The Manhattan Public Library hosted a Mental Health Panel on Monday night to discuss the possibility of creating a mental health care facility for Riley County and surrounding areas. Representatives from area mental health care providers, the Riley County Police Department, Riley County Commission, and members of the Manhattan community were in attendance for the discussion. A “Task Force” of decision makers was suggested as a means to further efforts towards the creation of a facility in a more efficient manner. Members of a possible “Task Force” will continue to be discussed at a future panel. KMAN will continue to keep you updated on any progress made towards a…
Author: KMAN Staff
Manhattan city commissioners followed the recommendation from city staff on Tuesday night’s work session to take steps to ensure public water safety. The commission gave the go ahead to city staff to create a status report on the wellhead protection plan, and work to develop a joint city and surrounding county well drilling permit ordinance in the ten-year capture zone. Recent levels of toxins at well 13 required a filtration unit to be installed to ensure the safety of the local water supply. The commission also held a public education presentation on the half cent sales tax issue. The presentation featured Manhattan…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A 69-year-old pedestrian has died after stepping into traffic in Kansas City, Kan. The Kansas City Star reported that the man was struck around 3:30 p.m. Monday. He then was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The man’s family told authorities he had Alzheimer’s and had wandered away from home earlier in the day. The man’s name wasn’t immediately released.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Heart patients at the University of Kansas Hospital are benefiting from the same GPS technology that helps them navigate the streets in their cars. The Kansas City Star reports that doctors at the hospital are the first in the county using a new system called MediGuide Technology. It drastically reduces the amount of radiation used when inserting catheters to treat heart abnormalities. Typically, doctors use a rapid sequence of X-rays to see the heart and find their way around with a catheter. The problem is the method leads to relatively long periods of radiation. Doctors use…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) About $8,300 has been donated to the family of an 8-year-old Wichita girl killed by a stray bullet. The Wichita Eagle reports that a motorcycle group called the Veteran of Foreign Wars Post 3115 Riders collected the money during a fundraiser Saturday. Group president Terry Fletcher says the community “did an amazing job.” The money will pay for more than $4,500 in funeral expenses for Kimbra Moore and help her family. Kimbra’s mother was laid off from her job after missing work when her sleeping daughter was struck and killed last month. A 24-year-old man is charged…
CHASE, Kan. (AP) Rice County authorities and the FBI are looking for a man who held up a bank in the small town of Chase. The FBI says a man walked into the First Bank of Chase Tuesday morning, showed a weapon and demanded money. He left the bank in a green sports utility vehicle. KAKE-TV reports the suspect is a black man in his mid-30s, about 6-feet-5 inches, with dreadlocks. He was wearing a long coat. Chase is a town of 500 people west of Lyons on US Highway 56.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A federal magistrate says a prosecutor must testify in an employment discrimination lawsuit brought by a former Kansas City, Kan., police officer. U.S. Magistrate Judge James O’Hara on Tuesday rejected the government’s decision to prohibit Assistant U.S. Attorney Terra Morehead from testifying. The judge did limit the scope of the deposition. Former officer Max Seifert sued the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and others. He claimed he was forced to retire in 2005 in retaliation for investigating Drug Enforcement Administration agents involved in a 2003 incident that left a man with permanent brain damage. Morehead is not…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Two former employees are suing Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor alleging they were wrongfully fired for raising issues about race and gender discrimination. The Topeka Capital-Journal reported Tuesday that Krystal Boxum-Debolt of Lawrence and Lisa Moore of Rio Rancho, N.M., filed the case earlier this month in federal court in Topeka. Moore was living in Kansas when the alleged wrongdoings took place. The two women allege they were fired by Taylor in August 2010 for questioning the lack of an area to pump breast milk and nurse. The suit also claims they weren’t paid overtime and…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Changes made to the state’s criminal offender registry will allow Kansans to receive email notifications if an offender registers a home, work or school address near them. Attorney General Derek Schmidt and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation also said Tuesday that the new system will have expanded search capabilities and maps showing offenders’ registered locations. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports people will be able to search by the offender’s name, location, reporting compliance and type of offense. Searchers also can see if a phone number, online identity or email address is associated with a registered offender. The changes…
The Junction City Police Department and the Kansas Department of Corrections are requesting assistance locating a man considered armed and dangerous. The Junction City Police Department is attempting to locate Donta R. Roberts, 29, in connection with a domestic related aggravated battery and kidnapping that occurred on Sunday, Oct 7 in Junction City. Roberts is believed to be traveling between Junction City and Wichita and may be staying in local motels in the Junction City Grandview Plaza area. Anyone with information are urged to contact the Junction City Police Department at 785-762-5912 or Crimestoppers at 785-762-TIPS.