Opening comments. What should the city’s role be in supporting the Riley County Health Department, including decisions made for public health such as the masking ordinance and other COVID response measures? What commitments will you make to ensure that Manhattan has safe, quality, and affordable housing? Please offer a specific example. How best should the city of Manhattan provide for and fund public transportation? What improvements should be made to Manhattan’s public transportation system, and why are these improvements necessary? What is your position for setting a living wage for Manhattan, and what do you consider a living wage for…
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A former Junction City High School athletic trainer will spend two months in jail and three years on probation for sending obscene photos and text messages to an underage student. Brandon Martino was sentenced Monday in Geary County Court after entering a no contest plea last month to a single count of sexual exploitation of a child. The Kansas Board of Healing Arts also suspended his license last month after a patient under the age of 18 alleged they received explicit text messages from Martino, including a nude photo of himself. Martino was suspended from his position at Junction City…
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 700 block of College Heights Cir. in Manhattan on October 11, 2021, around 8:57 a.m. Officers listed a 71-year-old female as the victim when it was…
On Tuesday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Riley County Commission Chair John Ford.
The six USD 383 school board candidates participated in the League of Women Voters of Manhattan/Riley County candidate forum Sunday, heard on News Radio KMAN. Below are the questions and responses from each candidate, along with opening and closing statements. Opening Statements 1. What actions will you take to help create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive climate for students, family and staff of USD 383? Steven Ruzzin Karla Hagemeister Betty Mattingly-Ebert Teresa Parks Christine Weixelman Jayme Morris-Hardeman 2. USD 383 is being monitored for improvement for students who aren’t meeting expectations, including African-American, homeless,…
Rapid response to animal health emergencies has prompted the creation of a new veterinary toxicology training program at Kansas State University. Dr. Bob Larson, professor of livestock medicine, Dr. Bob Larson, tells KMAN the program is building upon existing strengths that K-State already has in its diagnostic lab and toxicology experts. He says toxic emergency response is common among pets, but not so much in livestock. “We have those toxic hotlines, or poison hotlines, for pets, but we don’t really for livestock,” Larson says. “We have this strength at K-State so we applied to the USDA to get some funding…
SUMNER COUNTY, Kan. — A 55-year-old Texas woman died after a vehicle she was riding in drove off the highway in south-central Kansas and rolled Saturday afternoon. The Kansas Highway Patrol said the crash happened along U.S. Highway 81 in Sumner County shortly before 1 p.m. Saturday. The Wichita Eagle reports the 2008 Nissan Sentra that Irene Vazquez De Salinas was riding in wound up in a line of trees after it struck a culvert and rolled. Vazquez De Salinas of Pharr, Texas, was killed in the crash, but four other people in the car sustained only minor injuries.
WICHITA, Kan. — A Wichita woman has been arrested in connection with the death of her 1-year-old daughter. Wichita Police said the girl was not breathing when officers found her inside a home in southeast Wichita around 3 p.m. Saturday. The girl, Myonna Townley, was rushed to a hospital in critical condition where she later died. Police said the girl’s injuries included some form of “trauma on her body,” but they didn’t specify what the injuries were. Investigators arrested the girl’s 27-year-old mother, Neriah Dilley, on suspicion of first-degree murder and child abuse. Dilley was being held Sunday in lieu…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Police in Kansas City, Kansas, say a man was found shot to death early Monday inside a home. Police say officers were called to the home around midnight Sunday and minutes later found the body of a man who had been shot. Police have not released the victim’s name or any details of the shooting. Police also have not announced any arrests or suspects in the case.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A pedestrian from Kansas is dead after being struck by two hit-and-run drivers near Arrowhead Stadium as the man was leaving the Kansas City Chiefs game. Police are searching for the drivers who fled the scene Sunday night. The victim was 66-year-old man Steven Hickle of Wichita, Kansas. Police say Hickle and another person left the game early, so traffic crews were not yet on the scene to assist with exiting. The second person was not struck. Police say Hickle was struck by a vehicle and while lying in the roadway was run over by a…