As KMAN previously reported a memorial fund has been established to help cover the funeral costs. However, there have been reports that a donor has come forward to pay for the entire thing. According to Gina Brisby, the child’s grandmother, that is not the case at this point in time, which was confirmed by the funeral home director Friday afternoon. But, according to Shane Lohse, the funeral director at Yorgensen Meloan Londeen Funeral Home he believes a group is working to gather up some money to help with the costs. Lohse explained there have been a number of different groups…
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SALINA, Kan. (AP) A Salina cab driver who thought working in this central Kansas community would be a breeze compared to his previous stint in Atlanta is stabbed two weeks into his new job. The Salina Journal reports the driver was stabbed numerous times Thursday night and left a trail of blood nearly 100 yards from his car to where he collapsed. The driver was taken to Salina Regional Health Center, where he was conscious and talking with police. Police spokesman Lt. Allen Salzman says investigators have only a vague description of the suspects, one white man and one black…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) The Reno County Sheriff’s Department is looking for a red Chevrolet Impala that apparently tried to pull a motorist over using red and yellow lights mounted on the dashboard. The Hutchinson News reports a motorist called 911 at 4:02 p.m. Thursday to say an older, bald man wearing a brown jacket tried to make a traffic stop, but the motorist didn’t think he was a real officer and kept driving. Sheriff’s spokesman Capt. Wayne Baughman says neither his department nor any other local law enforcement agencies use red Impalas. Baughman urges anyone who thinks they are being…
MERRIAM, Kan. (AP) Police say an eastern Kansas teenager is lucky he didn’t get shot after pointing a toy assault rifle at an officer he thought was a member of an opposing Airsoft team. The Kansas City Star reports Merriam police responded at 8:20 a.m. Thursday after someone saw three people in camouflage and carrying rifles jump out of a van and run behind a house. Armed officers rounded the corner of the house and were confronted by two people with guns. One of the youths pointed his gun in the direction of police, but an officer noticed orange paint…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Another strong storm with heavy snow and high winds is bearing down on much of Kansas. The National Weather Service up to 10 inches of snow is expected in central Kansas, with other western sections getting up to 6 inches of snow from Friday night into Sunday. The weather service in Goodland has issued a winter storm warning in effect through Sunday evening that calls for heavy snow, ice and sleet, with winds up to 35 miles per hour Saturday, particularly along the Interstate 70 corridor. Kansas has been assessing the costs for snow removal and debris…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Five grants totaling $1.2 million have been awarded by the Kansas Department for Children and Families to support programs for visually impaired older residents. The grants were announced Thursday through the agency’s Independent Living Services Program for Older Individuals who are Blind. The funds go to nonprofit groups whose services help residents stay in their homes though individual living skills training and technology. The recipients are Alphapointe Association for the Blind, in the Kansas City area; Envision Vision Rehabilitation Center in Wichita; Prairie Independent Living Resource Center in Hutchinson; Resource Center for Independent Living in Topeka; and…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas Senate committee is taking up legislation to block tax breaks for abortion providers and bar public schools from using sex education instruction from abortion providers. The measure being reviewed Friday by the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee passed the House earlier this week. It’s the most sweeping anti-abortion bill being pursued in Kansas this year. Senate Republican leaders had promised it would be considered quickly. The measure bars groups providing abortions from receiving tax exemptions or credits that go to other nonprofit groups or health care providers. It would also prohibit women who claim…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Topeka man has been found guilty of multiple charges for a November 2011 home invasion in which he burned a woman twice with a heated knife blade. The Topeka Capital Journal reports a jury took about 90 minutes Thursday to find Monroe Lockhart III guilty of aggravated burglary, aggravated assault and aggravated battery. The 40-year-old is to be sentenced April 30. Kansas sentencing guidelines call for a prison term of about eight years. That’s more than twice as long as the three years and nine months he would have received under a plea deal he reached…
On today’s InFocus, Tom talks with State Representative Sydney Carlin of Manhattan, followed by Pat Collins, Riley County Fire Chief. To end the show, Cathy talks with U-S Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas. [mp3-jplayer]
A theft was reported to the Riley County Police Department, but the circumstances behind it are still being investigated. Kara Ramseyer, 27, of Junction City, told police sometime between February 1 and March 21 her place of residence in the 1400 block of Cambridge Place was entered by an unknown person who took a number of items including some jewelry. The total loss is $1,000.