TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas officials have lifted advisories about high levels of blue-green algae in some lakes, but warnings remain in place for others. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says algae levels have declined at Milford Lake, Dillon Park Lake near Hutchinson, Harvey County Camp Hawk Lake and Augusta’s Santa Fe Lake. Warnings remain in place for Memorial Park Lake in Great Bend, Harvey County West Lake and Warnock Lake in Atchison County. Additionally, advisories remain for the Augusta City Lake, Harvey County East Lake and Logan City Lake in Phillips County. Blue-green algae become a problem when…
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OLATHE, Kan. (AP) A Johnson County deputy fatally shot a man who was fleeing from arrest. The sheriff’s office says in a news release that the deputy on Thursday evening saw a vehicle facing the wrong direction on a city street. When the deputy went a check on the car, a man ran away. Another deputy who caught up with the man fired his gun. The man was dead at the scene. The department did not release any other details. Neither deputy was injured.
PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) Three suspects have been arrested in the shooting death of a 21-year-old Pittsburg man. Police say they are looking for a fourth suspect in the Oct. 6 death of Ryan Clay Arlan Bailey at a home in Pittsburg. The three people arrested Thursday by Joplin, Mo., police are 22-year-old Rickey Ramone Smith, 18-year-old Oscar DeLeon, and 18-year-old Randu Rivera, all of Joplin. They are charged with first-degree murder and are currently jailed in Joplin on bond warrants. It was not immediately clear if the three suspects had attorneys. The Pittsburg Morning-Sun reports that police are looking for…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A mental health center in Kansas City, Kan., will close temporarily after failing a state fire inspection. Kansas officials say Rainbow Mental Health will close while it completes about six months of work to fix the worst fire hazards. However, an eight-bed unit will continue to operate. Eight patients will be able to stay as long as four days before being moved to a state mental hospital in Osawatomie if needed. Rainbow Mental Health has 36 beds to house mentally ill people brought in by Wyandotte and Johnson counties. The Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) It will cost adults more to attend next year’s Kansas State Fair but tickets for children and the elderly will stay the same. Fair officials said Thursday that adult ticket prices will increase from $8 to $10 at the gate and from $5 to $6 for advance tickets. Tickets for children aged 5 to 12 will remain at $3 in advance and $4 at the gate. Those 60 and older will pay $4 and $6, respectively. Fair general manager Denny Stoecklein says the fair resisted raising ticket prices in recent years because of the struggling economy. But…
If you see a large gathering at Triangle Park Saturday night, don’t be surprised. A group calling itself “Occupy MHK” is planning a three hour effort, as part of international protests against what they call corporate greed. “The movement started on a national level on September 17 in New York City,” Jeremy Smith, one of the event organizers, said. “It’s spread to over 1,300 cities since then.” While he is one of the organizers, Smith indicates there’s no real leader of the local group, which began to organize primarily through social networking such as Facebook. Scott Poister is also involved…
The location of utility poles on Purcell and Marlatt road have drawn the ire of Manhattanites in recent weeks. The Riley County commission assessed the issue during a work session at Thursday’s meeting. While no motion was made regarding a solution, the commission did develop a number of alternatives, as the foundation for each pole cost roughly $100,000 to install. With the inherent cost of repositioning the poles being so high, McCulloh and the commission plan to seek other alternatives Riley County’s chief engineer along with the Manhattan Township plan to meet with Westar Representatives in the coming weeks to discuss the options.
Riley County Police were called to Mercy Regional Health Center’s emergency room early Thursday morning for an altercation between a patient and nursing staff. RCPD reports that at 12:35 am, Nurse Meranda Schmitz says that she was trying to calm down Chad Cozby, 35, Manhattan, when he pulled a knife and held it inches from her face. Police say Cozby became highly agitated and started yelling and screaming while being treated for a rash, and leg injury. Cozby was arrested for aggravated assault, disorderly conduct, and obstruction of the legal process. RCPD released Cozby on a $4,000 bond.
HAYSVILLE, Kan. (AP) Police in the Wichita suburb of Haysville say two men wasted law enforcement resources and caused the lockdown of three schools by calling 911 and claiming to be victims of sexual abuse. The Wichita Eagle reports the men, ages 20 and 21, were tracked down Tuesday through their cell phone calls to 911. Police say there was nothing to their claims they had been sexually assaulted. The schools were locked down as a precaution for about an hour Tuesday because of the men’s claims. Police say the calls also tied up 911 dispatchers. Both men were booked…