Monday’s guest was Riley County Historical Museum Curator of Design Allana Parker joined us to discuss famous Riley County residents and visitors. Notable people included Martin Luther King Jr., Johnny Cash, U.S. presidents and TV and film stars.
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Work began this week on a new $38 million medical complex at the K-State Research Park. The facility will serve in part as a to training site for students in K-State’s physician assistant program as part of an agreement between the school and Stormont Vail Health. Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce president Jason Smith says the project will help make Manhattan into a more attractive place to live. He says the economic impact will also be felt in terms of new jobs. Stormont Vail President and CEO Dr. Robert Kenagy says the 79,000 square foot facility will house 22 different…
LAWRENCE, Kan. — University of Kansas officials are saying the school will not use a policy that would have made it easier to dismiss tenured faculty. Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod told the Kansas Board of Regents Thursday that he does not believe the university will have to suspend any faculty members from any of its campuses. The regents approved the policy in January to help universities respond to financial difficulties. The state’s other five public universities immediately said they would not use the policy. Girod said Thursday that KU officials now believe federal funding will help alleviate some of its…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Prosecutors have charged the owner of a gun found in a Topeka home by toddlers, who then accidentally shot a 13-year-old girl. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay filed charges of first-degree murder, aggravated child endangerment and criminal possession of a gun by a felon against 22-year-old Dejuan Thomas Yelverton. Police say Yelverton owned the gun that was found by toddlers Saturday morning. As the children were handling the gun, it fired, hitting 13-year-old DaMya Hudnall in the back of the head. DaMay was rushed to a hospital in critical condition. She…
TOPEKA, Kan. — A Kansas prosecutor accused of misleading juries in two cases has resigned from her positions in Bourbon and Allen counties, just weeks after a disciplinary panel recommended she be disbarred. The Topeka Capital-Journal reported that Jacqie Spradling stepped down earlier this month as assistant county attorney in Allen County. She also is leaving her position as the county attorney in Bourbon County effective June 30. A state disciplinary board unanimously recommended to the Kansas Supreme Court earlier this month that she be disbarred, citing her “win at all costs” attitude in a 2012 double homicide case and…
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 by deception and false impersonation in the 1100 block of Woodland St. in Manhattan on June 17, 2021, at approximately 10:39 a.m. Officers listed a 71-year-old female as…
On Friday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Gregg Eyestone with KSRE. We also spoke with Riley Co. Senior Center Program Coordinator Liz Nelson.
Some government offices will be closed Friday due to Juneteenth being recognized as a federal holiday. On Thursday, President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, establishing Jun 19 as a federal holiday Riley County Offices will be closed in observance of the holiday. Since the 19th falls on a Saturday, the federal holiday will be observed Friday, Jun 18. Individuals who had appointments scheduled at the Treasurer’s Office Friday should call 785-537-6320 to reschedule. The Health Department is also working with those who had appointments to reschedule them for early next week. The the landfill will be…
WICHITA, Kan. — A teenager who shot and killed his mother in 2018 has pleaded no contest to lesser charges in her death. The teenager, who was not tried as an adult, was originally charged with second-degree murder in the death of 41-year-old Lisa Trimmell at a home near Andover. He pleaded no contest Wednesday to aggravated battery and criminal use of a weapon. Prosecutors said Trimmell was arguing with the boy’s younger brother, who was 12 at the time, when the older boy shot her. He was 14. His attorneys argued he was defending his brother from his mother,…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Police in Kansas City, Kansas, are seeking a driver whose car slammed into a group of spectators at a sideshow over the weekend, seriously injuring one man. Police say the sideshow, which is a street demonstration of car stunts, drew about 100 people to First Street and Osage Avenue around 10 p.m. Sunday. Police say that during the show, a 1990s Ford Mustang was spinning circles when it slid into the crowd and hit a 24-year-old man who suffered a broken neck and broken leg. Police say the driver left before officers and medics arrived and…