USD 475 School Board members have voted to sell the site of the former Junction City High School to the city. During a school board meeting on Monday, Jason Butler, board member, made a motion to give the land to the city for $1 after agreements, including a memorandum of understanding that would detail the obligations of the city, were made. “This allows us to say to the city, ‘We are ready to move forward, but we want to make sure that we are all in agreement with what the details of this look like.’ Otherwise I think we are…
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Manhattan has no plans to further explore annexing the Green Valley area for the time being. A majority of city commissioners Tuesday voiced opposition to pursuing a contract for an extension of services study that would be required of Manhattan as a next step before considering a unilateral annexation of the community. That study would have more specifically analyzed the necessary infrastructure and service expansions required to serve the city if expanded eastward further into Pottawatomie County. “I’m just not seeing the justification just to do it to do it right at this point in time,” says Commissioner John Matta.…
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MANKATO, Kan. — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is investigating the shooting death of a Jewell County Sheriff’s deputy at his home in Mankato. The KBI said in a news release that officers went to the home early Monday after the sheriff’s office received two calls from different people about a domestic argument occurring at the the home. The responding sheriff’s deputy found 27-year-old Colton Koch dead from a gunshot wound. Deputy Koch was a Jewell County Sheriff’s deputy for about 2.5 years. An investigation is continuing.
WICHITA, Kan. — A former Wichita high school teacher has been sentenced to three years’ probation for sexual exploitation of a child. Television station KAKE reports that 49-year-old Shawn Wingfield was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to in November to the charge. He was ordered to register as a sex offender and undergo sex offender treatment. Wingfield resigned in July from teaching gifted English and debate at Wichita Northwest High School after police launched an investigation into him. That investigation began after a woman Wingfield dated gave police text messages he had sent to her in which he said he…
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 3900 block of Travers Cir. in Manhattan on February 7, 2022, around 10:15 a.m. Officers listed Luxe Group as the victim when it was reported copper…
On Tuesday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Riley County Commissioner Greg McKinley and Riley County Appraiser Greg McHenry.
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RENO COUNTY, Kansas — A Kansas woman lost both her fiance and her 13-year-old son in a five-vehicle crash Friday. The Wichita Eagle reports that Lacy Lomax was supposed to marry Alexander Dennis next month and her son Teagan Lomax was set to be one of the groomsmen, but now both are dead. Lomax said her son was a smart, funny and athletic eighth-grader at Reno Valley Middle School. She said Dennis was a fellow recovering addict who joined Lacy Lomax as an active advocate for other addicts. The Kansas Highway Patrol said Dennis and Teagan Lomax were the only…
TOPEKA, Kan. — One man was shot and killed as officers from the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Department tried to make an arrest in Topeka Sunday morning. Shawnee County Sheriff Brian Hill said two deputies were making an arrest connected a car chase that happened on Friday when the shooting happened. The man died at the scene of the shooting between two motels along Southwest Wanamaker Road in western Topeka around 7:45 a.m. Sunday. The name and age of the victim wasn’t immediately released Sunday, and Hill didn’t identify the deputy who shot him. The deputies involved weren’t hurt. No additional…