The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police. Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law as well as in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. MANHATTAN, KAN. – Officers filed a report for criminal use of a financial card in Riley County on February 12, 2022, around 9:03 a.m. Officers listed a 65-year-old female as the victim when it was reported an…
Author: KMAN Staff
On Monday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Shepherd’s Crossing Development Officer C. Clyde Jones and Executive Director Beth Klug. We also spoke with Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine Assistant Clinical Professor Small Animal Surgery (Dentistry) Dr. Marjory Artzer.
Riley County police are investigating an exchange of gunfire north of Manhattan that occurred Saturday afternoon. RCPD Public Information officer Aaron Wintermote in a Sunday report says police found indications of gunshots in the 3300 block of Valleydale Drive at approximately 3:30 p.m. February 12. No injuries have been reported at this time. Police believe the shots were exchanged between unidentified 36- and 37-year-old men that were not at the scene when officers responded to the report. No arrests have been made, though RCPD says they do not perceive the suspects are a threat to the public. Anyone with information…
MULBERRY, Kan. — A judge has ruled that residents of a small city in southeast Kansas may continue a lawsuit against energy company BP disputing a sharp increase in natural gas prices during freezing weather last February. A Crawford County judge on Wednesday dismissed a motion by BP to end the lawsuit. An attorney for the city of Mulberry and its municipal gas customers says the ruling could make it possible for customers to sue any utility under the Kansas Consumer Protection Act. Mulberry city government and four named residents allege the multinational oil and gas company gouged them by…
EMPORIA, Kan. — A federal appeals court has upheld findings in a long-running racial discrimination lawsuit against Emporia State University. The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Tuesday upheld a lower court finding that the university retaliated against Angelica Hale by not renewing her contract after she complained about racial discrimination during the 2014-2015 school year. But the court rejected Hale’s request that she be awarded more back pay than she won in in 2020. Angelica Hale and her husband, Melvin Hale, who are Black, filed separate discrimination lawsuits in 2016. A jury dismissed Melvin Hale’s…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Wyandotte County will begin offering municipal photo IDs to immigrants and other vulnerable residents after county commissioners approved the move in a split vote. KCUR reports that the Unified Government of Wyandotte County board voted 6-4 Thursday night to offer the IDs under what was dubbed the “Safe and Welcoming Wyandotte Act.” The measure will allow immigrants, the homeless, the elderly and others without ready access to state-issued photo IDs to get a local photo ID. The move was backed by a coalition of advocacy groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and the…
WICHITA, Kan. — Federal authorities say a 27-year-old Kansas man pleaded guilty to threatening a Black man with a knife and telling him to get out of his “white town.” Colton Donner pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal hate crime. The U.S. Justice Department said Donner admitted that he saw the victim walking through a residential area in Paola on Sept. 11, 2019. According to court documents, Donner got out of his car, threatened the man with a knife, yelled racial slurs and told him that Paola was a “white town.” Donner faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in…
WICHITA, Kan. — Police in Wichita say a teenager who accidentally shot himself while handling a gun has died of his injuries. Television station KAKE reports that 14-year-old Forever Latham was shot Saturday in his Wichita home. Police called to the home found the child with a gunshot wound to his body. He was rushed to a Wichita hospital, but later died from his injuries. Police say an investigation showed the teen was handling a gun inside a bedroom of the home when it accidentally fired and hit him. Police say several other family members where home at the time…
The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police. Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law as well as in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. MANHATTAN, KAN. – Officers filed a report for burglary in the 800 block of Commons Pl. in Manhattan on February 10, 2022, around 8:37 a.m. Officers listed Turbo Construction as the victim when it was reported an…