The Riley County Police Department announced the launch of a new community program designed to assist families in Riley County who are effected by autism, Alzheimer’s, and other forms of dementia. PROJECT: GUARDIANS is designed to help officers provide assistance to members of the community who are unable to communicate or properly interact with emergency responders. The program is a private and secured database managed by RCPD. It includes a digital picture and contact information of participating members. RCPD suggests that caregivers update these records regularly. RCPD officers can can search the database to retrieve important care and contact information…
Author: KMAN Staff
Last season, Kansas State’s offense was limited by its lack of big-play ability. If Saturday’s Purple-White Spring Game provided any indication of what’s to come this fall, big plays will be in much greater supply. A host of new faces in the K-State receiving corps stole the show in the Wildcats’ spring finale, a 35-21 Purple victory at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. “I feel like we have the capability (to make big plays), but we have to go out and prove that,” K-State coach Bill Snyder said. “You can see the potential we have. But we have to make more…
BOSTON — An 80-year-old man who ran a sprawling marijuana-dealing operation that covered several states, with records going back to 1992, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Marshall Dion pleaded guilty last year to drug and money-laundering charges, and Tuesday’s sentencing in Massachusetts was the latest chapter in a long, colorful history with law enforcement. In 1985, he crashed a single-engine plane he was piloting in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, breaking both his ankles. When sheriff’s deputies arrived, he was crawling along a muddy field as money floated in the air. The government was allowed to keep nearly $112,000 in…
WICHITA — U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill says an election official had no authority to unilaterally modify a federal voter registration form to require proof-of-citizenship documents to register to vote in Kansas, Alabama and Georgia. The Missouri Democrat released on Friday a letter sent to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission saying the actions of its executive director, Brian Newby, could cause irreparable harm to the commission. Worse yet, she says, it could deprive tens of thousands of American citizens of their rights to cast a ballot. McCaskill asks commissioners to ignore Newby’s illegitimate actions and revert to its prior policies. She says the…
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has rescinded a boil water advisory for the public water supply for the University Park Water District located in Riley County. The advisory was issued because of a loss of pressure. Inadequate pressure may result in a loss of chlorine residuals and bacterial contamination. Public water suppliers in Kansas take all measures necessary to notify customers quickly after a system failure or shutdown. Regardless of whether it’s the supplier or KDHE that announces a boil water advisory, KDHE will issue the rescind order following testing at a certified laboratory. Laboratory testing samples collected…
Kansas State University has penned athletic director John Currie through 2022. The agreement extends Currie’s contract two years through June 30, 2022, with his annual salary remaining unchanged at $775,000. Under the new agreement, Currie will receive a $100,000 retention incentive on June 30, 2017. He is also eligible for additional retention incentives of $275,000 in 2021 and $325,000 in 2022 should he remain in his position through June 30 of those respective years. “Under John Currie’s leadership, K-State has realized our aspirational goal of building a Model Intercollegiate Athletics Program,” said Kirk Schulz, outgoing university president. “From my work…
K-State and local leaders are looking for answers in the wake of two lawsuits filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court by two female students accusing the university of ignoring alleged rapes that took place at off-campus fraternity houses. The two civil rights lawsuits contend the university’s practice endangers students and violates federal law by creating a hostile learning environment for victims. The suits say Kansas State is under a federal Title IX investigation. The students’ attorney, Cari Simon, says the U.S. Department of Education has said schools have an obligation to respond to such complaints, even if they occur off campus.…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas woman has pleaded guilty to aiding a man convicted of abducting an 8-year-old girl from her Topeka home, then drugging and rapping her. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that 24-year old Michelle Lee Harris, of Topeka, admitted Thursday to reduced charges of attempted kidnapping and aiding a felon. As part of the plea, a third charge was dismissed. She testified against Jeremy James Lindsey at his trial earlier this year. Prosecutors said he removed a sleeping girl from her mother’s Topeka home in 2014 and transported her in a car trunk. He raped her twice before…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Two separate Kansas legislative committees have approved proposals from Republican Gov. Sam Brownback to provide an additional $17 million to the state’s two mental hospitals. The decisions Thursday by the House Appropriations Committee and the Senate Ways and Means Committee mean both chambers will consider the spending as part of broader budget legislation next week. The extra funds will provide pay raises and offset lost federal funds over the next 15 months. Most of the funds would be spent at Osawatomie State Hospital, about 45 miles southwest of the Kansas City area. The federal government decertified the…
Today’s guests on In Focus were: St. Rep. Tom Phillips of Manhattan Riley County Police Director Brad Schoen Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas