On Thursday’s program we heard an update on the 1st Infantry Division’s year-long Operation Victory Wellness program from Col. Geoffrey Norman and Major Doug Sharp. Vickie James, coordinator of the Manhattan and Riley County Food and Farm Council weighed in on Gov. Kelly’s announced proposal this week to introduce legislation in the upcoming session aimed at eliminating the sales tax on food. Manhattan Housing Authority Executive Director and City Commissioner Aaron Estabrook joined us to discuss the new Bridge to Housing Stability program with peer mentor and MHA Resident Services Coordinator Romeo Vega in the first segment. The second segment…
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Photos from Thursday’s Veterans Day Parade and Vet Fest can be seen here, via Brandon Peoples and Nick McNamara. This year’s parade theme was “Thirty Years After the Storm,” celebrating veterans from Desert Storm and Desert Shield in addition to Veterans of all conflicts.
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TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly plans to take a rapid COVID-19 test after a lawmaker who attended one of her public events tested positive. Kelly spokesperson Sam Coleman said the governor planned to take the test Wednesday afternoon even though she’s had no symptoms and likely is not infected. Coleman said the governor decided to take the test after learning that the lawmaker who tested positive attended a news conference Monday at a north Topeka grocery. Kelly held the event to outline a proposal for eliminating the state’s sales tax on food. Kelly was masked during most of…
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Security camera footage, shell casings and a small but distinctive tattoo played pivotal roles in the arrest of a man suspected in at least six killings over the past two months in the St. Louis and Kansas City areas. The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s office on Tuesday charged Perez Deshay Reed in the shooting deaths of two people in September. Reed was charged Saturday in two other fatal shootings that month in St. Louis County. He is also suspected of killing two people more recently in Kansas City, Kansas, and the FBI has called him a…
WICHITA, Kan. — A 26-year-old man who stabbed a Wichita psychiatrist more than 160 times and then ran over him with a car has been sentenced to life in prison. Umar Dutt was sentenced Tuesday for first-degree murder in the death of 57-year-old Dr. Achutha Reddy in September 2017. Dutt pleaded guilty in September. Prosecutors said police found Reddy’s body behind Holistic Psychiatric Services clinic, where Dutt was a client of Reddy’s. He entered the building and began assaulting Reddy, who escaped before Dutt caught up with him in the alley. Prosecutors said Dutt stabbed Reddy 165 times and ran…
WICHITA, Kan. — The largest school district in Kansas plans to open a COVID-19 immunization site after the vaccine was approved for kids aged 5-11. Wichita district spokeswoman Susan Arensman said the school system hasn’t administered any shots yet to the 5-11 group and won’t be going school-by-school with vaccines. Instead, the district will set up a vaccination station at district headquarters that will serve the school community, including students, parents and unvaccinated employees. The Wichita Eagle reports that earlier in the pandemic, the district developed COVID vaccination capabilities to immunize teachers and staff.
PECK, Kan. — A 19-year-old is getting ready to graduate from Washburn University’s School of Law in Topeka. The Hutchinson News reports that Braxton Moral’s parents have long known he was gifted. He skipped fourth grade and then took his first undergraduate class at Harvard University while still in sixth grade. As he got older, he spent his summers at Cambridge. But when the school year started he switched to online classes so he wouldn’t miss out on experiences like prom and homecoming at Ulysses High School. Next month, Braxton Moral will receive his juris doctor degree. In February, he…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Authorities are investigating the death of a 1-year-old boy in Topeka. City spokeswoman Gretchen Spiker said emergency responders were called around 11:15 a.m. Tuesday. The child then was rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the boy’s name hasn’t been made public. His cause and manner of death remain undetermined.
Fort Riley’s Operation Santa Claus was previewed with Sgt. 1st Class Carlos Lane, Head Elf as well as Specialist Glorys Gomez. Historical and Archaelogical Society of Fort Riley’s Tour of Homes was previewed with Christy Shaiko and Victoria Rios-Furlow.