After five hours of deliberation Wednesday, a Pottawatomie County jury has convicted 22-year-old McKaine Farr of distribution of a controlled substance causing death. The conviction stems from a March 2023 incident at a Manhattan hotel involving Thomas Jackson DeLoach, of Manhattan, who died. This was Farr’s second conviction on the same charge. In December, he was convicted in the September 2021 death of Jayson Ebert, of Wamego. He’s currently serving more than 13 years on that conviction, following a January sentencing hearing. Farr is scheduled to be sentenced on his newest conviction on April 18. This is a developing story.…
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Manhattan residents should notice more efficient traffic lights in the near future. City Engineer Brian Johnson presented city commissioners Tuesday with the proposed traffic system master plan, with a goal of making traffic signals communicate better across Manhattan. “Your major arterials where you can get a long run, you can have a corridor plan that sequences that platoon of traffic through, so we did update our corridor timing plans with this master plan,” he said. “Hopefully they’re going to be working a little bit better.” Johnson added that city crews update their traffic data every two years, a slight improvement…
Brandon sits down with representatives of Run for the Roses, USD 384 and 475, and Manhattan Fire Department to discuss local business.
Officers responded to the report of an injury accident at the intersection of Blue River Hills Road and Tuttle Creek BLVD in Manhattan on March 26, 2024, at approximately 8:38 AM. When officers arrived on the scene they found four vehicles were involved in the accident. Preliminary reports indicate weather conditions heavily factored into the collision. Two vehicles were towed and one driver was transported to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. Further details are unavailable at this time. Officers filed a report for aggravated assault in the 300 block of N 5th Street in Manhattan on March 26, 2024, at…
City officials presented commissioners an initial concept for the CiCo Park improvements at a Tuesday work session. Park Improvements have been ongoing since last September. The new concept includes two baseball fields, two softball fields, warm-up areas, concessions and restroom facilities, 8 tennis courts, and parking. The current skate park would likely be removed to make room for improvements, something Karen McCulloh says she doesn’t want to see happen. “I think a skate park is vitally important,” she said. “When I drive by CiCo, I don’t see people playing much of anything, but I see a lot of skaters.” Parks…
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Pottawatomie County Attorney Sherri Schuck gave her opening statement Monday in the second trial of 22-year-old McKaine Farr, of Wamego, for distribution of a controlled substance causing death. Farr is accused of distributing fentanyl to Thomas Jackson DeLoach, of Manhattan, in March 2023, causing his death. Farr was convicted of the same charge in December for the September 2021 death of Jayson Ebert, of Wamego. DeLoach died of an apparent drug overdose at the Manhattan Quality Inn hotel on East Highway 24. Schuck told jurors they would be hearing a lot during the trial on “aiding and abetting” — issues…
Riley County has certified the results of the recent presidential preference primary. The commission, acting as the Board of County Canvassers on Monday, unanimously approved the provisional ballots and certified the election results. A total of 2,624 Riley County residents (about 7%) took part in the primary, the state’s first since 1992. During the meeting, elections officials read results for each precinct, as well as the totals for each voting method. All told 2,179 ballots were cast using the DS300 voting machines, 392 were advance mail-in ballots. and 38 were provisional. Of the 38 provisional, staff said 19 were counted…
Wamego Health Center is close to completing a new MRI suite which began construction on September 29. The MRI scanner facility is being funded by the Wamego Hospital Foundation and patrons of the community. While the projected completion date for the scanning suite is April 1, the hospital is engaging in rigorous safety testing before opening to the public. “They have a very strict checklist of items they have to go through to make 100% sure our safety is always paramount,” says administrator Brian Howells. “It will be about four weeks of checking and double checking, and we are going…