A portion of North Manhattan Ave. will close for part of the day Thursday to allow work to be completed on the east side of the new Aggieville parking garage. City officials say the road will be closed from 6 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. between Moro and Laramie Street. Access to the alley south of Moro will be available during that time. In addition, the City of Manhattan says extreme heat played a part in two of three water main breaks that occurred last week. The pipe on Houston Street was reportedly a lateral fracture, which is likely caused by…
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WICHITA, Kan. — One of he biggest gun dealers in south-central Kansas is the city of Wichita, but it actually received less than half the proceeds from the sales because it works with several online companies to auction off the firearms. Since a new state law allowing the gun sales was passes in 2015, Wichita has sold 2,082 guns. that were seized during a variety of crimes but were no longer needed. The city generated $196,000 on the gun sales. But The Wichita Eagle learned that the city is received less than half of the $425,000 in total sales the…
HAYSVILLE, Kan. — Authorities say a fatal weekend shooting along the Kansas Turnpike may have been done in self defense in response to road rage. Kanaas Highway Patrol Trooper Chad Crittenden said the shooting was reported shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday near the Haysville exit of the Kansas Turnpike toll road, but officials didn’t immediately release many details of the shooting. Crittenden said one least one person had a gunshot wound and two vehicles were stopped in the southbound lanes. First responders began providing aid to the injured person who was rushed to a Wichita hospital where he later died.…
WICHITA, Kan — A Wichita man has been sentenced to four concurrent life sentences for sexually molesting and producing pornographic video of a young girl while he was living with a friend. Prosecutors say they learned of the abuse because the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children reported that images of the girl were circulating online. Investigators determined that Tyler Dudly likely abused the girl and took the pictures in 2018 and 2019 when the girl was 5 or 6 years old. Dudley told investigators he produced the videos while using a girl who was underage while staying with…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Sheriff’s deputies called to a south-central Kansas property for a welfare check have discovered the bodies of two people and are searching for a person of interest in their deaths. The Reno County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were called Friday evening to a property east of Hutchinson and spoke to friends of a person they had not seen or heard from in two days. Officials said that during a search of the property, deputies found a body believed to be that of the missing person. Officials say deputies obtained a search warrant for the property and subsequently…
On Monday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Food & Farm Council of Riley County and the City of Manhattan Coordinator Vickie James. K-State student and U.S. Army veteran Fatima Jaghoori discusses her pleas to the government to get her relatives out of Afghanistan And in our final segment A.Q Miller School of Journalism Director at K-State Dr. Steve Smethers joined the program.
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 3600 block of Everett Dr. in Manhattan on August 26, 2021, around 7:15 a.m. Officers listed a 49-year-old male as the victim when it was reported…
September marks Recovery Month for Pawnee Mental Health. Robbin Cole, Executive Director of Pawnee, says September has now been proclaimed as Recovery Month by the Riley County Commission and the same proclamation will be made by the city of Manhattan in early September. She says the month is a time to recognize recovery, from not only substance abuse, but so much more. “It’s predicated on the idea that whether it is a substance use disorder or a mental illness that recovery is possible for people,” says Cole. She adds that throughout the process there is a three part message they…
State grants were awarded Friday to two Manhattan organizations, totaling more than $83,000. Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced that The Crisis Center, Inc. received $48,922 to recruit, train and supervise volunteers to assist professional staff who provide in-person, around-the-clock crisis intervention services, as well as safe shelter for victims of sexual and domestic violence in its five-county region. Sunflower CASA Project received three awards — including a $20,000 grant to provide supervised visitation and monitored exchange services to children and their non-residential parents, a $9,000 grant for volunteer advocacy through quality training and supervision and $5,400 for operating expenses for…
The 21st District Court will have its first drug court session starting next week. The process started about two years ago and has been spearheaded by District Judge Kendra Lewison. This specialty court is for those non violent offenders who have been sentenced to felony probation. Community Corrections Director Shelly Williams says this specialty court makes sure people receive treatment rather than incarceration. Williams says when this behavior is addressed consistently and quickly, behavioral changes will be reinforced faster. Those attending drug courts will have already been sentenced as part of their probation. Williams says those sessions will start one…