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.
Author: KMAN Staff
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…
On Friday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with RCPD Director Dennis Butler.
The 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley will be deploying troops in support of Afghan evacuees. The Department of Defense recently approved a request for assistance from the State Department to provide temporary housing, sustainment, and support inside the United States for vulnerable Afghans from forts across the nation. Approximately 500 service members from the 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley will provide support to Fort McCoy, Fort Lee, and JBMDL to assist in these efforts as part of the task forces located there. The soldiers from Fort Riley will be joining service members from several forts as part of…
Sixty-five years later and Pawnee Mental Health continues to serve the Riley County area. Robbin Cole, Pawnee Mental Health Executive Director, says this year is full of events, from the K-State 5K Homecoming event to celebrating 65 years of service. “Pawnee Mental Health started serving Riley County and the city of Manhattan as the Riley County Mental Health Center on November 19th of 1956.” Cole says this year they will not only hold their typical events, but will add several anniversary events, beginning with a celebration in Junction City on October 19. She says the celebration continues in Concordia on…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Gov. Laura Kelly has directed Kansas state employees to resume working remotely if possible because of the more contagious COVID-19 delta variant. Kelly’s announcement Wednesday came after two months of steadily rising numbers of new COVID-19 cases that have stressed hospitals and led some public schools to require masks indoors. Kelly’s directive applies to state agencies under her control; employees must resume remote work by Sept. 3 and continue at least through Oct. 4. A memo from Kelly’s administration secretary said any employee who was able to work remotely earlier should do it again. Many state employees…
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. — Education officials overseeing the more than $1.1 billion in federal pandemic aid for Kansas schools say districts are spending much of the money to meet the mental health needs of students and staff. Districts also are hiring “intervention specialists” who can work one-on-one or in small groups to fill in learning gaps. They’re also spending to upgrade curriculum. Since March 2020, the federal government has provided $190 billion in pandemic aid to the nation’s schools, which is more than four times what the U.S. Education Department spends on K-12 schools in a typical year. In Kansas,…