WICHITA, Kan. — A coalition of community groups is demanding that a special prosecutor be appointed in the case of a Black youth who died following a physical altercation with staff at a Kansas juvenile center. In a Wichita rally and letter to local officials, community activists also called Monday for the release of video and the names of the individuals involved in the September death of 17-year-old Cedric Lofton. It comes after an autopsy report released last week contradicted an earlier, preliminary finding that the teenager hadn’t suffered life-threatening injuries. The autopsy ruled the death a homicide.
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WICHITA, Kan. — An arrest has been made in the fatal stabbing of a man over the New Year’s weekend in Wichita. Police say 27-year-old Bryce Marc Johnston, of Bel Aire, was booked early Monday into the Sedgwick County Jail on suspicion of first-degree murder in the Sunday killing of 44-year-old Jayson Stalkup of Wichita. Investigators say officers were called around 5 p.m. Sunday to an apartment complex in north Wichita where they found Stalkup in the parking lot. Police say he had been stabbed repeatedly and died at the scene. Investigators believe Johnston and Stalkup knew each other and…
Ascension Via Christi Manhattan delivered its first baby of the year Sunday, January 2. Manhattan’s New Year baby is Stetson Wayne Bayes, born Sunday at 1:52 p.m. The Bayes’ babe was weighed at 6 pounds, 12 ounces and is 19.25 inches. Congratulations Bayes Family from KMAN and Manhattan Broadcasting.
Universal masking returns to all USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden school buildings Tuesday. The school board voted 4 to 1 Monday to reinstate masking throughout the district at the recommendation of the Medical Advisory Committee. Board member Brandy Santos was the lone opponent to the requirement. The district in October relaxed masking at places like the high school due to increased availability of vaccines for those age groups. Outgoing Board President Jurdene Coleman says she was hoping to see the masking policy actually decrease by spring break. That point was reiterated by local physician and committee member Dr. Ryan Knopp. Coleman says…
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The Kansas Highway Patrol says a person has died after a vehicle rear-ended a snow plow in Wyandotte County. The crash happened early Saturday on Interstate 435 near Leavenworth Road in Kansas City, Kansas. The patrol says the vehicle was traveling at highway speeds or greater when it hit the Kansas Department of Transportation plow truck. The truck had its warning lights activated. Further information was not immediately available.
WICHITA, Kan. — Doctors are worried about hospital capacity in the Wichita area amid the latest surge in virus cases and the ongoing staff shortages. The high number of COVID-19 cases along with other patients who need hospital care is leading to long waits in emergency rooms across Kansas’ largest city. Dr. Tom Moore, who oversees Wesley hospital’s COVID-19 unit, said patients are waiting for days in emergency departments for a bed to open up in the hospital. Dr. Sam Antonios, Ascension Via Christi’s chief clinical officer, said the surge is straining staff resources. Antonios said everyone should get vaccinated…
WICHITA, Kan. — At least three people died in separate crashes along Kansas highways on New Year’s Day. The crashes the Kansas Highway Patrol reported happened as a winter storm covered much of the state with snow and ice. Early Saturday, a 20-year-old Missouri man died after his car slammed into the back of a snowplow in Kansas City, Kansas. Then a 62-year-old Wichita woman died and three others were hurt when a GMC Suburban went into a ditch along Interstate 135 Saturday afternoon in McPherson County. Saturday evening, a 48-year-old Osage City woman died after she lost control of…
OMAHA, Neb. — The final 2021 report on a monthly survey of business leaders in nine Midwest and Plains states shows the region’s economy continues to improve going into the new year, with confidence in the economy over the next six months soaring. The overall index for December of the Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions released Monday grew to 64.6 from November’s 60.2. Any score above 50 on the survey’s indexes suggests growth. The survey’s business confidence index, which looks ahead six months, rocketed from a weak 46.2 in November to 64.0 in December. The monthly survey covers Arkansas, Iowa,…
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 500 block of Augusta Way in Manhattan on December 30, 2021, around 8:37 a.m. Officers listed a 63-year-old male as the victim when it was reported…