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 aggravated assault and criminal damage to property in Manhattan on June 15, 2021, at approximately 11:27 p.m. Officers listed a 22-year-old male and a 22-year-old female as the victims…
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TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas’ largest electric company expects to make its first big investments in solar energy over the next three years and is looking to produce no net carbon emissions as of 2045. Both goals are set by a long-term plan outlined by Evergy for regulators in Kansas and Missouri. Environmentalist don’t think Evergy is moving quickly enough on clean energy initiatives. Conversely, other critics worry that the plan could make electricity more expensive and less reliable. Utilities across the U.S. and investors increasingly see green initiatives as good for companies’ bottom lines. Evergy has about 1 million customers…
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — A 39-year-old Leavenworth woman is charged with stabbing her fiancé to death. Eva Banks is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 44-year-old Jerrold Rhodes. Police say Rhodes was stabbed to death Saturday at a home the couple shared in Leavenworth. Police Chief Pat Kitchens says investigators believe Rhodes’ death was the result of domestic violence. Banks made her first appearance via video in court on Monday. She said she planned to hire an attorney.
WICHITA, Kan. — Authorities say two people have been critically injured in an apartment fire. Television station KAKE reports that firefighters were called around 3 a.m. Tuesday to the complex near the Kellogg and Interstate 135 interchange. Arriving firefighters discovered a person trapped in the apartment, and another person had jumped out the building to escape the flames. Both people were taken to a hospital with critical injuries. Firefighters say a pet cat also died in the fire, but crews were able to rescue another cat and resuscitate a dog found not breathing. Two apartment units were damaged in the…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Top Republicans are ending Kansas’ state of emergency for the coronavirus pandemic. They refused Tuesday to consider Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s arguments that an extension is still necessary for vaccinations and some testing for COVID-19. Senate President Ty Masterson announced the cancellation of a meeting of eight legislative leaders set for Tuesday afternoon. A law enacted in late March required the legislative leaders to sign off on an extension. Masterson’s announcement means that the state of emergency would expire by day’s end after being in place since March 2020. The Andover Republican other Senate GOP leaders said…
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 near mile marker 199 on Tuttle Creek Blvd. in Riley County on June 14, 2021, at approximately 7:37 a.m. Officers listed the Kansas Department of Transportation as the…
On Tuesday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Manhattan Mayor Wynn Butler and City Manager Ron Fehr.
WICHITA, Kan. — A fire disrupted opening night at the Crown Uptown Theatre in Wichita after lighting appeared to strike the nearly 100-year-old building. General manager Max Wilson said actors who were rehearsing for another show at the church across the street saw lighting hit the theater before the building’s lights flickered and surged and a loud jolt was heard. Wilson said a burning smell and smoke coming from the basement tipped performers that something was wrong. Wilson said he ran into the basement and used an extinguisher to put out a breaker that was on fire as an alarm…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A woman’s body was found near the Kansas River in Kansas City, Kansas, Saturday morning. Wyandotte County Sheriff’s department spokesman Capt. Kyle Harvey said the death is being investigated as a homicide. The woman’s body was reported shortly before 7 a.m. Saturday near a boat ramp on the river. Harvey said the woman was in her mid 60s, but authorities did not immediately identify her. No arrests were reported immediately.
TOPEKA, Kan. — Police say two teens were shot in separate incidents over the weekend in Topeka and that one suffered life-threatening injuries. Police say in a news release that officers called Saturday morning to an area along SE 31st Street found a 13-year-old girl with a gunshot wound. The girl was rushed to a hospital in critical condition. Police say her injury is being investigated as an accidental shooting. Hours earlier around 9:30 p.m. Friday, a 15-year-old boy was shot in one of his arms. Police say he is expected to recover. Police have not released the names of…