Army senior staff stopped at Fort Riley on their final leg of a week long tour of six army installations aimed at finding out the health of the force. The Army Assessment team is being led by Vice Chief of Staff of the Army General Loyd Austin III. General Austins says his team wanted to ask the leaders on the ground about the issue, and get direct feedback on what policies would work best for those in the field. The team looked into installation programs, and services, that dealt with suicide prevention, Wounded Warrior care, sexual assault, and other related…
Author: KMAN Staff
The Riley County Fair is in full swing as the animals are getting ready for show and exhibits are being put on display. “We just kicked off our quilting expo,” said Ginny Bernard,a Riley County Extension Family and Consumer Sciences Agent. “So people can come check out the quilts that we have hanging up inside.” The parade has passed and one night of the rodeo is complete, but Friday and Saturday are still packed full of activities. The animals are also taking stage as the judging contests will run all weekend. “It takes a lot of hard work,” said Reid…
If you drove by Manhattan City Park Friday afternoon, it looked like an outdoor furniture store, with a large amount of used furniture and household electronics on hand. It was part of Free Furniture Amnesty Day, provided by HandsOn Kansas State and Manhattan Good Neighbors. Student Program Coordinator Amy Gasser tells KMAN the furniture was brought in during the morning, with shoppers arriving in the afternoon. Gasser admits there’s a lot of work involved, but connections with the city of Manhattan and Fort Riley has made things easier. Manhattan’s Furniture Amnesty day went well, according to Assistant City Manager Lauren Palmer.…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Some students at two Kansas universities want Chick-fil-A removed from the campuses because of the fast-food chain’s stance on gay marriage. Online petitions began at Wichita State University and the University of Kansas after Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy said he opposed gay marriage. Some groups are boycotting Chick-fil-A, while others are supporting the fast-food chain. The petition at Wichita State had about 530 signatures early Friday. The Kansas petition had nearly 1,800 signatures. Another petition to keep Chick-fil-A at Kansas had about 560 signatures. Wichita State officials say if they hear of anyone being refused service at…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A 25-year-old Lawrence woman is charged after her 5-year-old daughter died when she ingested drugs. Rebecca Lynn Wynne is charged with reckless involuntary manslaughter. She is also charged with two counts of aggravated child endangerment of her two other children, ages 6 and 4. Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson says the girl died in April after ingesting opiates that were left in the family’s house. Wynne appeared in court Thursday, where her bond was set at $25,000. She was ordered to have no contact with her children, who are in protective custody. Wynne is scheduled to…
ASSARIA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas sheriff says an illegal synthetic drug apparently contributed to the suicide attempt of a 53-year-old man. The Salina Journal reports deputies went to the man’s home in Assaria on Wednesday and found he had shot himself in the head. Saline County Sheriff Glen Kochanowski says the man was conscious and fighting as he refused help. Six deputies held the man down while an emergency medical technician gave him sedatives. The sheriff says the man was flown to a Wichita hospital, where he was in critical condition Thursday. Kochanowski blamed the man’s irrational behavior on so-called…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Sedgwick County judge has rescheduled the murder trial of the leader of a Kansas commune that lived off life insurance payouts on its dead members. Daniel U. Perez had been scheduled for trial next week. District Judge Clark Owens on Thursday reset the trial for Nov. 26. Perez is charged with premeditated first-degree murder in the 2003 death of Patricia Hughes at the group’s compound near Wichita. The death was initially listed as accidental. Perez was known for years under the false name of Lou Castro. He also faces multiple counts of rape, sodomy, sexual exploitation…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback is promoting a new state program that encourages high school students to get technical training for jobs in industries that need skilled workers. The Lawrence Journal World reports Brownback visited the Washburn Institute of Technology in Topeka on Thursday to publicize the $20 million program created this year. The program covers tuition for high school juniors and seniors taking certain courses at Kansas technical and community colleges. It will also pay public school districts $1,000 for each student who obtains a technical certificate for a high-need occupation. Those occupations include carpenters, electricians, computer specialists,…
Former Riley County Police Narcotics officer Mark Bylkas’ federal lawsuit against past and present members of the Riley County Law Board was dismissed late Thursday. The announcement was made by the board’s Defense Attorney Mike Gillespie at this morning’s Riley County Police Department briefing. According to Gillespie, Current RCPD Director Brad Schoen, Assistant Director John Doehling, Captain Richard Fink, and former Sergeant Michael Boller all agreed to unconditionally unoppose the dismissal. As a result, the one thing Bylkas received was an unconditional agreement to dismiss the federal case. Bylkas was fired from the department amid allegations over missing cocaine evidence and other charges. His…
Michelle Obama has arrived at the London Games to lead the U.S. delegation, starting her Friday schedule by having breakfast with American Olympians.