WICHITA, Kan. — An elderly woman died and her husband was critically hurt after they were stabbed Saturday in Wichita shortly after a truck was stolen and crashed into a nearby church. Wichita Police said 36-year-old Goldy Metcalf who was out of jail on parole was arrested after a series of crimes Saturday morning on multiple charges. The incident began around 8 a.m. Saturday when a suspect took a pickup truck that had the keys in it. The stabbing happened after the truck crashed into a church and caused significant damage. The man who was stabbed was stable at a…
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Riley County commissioners have adopted new land development regulations and driveway standards for the county. These new regulations and standards will repeal and replace the current ones on Jan 1. Planning Director Amanda Smeller says there are some regulations that are carrying over. Public hearings were held with the planning board to get recommendations for the current changes. Smeller says most of the recommendations came from an attendee who has a professional background in landscape architecture. The new driveway standards are only for new residential developments and will not be retroactively enforced for current homes. Agricultural uses are exempt. The…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Police have identified a person killed in a shooting at a party in Kansas City, Kansas, last week as a 16-year-old high school student. Police say Hugo Hernandez-Vasquez died at a hospital following the Friday night shooting in the city’s Shawnee Heights neighborhood that also injured several others. Police say an 18-year-old woman at the party, Ximena Acevas-Vargas, later died of traumatic injuries that were not associated with the shooting, but did not give more details about how she died. Police continue to investigate both deaths, and no arrests have been reported.
On Tuesday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Manhattan City Manager Ron Fehr and Mayor Wynn Butler.
MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – K-State freshman guard Brylee Glenn collected her first Big 12 Freshman of the Week honor while helping the Wildcats extend their home-winning streak to seven games with a career-best performance and then reached double figures against the top team in the nation on the road. This is the second straight week a Wildcat has collected Big 12 Freshman of the Week honors, as Serena Sundell earned the honor last week. For the week, the product of Kansas City, Missouri, averaged 12.5 points on a .455 field goal percentage while dishing out 1.5 assists, pocketing 1.5 steals and…
As they continue to envision the future, Kansas State University has created an economic prosperity plan. Richard Myers, K-State president, says the Kansas Board of Regents, as part of renewing their vision, ask the universities to put these plans together based on what the university brings to their communities. Myers says its important that those large research universities in Kansas have a plan for economic prosperity. “It’s pretty well-established in research that the one way you can increase, in fact probably the only way you increase, wealth and well-being of your citizens of your state is through your big research…
The Game on 1350 KMAN · Wildcat Insider 12/06/21 Hour 1 – K-State to Play LSU in Texas Bowl 00:00 – K-State to play LSU in Texas Bowl 15:58 – Coach Klieman with Media 26:38 – Twitter Questions 36:43 – Last week in the Big 12 The Game on 1350 KMAN · Wildcat Insider 12/6/21 Hour 2 – KSU MBB Shocks Wichita State 00:00 – KSU MBB Shocks Wichita State 17:43 – Messingham no longer OC/Venables to OU 32:31 – Marquette Preview 40:15 – Big 12 this Week
The Crisis Center, Inc. in the final phase of its fundraising campaign to support the construction and furnishing of a new safe shelter to service survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. The service organization, founded in 1979 and incorporated in ’81, supports victims in Riley, Pottawatomie, Geary, Clay and Marshall Counties as well as Fort Riley. Since incorporation 40 years ago, Crisis Center, Inc. has operated its safe shelter out of a 90-year-old home. Seeing a need for a better facility to meet the community’s needs, the organization under former Executive Director Judy Davis began exploring its options. Five…
A Wamego Co-Working company is the recipient of a USDA grant, one of 26 projects around Kansas to receive an award. Iron Clad, LLC will receive close to $11,000 from the USDA, part of a rural development investment initiative to improve energy infrastructure. Iron Clad will use the funds to install a rooftop mounted solar array that should replace close to 87 percent of its energy usage — the same amount of energy necessary to power two homes. That sum is just one piece of the over $833,000 the USDA announced it is investing in Kansas. The largest investment is…
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 rape in Manhattan on December 3, 2021, around 8:03 a.m. Officers listed a 17-year-old female as the victim. Due to the nature of this crime, no further information will…