — A preliminary hearing has been delayed for a former physician assistant accused of sexually abusing patients at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Leavenworth. Mark Wisner’s hearing on a charge of aggravated sexual battery was scheduled for Thursday but it was continued until Sept. 15. The Leavenworth Times reports Wisner also is charged in a second case. He’s charged with aggravated criminal sodomy and three misdemeanor charges of sexual battery. Those crimes allegedly occurred in 2014 while Wisner worked at the Eisenhower VA Medical Center. Wisner’s attorney, John Bryant, asked for the continuance for the first case because he…
HELENA, Okla. — The US Geological Survey reports a 4.0 magnitude earthquake has stuck northwestern Oklahoma. The USGS says the quake was recorded at 12:27 a.m., 12 miles northeast of Helena, about 85 miles northwest of Oklahoma City. There have been no reports of injury or damage. The USGS says the earthquake was widely felt in central Oklahoma and as far north as Junction City, Kansas. The number of magnitude 3.0 or greater earthquakes has skyrocketed in Oklahoma, from a few dozen in 2012 to more than 900 last year. Scientists have linked the increase to the underground disposal of…
Wamego’s Water’s True Value opened Friday with the “Back the Blue Event” which is in support of local law enforcement. During this event, all seven (7) of the Water’s True Value stores will be giving away 5,000 blue light bulbs to show that support, and encourage others to support their local law enforcement. Wamego’s Waters True Value has 360 blue light bulbs to give away while supply lasts. Other store locations participating are in Manhattan, Junction City, Salina, Great Bend, Emporia, and Dodge City.
A Riley man was found guilty of second-degree murder for the death of his 6-year-old daughter, who died in a DUI wreck late last year. Joshua Mall, 39, was in the Riley District Courthouse after an impromptu hearing was called Friday morning. Mall originally wasn’t due back in court until his jury trial scheduled for Aug. 23-26, but his defense waived that trial and instead asked Chief Judge Meryl Wilson for an immediate bench trial based on agreed stipulated facts. The state did not oppose. Wilson found Mall guilty on all counts against him, which included the second-degree murder charge, marijuana…