WICHITA, Kan. — Sedgwick County authorities have identified a 43-year-old man who they say shot himself during a standoff at a motel. Police on Saturday identified the man as Ramiro Rosete Jr. A Sedgwick County deputy stopped a vehicle driven by Rosete late Thursday and discovered that Rosete had an outstanding warrant for suspicion of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. Authorities say Rosete fled when the deputy tried to arrest him. Deputies later learned the man was staying at a motel, where he barricaded himself inside. SWAT team negotiators convinced Rosete to surrender, but authorities say that shortly after…
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Police in Kansas City, Kansas, say two men found near a crashed vehicle were homicide victims. Police were called just before 5 a.m. Friday and found two men unconscious and not breathing near a vehicle that appeared to have crashed into a parked vehicle in an industrial area. Officers determined that the men, described as Hispanic and in their 20s, had been shot. Their names have not been released. No arrests have been made.
Riley County commissioners have objected the historical status of the First Christian Church property. The vote was made 2-1, with Commissioner Kathryn Focke voting against. A hearing from the National Register of Historic Places is set to take place on August 7th. If the property is deemed historical, then the commission would need permission for demolition. County Counselor Clancy Holeman explains the process. Holeman presented a draft letter stating the commission’s stance and included the county’s master plan and intention for demolition. Commission Chair John Ford asked if they could continue with the demolition process until the hearing, to which…
TOPEKA, Kan. — A Kansas racial justice panel appointed by Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has recommended expanding Medicaid, adding another income tax bracket for top-income earners, restoring a food sales tax rebate and banning Native American mascots and team names in public schools. The 15-member Commission on Racial Justice and Equity created the recommendations after meeting with Kansas Department of Commerce officials, Kansas Department of Health and Environment staff and others, according to the report. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly established the commission last year in response to the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
WICHITA, Kan. — The family of a Black man shot in the back by a white Wichita police officer in 2012 has reached a $900,000 settlement with the city. The Wichita Eagle reports that the settlement comes just weeks before a lawsuit filed by the parents of 23-year-old Marquez Smart was set for a jury trial in federal court. His parents allege that police officers used excessive force. A federal appeals court found last year that a reasonable jury could conclude that by the time the final police shots were fired, Smart was on the ground with his arms stretched…
HAYS, Kan. — A west-central Kansas man has been arrested on a warrant charging him with murder in the 2019 shooting death of his wife. The Hays Daily News reports that 27-year-old Colby Alan Trickle was arrested Thursday after charges were filed by prosecutors against him on Wednesday. Prosecutors say he shot 26-year-old Kristen Trickle in the head with a .357 Magnum revolver in a premeditated killing on Oct. 31, 2019. Colby Trickle is also charged with interference with law enforcement. Officials say that charge stems from the accusation that he gave false information to police on the day of…
TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld the convictions of a woman who participated in the deaths of three people who were strangled or smothered with trash bags in her Topeka home. In a unanimous opinion released Friday, the high court also affirmed Kora Liles’ sentences on 11 charges, including three counts of felony murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and aggravated kidnapping. Liles was one of five people charged in the March 2017 deaths of 19-year-old Matthew Leavitt, 38-year-old Nicole Fisher and 20-year-old Luke Davis in a Topeka basement. Police said the violence stemmed from an…
Officers filed a report for aggravated battery and abuse of a child in Manhattan on July 15, 2021, around 10:14 a.m. Officers listed a 20-year-old as the suspect when it was reported he abused an infant. The infant was transported to Via Christi in stable condition for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Gerald William Hartman III, 20, of Manhattan was arrested in connection for abuse of a child and aggravated battery. Hartman is confined in the Riley County Jail awaiting a bond hearing. Officers filed a report for aggravated assault and criminal damage to property in the 700 block of Allen…
On Friday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with K-State Riley County Extension Nutrition, Health and Food Safety Agent Megan Dougherty. Riley County Seniors’ Service Center Program Coordinator Liz Nelson also joined the program. We also spoke with Tuttle Creek US Army Corps of Engineers Operations Project Manager Brian McNulty.
Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce officials are breathing a sigh of relief after the federal government recently announced it won’t redefine what constitutes a “metropolitan statistical area.” Chamber president and CEO Jason Smith: According to the Office of Management and Budget, an area is considered an MSA if it has a population of at least 50,000 people. The federal government had previously been considering changing the population threshold to 100,000. This would have caused Manhattan, which has a population of about 55,000, to become a micropolitan statistical area. Since certain government funding only goes to metropolitan statistical areas, such a…