On Tuesday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Pottawatomie County Commissioner Dee McKee and County Planner Stephan Metzger.
Author: KMAN Staff
TOPEKA, Kan. — Topeka police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found Saturday in a park. Police said Richmond McDaniels Jr.’s body was found around 5 a.m. Saturday in Gage Park. Authorities did not release many details about how the 38-year-old died or who found his body. Police said McDaniels’ family has been notified of his death.
WICHITA, Kan. — A Wichita man has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and manslaughter after a head-on collision that killed a 19-year-old from Caldwell. Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Lt. Benjamin Blick said the crash happened early Saturday around 2:45 a.m. on Kansas Highway 254 in northeastern Sedgwick County. Blick said the 39-year-old man who was arrested was driving a GMC Sierra pickup truck the wrong direction in the eastbound lanes of the highway when he collided with a Chrysler PT Cruiser driven by Clayton Patterson who died after the collision. The 39-year-old was being held Sunday in lieu of…
WICHITA, Kan. — Court documents say a woman now charged with involuntary manslaughter in the crash death of her 5-year-old daughter told a deputy that she had been drunk at the time of the March crash. Sedgwick County Sheriff’s deputies say in an arrest affidavit that Nory Lam was holding her injured daughter, Aleah Reyes, in her lap in the backseat of the crashed sport utility vehicle when deputies arrived around 3 a.m. March 7. The deputy who questioned Lam said she told him, “We were drunk driving,” and said the crash was her fault. The girl died as paramedics…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Authorities are investigating as a homicide the death of a 29-year-old Topeka man whose body was found when firefighters responded to a house fire. Police say in a news release that Palmer S. Thompson died under suspicious circumstances in Sunday’s house fire in Topeka. A preliminary investigation has determined the fire appears to have been intentionally set. The structure is a total loss. The Topeka Fire Department estimated damages at $121,540, including $15,000 for the contents. No working smoke detectors were found. Fire crews responding to a call at 7:30 a.m. found smoke and fire coming from…
OLATHE, Kan. — A suburban Kansas City school district is investigating after a student asked a girl to homecoming using an offensive sign referencing Black people. A picture of two white students holding the sign and smiling drew sharp criticism on social media this weekend. School officials in Olathe, Kansas, said they are working to contact everyone involved, including the parents of the students. In a letter sent to parents, the school district said the students’ behavior would be addressed under the district’s code of conduct. Olathe South High School Principal Dale Longenecker said in the letter that the behavior…
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 criminal damage to property in the 1100 block of Laramie St. in Manhattan on September 24, 2021, around 9:07 p.m. Officers listed a 27-year-old female as the victim when…
On Monday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Sunset Zoo Marketing and Development Officer Melissa Kirkwood. Susie Shaw, Coordinator of the Manhattan CROP Walk and Alexis Haeusler also joined the program.
Not just one, not two, but three new recreation facilities have now opened their doors in Manhattan. The City of Manhattan, Manhattan Parks and Recreation, as well as USD 383 took part in a ribbon cutting Sunday to celebrate the opening of the new Eisenhower Recreation Center. “It was just an opportunity to celebrate the culmination of an almost two-year process, to bring these new facilities to the community and just to recognize some of the people that have been involved in that, and to let the community know that we are open,” Randi Clifford, Manhattan Recreation Director…
Manhattan City Park was the site of the 10th annual C. Clyde Jones 5K and Midge’s Mile Saturday. Participants gathered to show support for Shepherd’s Crossing, which is also celebrating its 20th anniversary. Development Officer and event namesake C. Clyde Jones says the event has evolved over the past decade and now allows people to participate virtually, a result of the COVID pandemic last year. Melanie Horton, Administrative Assistant to the Dean in the K-State College of Business Administration, pointed out that the virtual option has enabled the event’s reach to spread beyond Kansas, even extending overseas. In the past…