BOURBON COUNTY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man died after his motorcycle collided with another vehicle Saturday. The Kansas Highway Patrol said the crash happened shortly before 8 a.m. Saturday on U.S. Highway 69 in Bourbon County in southeast Kansas. Authorities said the 2002 Harley Davidson that Ira Parnell Toshavik was driving crossed into oncoming traffic while going around a right-hand curve and collided with another vehicle. Toshavik of Gardner, Kansas, was thrown off the motorcycle because of the impact. Toshavik was taken to a hospital in Fort Scott where he died. The 38-year-old Fort Scott woman who was driving…
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CHANUTE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities said a police officer shot and killed a man who pointed a gun at the officer in a small southeast Kansas town. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said the shooting happened around 7:30 p.m. Friday in Chanute, which is about 110 miles south of Topeka. KBI spokeswoman Melissa Underwood said the man who was shot, 28-year-old Brandon Lee Schlichting of Chanute, died Sunday at a hospital in Kansas City, Kansas. Underwood said Schlichting pulled a gun from a holster and pointed it at the officer after the officer tried to make contact with him. The…
Kansas State University has not implemented a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, but that is likely only because Kansas legislative policy prevents the university from doing so. K-State president Richard Myers says if university administration could implement a vaccine mandate, it would. Despite the lack of COVID-19 vaccine requirements at K-State, Myers says over 80 percent of students have received at least one dose. The overall vaccination rate for the university, which includes faculty and staff in addition to students, is lower. As of Aug. 13, Lafene Health Center had distributed over 7,500 COVID-19 vaccinations. Myers says incentives for getting the vaccine…
WICHITA, Kan. — Officials in some Kansas communities are battling a rise in COVID-19 cases by mandating masks for kids, issuing emergency orders and requiring vaccines. The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases in Kansas has risen over the past two weeks from 605.14 new cases per day on Aug. 3 to 797.14 new cases per day on Tuesday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. In the Wichita area, hospital status was changed to critical Wednesday, as about 150 COVID-19 patients fill beds there.
LAWRENCE, Kan. — The Lawrence Humane Society says that a dog that was stabbed at a grocery store in an attack that killed its owner is expected to recover. The organization said in a social media post said that the dog, named Bear, sustained a stab wound to his side early Wednesday in the attack at a Dillons store in Lawrence. The dog’s owner, 66-year-old Daniel Evan Brooks, of Lawrence, was killed. The Lawrence Humane Society said the dog initially was in shock, but his wound had been repaired and his prognosis is good. A man was arrested at the…
TOPEKA, Kan. — A federal judge has ruled that Kansas must pay more than $2.2 million in attorney fees to the groups that filed a lawsuit over problems in the child welfare system. The decision handed down Thursday also requires the state to pay more than $72,000 in expenses. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree approved a settlement to the lawsuit in January, but the parties had continued to wrangle over attorney fees and other legal expenses. The class-action lawsuit was filed in 2018 by Kansas Appleseed, Lori Burns-Bucklew, Children’s Rights and the National Center for Youth Law against the Kansas…
SHAWNEE, Kan. — Kansas troopers say a blown tire caused a car to careen over the side of a bridge in suburban Kansas City, killing a passenger and seriously injuring the driver. The Kansas State Patrol says the crash happened Thursday afternoon in Shawnee on Interstate 435. Investigators say a northbound car was on an I-435 bridge when its left rear tire blew, sending the car into the bridge’s right guardrail and over the side. The patrol says the car rolled twice and landed in a creek below. A passenger, 43-year-old Gomez Humberto-Perez of Kansas City, Kansas, was killed. 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 400 block of South 16th Street in Manhattan on August 19, 2021 around 9:50 AM. Officers listed a 49-year-old male as the victim when he reported…
On Friday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with KSU President Richard Myers. Segment one: COVID-19 mitigation and the new school year. Segment two: enrollment, affordability of higher education, economics of K-State. Segment three: Myers’ upcoming retirement and current status of K-State in the Big XII. Segment four: Myers weighs in on fallout from the U.S. withdrawal in Afghanistan and how the university will honor the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks at the K-State football home opener.
The Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce is launching a website to promote the city to working professionals. Talent strategies coordinator Amber Wilhelm describes what the website, madeformanhattan.org, will feature: According to Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Jason Smith, the website is meant to create an online resource where people who are looking at moving to Manhattan can see what the area has to offer. In addition to the website, Smith says the chamber has also put together boxes full of post cards featuring notes from area residents about experiences they have had in Manhattan. To learn more…