OLATHE — Authorities have arrested a suspect in a fatal shooting outside a bar in the Kansas City suburb of Olathe. Police said in a news release that a 38-year-old man was shot late Wednesday at the Double Nickel Bar & Grill and died at the scene. The man’s name wasn’t immediately released. Police say the 28-year-old male suspect was taken into custody near the area. Authorities are urging anyone with information to come forward.
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BAZAAR — Kansas has been gearing up for the 85th anniversary of the central Kansas plane crash that killed Notre Dame football legend Knute Rockne and seven other people. The Wichita Eagle that buses will transport people Saturday to the site of the wreckage near the small town of Bazaar. The Flint Hills site is marked with a marble-and-limestone monument. A morning ceremony will include a flyover, a moment of silence and the playing of bagpipes. After the ceremony, there will be a program at the Bazaar Schoolhouse that will include a talk about Rockne. His death at age 43 at the…
Ryan King, 22, of Manhattan was arrested on Wednesday at approximately 9:20 p.m. while in the 800 block of Bertrand Street following a drug investigation. King was arrested on the offenses of distributing marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia to grow or manufacture, unlawful possession of a hallucinogenic drug, possession of drug paraphernalia. He was given a bond of $20,000 and at the time of this report was no longer confined at the Riley County Jail. This arrest stemmed from a drug investigation which led to a search warrant of 823 Bertrand Street. Officers with the Riley County Police Department took…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Navy veteran seeking to get five of his children back from state custody in Kansas says his use of medical marijuana to treat PTSD not the family’s past scrapes with the law prompted the state’s action. The case originated in Riley County. Raymond Schwab has campaigned on the Statehouse steps to get his children back, and drawn national attention as medical marijuana proponents describe the case as an example of government overreach. The Schwabs declined to name who it was that reported them, but someone took their children to the police in Riley County, saying they…
SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) Cole Hamels pitched five solid innings in his final spring start, and the Texas Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals 5-1 on Wednesday. Hamels, who is slated to start on opening day Monday against Seattle, allowed one run and two hits. The left-hander struck out five and walked none. Royals starter Ian Kennedy was led off the field by trainer Nick Kenney while making warmup tosses in the fourth inning. The preliminary diagnosis was left hamstring tightness. Kennedy, who signed a $70 million, five-year contract in January, was on the disabled list last April with the San…
K-State came back from a five-run deficit midway through Wednesday’s game, but six unanswered runs after the eighth inning by Oral Roberts dealt the Wildcats a 14-10 loss in 11 innings at Tointon Family Stadium. The Wildcats (12-14) used part of their 20 hits, their most in a game since 2014, to score five runs in the sixth and two in the seventh to pass the Golden Eagles (14-10) and build a 10-8 lead. However, in the ninth, Oral Roberts scored two runs off Lucas Benenati and then added four runs in the 11th to hand K-State its eighth loss…
The official Kansas Motor Vehicle Accident Report has been released regarding a February 13th accident at the intersection of Marlatt Avenue and Tuttle Creek Boulevard which led to the death of Jenna Lindsten, 30 of Manhattan. As KMAN previously reported, Lindsten’s vehicle was struck by a semi truck driven by Ethan Butts, 21, also of Manhattan. A third vehicle was struck as Lindsten’s 2014 Chevrolet Captiva Sport spun into northbound lanes. The report from the Kansas Highway Patrol has statements from five witnesses including Butts, the driver of the third vehicle, and three others in the vicinity at the…
When Manhattan Town Center opened on October 26, 1987, the mall’s first security director, Allen Raynor, had already been working to create a safe, secure and friendly experience that endures three decades later. An Army veteran and retired Riley County Police captain, Raynor implemented state-of-the-art procedures utilizing off-duty and retired law enforcement officers. “Everything we do entails marketing,” said Raynor. “Our highly skilled security team has always proven to be our greatest public relations asset for customers and tenants alike.” Raynor’s leadership and vision later blossomed into being named General Manager of the Manhattan Town Center in 1999. “My involvement…
A tractor-trailer rig overturning at the eastern intersection of McCall Road and Highway 24 reduced eastbound traffic on Highway 24 to one lane for more than six hours Wednesday. The outside eastbound lane of Highway 24 also known as East Poyntz Avenue between Levee Drive and Enoch Lane was closed from about 7 a.m. until shortly before 1:30 p.m. There were no injuries reported in the accident.
Today’s guests on In Focus were: Wamego FFA with instructor Andy Morton and students Morgan Riat, Keith Cerbe, Peyton Freeman Fort Riley’s CW5 Carlos Jimenez, Major Hans Lokodi, Lt. Col. Trina Rice on soldier transition for life efforts