The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and Riley County Health Department are conducting an online survey of parents with students who attend Manhattan High School West Campus. School personnel notified public health officials about an apparent increase in students with gastrointestinal illness at the school beginning August 18. This includes students who reported vomiting and diarrhea, without an alternate cause. In order to determine the extent and scope of the illnesses, KDHE and the Riley County Health Department are conducting a secure, confidential online survey of parents with students who attend Manhattan High School West Campus. The online…
Author: KMAN Staff
Manhattan/Ogden USD 383 School Board member Leah Fliter and Superintendent Marvin Wade sat down and spoke on an edition of In Focus. Randy Phebus, Food Safety and Defense Professor at K-State also spoke.
The Wamego City Commission hears proposal for Dog Park. At Tuesday’s meeting, Troop 1250 Girl Scout Cadet Josie Rogenkamp made a public request of the Commission for a Dog Park for Wamego. She presented the Mission Statement and the reasoning for building a Dog Park, along with possible sites and a cost estimate for building the park. A team of four Girl Scouts conducted a survey recently and as a result of that survey, came up with their plan and proposal. The Commissioner’s and City Manager Merl Page were in agreement for the need, and Page promised to look…
A proposed rental licensing program in Manhattan is throwing away trust for many landlords. While only in draft form, members of the community spoke on what they felt this ordinance was doing during Tuesday’s city commission meeting. Mike Hill, who is a landlord in Manhattan, gave the analogy of a lawyer and a client. In terms of the proposed ordinance, he says if the client does not show up to court then the lawyer will be the one sent to jail. Mill says, “Trust is being lost, ” adding “I just don’t trust what the rental program is trying to accomplish. And compared…
Planes and cars that fly and drive themselves? Medical robots care for their patients sans the doctor? Those “wild” ideas aren’t as futuristic as they sound. That’s according to CEO of Northrop Grumman, Wes Bush who stated during last night’s Landon Lecture Series that advancements in autonomous technology with cognitive abilities is both important and controversial. “Currently, the only real players in these efforts to socialize machines that can learn are technologists on one end and popular culture at the other end,” said Bush. “And the mass media’s vision of this technology is almost universally dark. Anyone who’s ever watched a ‘Terminator’ movie knows…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An Indiana-based company says its ITT Technical Institute campuses in Overland Park, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri, have permanently closed. ITT Educational Services blamed the closings on a federal ruling last month that banned the company from enrolling any students who relied on federal financial aid. The Kansas City Star reports the action reflects concerns by the U.S. Department of Education about the company’s “administrative capacity, organizational integrity, financial ability and ability to serve students.” ITT Educational Services says the closings will be permanent and idle most of its roughly 8,000 employees. U.S. Education Secretary John…
A Nebraska man required hospitalization following an officer-involved shooting in Geary County this past weekend, according to a press release from the Geary County Sheriff’s Department sent to KMAN Tuesday. Dylan Binnick of Beatrice was transported via Life Star to Stormont Vail in Topeka following the shooting, where his condition was listed as stable with no surgery required. A news release from Geary County Sheriff Tony Wolf indicates the early Sunday morning shooting occurred in the area of Skiddy Road and Skiddy West, or one mile north of Skiddy Cemetery in rural Geary County. An initial report indicated a possible vehicle…
A report was filed in the 1200 block of Laramie Street for the offense of aggravated assault just after midnight on September 5. Officers were informed of an incident that involved a car with 2 males inside. One of these males brandished what witnesses believed to be a firearm. The matter is currently under investigation and ask that anyone with information contact the Manhattan Riley County Crime Stoppers. Police filed a report for the offense of aggravated criminal sodomy in Ogden on September 5. This crime occurred on the evening of September 4, and involved a 31-year-old female victim. Police were told…
TOPEKA — Prosecutors are appealing a decision to overturn the conviction of a man accused of setting a fire that destroyed a Topeka apartment building and killed one tenant. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that a Shawnee County judge ruled last month that Frank Jerome “Chicago” Robinson wasn’t fairly convicted and should be retried. Robinson had been serving a 36-year prison sentence after jurors convicted him of reckless second-degree murder and aggravated arson in the 2006 fire that killed 53-year-old Marvina Washington. Several other people escaped, including a woman who was badly injured while jumping. Robinson’s attorneys had argued that his trial counsel…
LENORA — The search has ended for the body of a man who disappeared during flooding in north-central Kansas. Norton County Emergency Management says the body of 58-year-old Bobby Morris was found Monday morning near Lenora, where he lived. The discovery was made about a quarter mile from where his vehicle was found one day earlier near the North Fork of the Solomon River. Emergency Management says Morris became trapped in his vehicle after it slid off a road. A tree limb went through the windshield, allowing water to rush into the vehicle. Fast-moving water initially impeded rescue efforts. Parts of north-central…