WICHITA, Kan. — A cash management company is asking a federal court to return nearly $166,000 in proceeds seized in Kansas from sales at Missouri medical marijuana stores. The Dickinson County, Kansas, sheriff’s office seized the money in May as it was being driven through Kansas to Colorado. Medical marijuana is legal in Missouri and Colorado, which also allows recreational use. Marijuana use is illegal in Kansas. The driver, who has not been charged, worked for Empyreal Logistics. Authorities in Kansas contend in court filings that the money was made by activities that are still illegal under federal law. A…
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Federal prosecutors allege eight people connected to an organization based in Kansas City, Kansas, forced children to work without pay and abused them for years. An indictment unsealed on Tuesday charges the organization, formerly known as the United Nation of Islam, with conspiracy to commit forced labor and forced labor. A federal judge is Kansas labeled the group a cult in 2018. The group was founded in the 1970s by Royall Jenkins and is also known as the Value Creators. The indictment alleges that since at least 2000, the organization ran businesses in several states using…
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. — The attorney for a Black man who was run over by a Kansas deputy in an encounter caught on dashcam video says he was shocked to learn the deputy is now employed as a master sergeant at the Hutchinson prison while under criminal investigation. Lionel Womack alleges in an excessive force lawsuit filed last year that Kiowa County Sheriff’s Deputy Jeremy Rodriguez intentionally drove over him in August 2020. Rodriguez has denied he intentionally swerved his truck to run over him. Womack’s attorney urged Kansas prison officials to discuss the ongoing criminal investigations with the Federal…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas state Rep. Russ Jennings has died. House Speaker Ron Ryckman Jr. on Wednesday announced that sixty-six-year-old Jennings, a Lakin Republican, died from cancer on Wednesday morning. Ryckman said he learned of the death from Jennings’ family. Jennings was elected to the Legislature in 2012. He served as chairman of the House Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee for the past three legislative sessions. Before his election, Jennings served as commissioner of juvenile justice for the Kansas Juvenile Justice Authority from 2007 to 2010. In previous years he was also a deputy sheriff and a magistrate judge.
HOISINGTON, Kan. — Police in central Kansas are investigating the shooting death of a man in Hoisington. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says in a news release that it is assisting the Hoisington Police Department in the investigation of the early Wednesday morning shooting death. Officials say police were called just after 3 a.m. Wednesday to a home by a 911 caller who reported a shooting. Arriving officers found 22-year-old Chase Anderson, of Hoisington, with a gunshot wound to his chest. Anderson was later pronounced dead at the scene. Officials say a 32-year-old acquaintance of Anderson’s who was in the…
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 theft in the 5500 block of Turkeyfoot Ln. in Manhattan on October 27, 2021, around 6:09 a.m. Officers listed a 42-year-old male as the victim when it was reported…
On Thursday’s edition of In Focus we were joined by Kansas State University Associate Communications Professor and Director of the Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy Dr. Tim Shaffer. Pawnee Mental Health Executive Director Robbin Cole also joined the program.
K-State was able to hold off Texas Tech in five sets Wednesday night at Bramlage Coliseum, getting 21 kills apiece from Holly Bonde and Aliyah Carter as the Wildcats took the series opener, 25-23, 25-20, 24-26, 18-25, 15-12. Bonde and Carter helped K-State (13-7, 4-5 Big 12) to a 70-58 edge in total kills while Carter picked up three kills during a match-ending 5-1 run in the final set. Bonde’s kill total set a career high and Carter recorded her fifth 20-kill performance of the season. “That’s a big win for us,” said head coach Suzie Fritz. “There are a number of teams fighting…
Dozens of residents gathered at Anthony Recreation Center as negotiations continued with the Kansas Gas Service about tree cutting for the Gary Avenue Project. A third public meeting was held to discuss the exposed pipeline near Gary Avenue. Due to the exposed transmission line, Kansas Gas Service has planned a clear-cutting project to rebury the pipeline. The original design of the project involved cutting the entire 100-feet wide easement along the whole length of the forested area, 1100-feet long. Concerns by community members during the first two meetings were clearly expressed. Many residents during those meetings asked about the relocation…
Flint Hills Christian School is currently undergoing construction for a new expansion. Board Member Dr. Moni El-Aasar and Director of Advancement Jordan Candido, spoke with KMAN about the latest for the project. Dr. El-Aasar says the scope of the project is to have two classrooms per grade from pre-k to 6th grade. Overall, the project is expected to be around 28 thousand square feet for all of the expansion. Candido says the need for this expansion comes from the increase in enrollment at the school. Candido says they anticipate having the ability to rent out the gymnasium area to the…