Megan Donovan with Donovan’s Home Health Life joined KMAN’s “In Focus:” Also on “In Focus” were Pawnee Mental Health’s Director of Therapy and Recovery Services Adam McCaffrey and Outpatient Therapists Krystal Lanz & Naomi Dugger:
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Riley County Emergency crews responded to the intersection of Kimball Avenue and Plymouth Road in Manhattan at approximately 5:15 PM Wednesday for a report of an injury collision. Officers on scene found that 4 vehicles traveling east on Kimball were involved when a 2009 GMC Yukon, driven by Erika Lowery, 42, of Manhattan struck the rear end of a 2014 Ford F-150, driven by Christopher Dierenfeldt, 20, of Manhattan. Subsequently, the Ford F150 struck the rear end of a 2013 Mazda LL driven by Lindsey Holmstrom, 35, of Manhattan, which then struck the rear end of a 2014 Chevy Cruze driven…
Initial investigation reports have been sent to the Riley County Attorney’s Office in connection with a fatal accident at Marlatt Avenue and Tuttle Creek Boulevard nearly two weeks ago. Jenna Lindsten, 30, of Manhattan died following the February 13th Saturday morning accident involving a semi driven by Ethan Butts, 21, also of Manhattan. Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson indicates he has received some of the initial reports but says it will be several months before everything is completed. Wilkerson adds his office will not know anything until they have reviewed all the reports. The Kansas Highway Patrol had indicated the…
The 2016 Kansas Presidential Caucuses will be held around the state of Kansas, on March 5th. The Democratic Party will hold caucuses in over 40 locations while the Republican Party will hold caucuses in each Kansas county. Those planning to exercise their right to vote can do so at the following locations: Democratic Caucus Information: Per Pottawatomie County Democratic Party Pottawatomie county is divided into three State Senatorial Districts. Participants must attend the caucus location associated with their senatorial district. District 1 has the most counties and an area that includes all or parts of Marshal, Nemaha, Brown, Dophinian, Atchison and Jackson…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A fourth person has been charged in the 2014 kidnapping and killing of a woman on the Fort Riley military base. U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said in a news release Tuesday that 26-year-old Shantrell Woody is charged with one count of kidnapping resulting in death. The Associated Press left a phone message seeking a comment from an attorney listed as representing Woody. Twenty-four-year-old Amanda Clemons’ body was found in Geary County in February 2014. An autopsy determined that Clemons died of a sharp-force injury. Prosecutors say Woody and three others kidnapped Clemons and held her on the…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A 19-year-old man has been charged in a crash that killed two people last summer in south-central Kansas. The Wichita Eagle reports that Myles Evans was charged Tuesday in Sedgwick County with two counts of involuntary manslaughter. A criminal complaint alleges that Evans was driving under the influence when he struck 72-year-old Paul LaBrue and 70-year-old David Bell around 11:30 a.m. Aug. 21 in a residential area of Goddard. LaBrue’s dog also was killed. LaBrue and Bell were about two blocks from their homes when they were hit. John Rapp, who is representing Evans in the case,…
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) A 38-year-old Kansas City, Missouri, man has been charged in connection with a hit-and-run crash that injured a bicyclist in Shawnee, Kansas. Kevin E. Hall was charged Tuesday with DUI, aggravated battery and leaving the scene of an accident. Johnson County, Kansas, prosecutors say Hall was driving a truck when he struck bicyclist Steve McCrary about 5:20 a.m. Sept. 23. Authorities say Hall and McCrary were both traveling westbound at the time, and that Hall did not stop after the accident. McCrary was transported to a hospital in critical condition. Hall was arrested soon after the accident.…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Authorities say a walker and a set of hearing aids have been stolen from a 79-year-old woman attending a men’s basketball game at Allen Fieldhouse. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the theft happened during last week’s Oklahoma State game. KU police Capt. James Anguiano says the hearing aids were inside a bag attached to the walker. The KU Office of Public Safety crime log says the items had been left unattended when they were taken. They haven’t been recovered. Anguiano says the hearing aids were valued at $6,000 and the walker at $100.
On this edition of In Focus, Cathy Dawes visits with Riley County Schools USD 378 High School Principal Harold Oliver and Blue Valley Randolph USD 384 Supt. Brady Burton; along with Manhattan Public Library’s Danielle Schapaugh, Roger Brannon, and Elaine Shannon.
Buckle up your seat belt, stow your tray table, and sit back and enjoy the tale of a Paris architect who’s juggling engagements to three different flight attendants. He’s getting help from his maid and a friend who’s visiting from America, until a dose of bad weather and a faster airplane bring all three ladies to Paris at the same time. “Boeing Boeing” is the best-known work of playwrite Marc Camoletti, and will be performed at the Manhattan Arts Center the next two weekends, with opening night set for this Friday, February 26. The cast features Dave Walsh, Paul Knackendoffel,…