DES MOINES, Iowa — A former lottery computer technician serving a 25-year prison sentence for ongoing criminal conduct by rigging computers to win lottery jackpots for himself, friends and family will be released from an Iowa prison on parole after serving nearly five years. Eddie Tipton was granted release by the Iowa Board of Parole on Jan. 20 and will be allowed to live in Texas, a board document says. Tipton pleaded guilty in 2017 and was ordered to repay restitution to Colorado, Wisconsin, Kansas and Oklahoma. He appears to owe the four states about $1.6 million and could be…
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WICHITA, Kan. — Police in Wichita say a woman who was hit by a car in a parking lot over the weekend has died of her injuries. Television station KSNW reports that the accident happened Saturday afternoon, when a 15-year-old girl backed out of a parking stall in a shopping center parking lot and hit 75-year-old Luella Beemer as Beemer was getting into her own car. Beemer was rushed to an area hospital, where she later died of her injuries. Police have not announced any charges in Beemer’s death and say an investigation into the accident is being conducted.
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 and criminal damage to property in the 2400 block of Heartland Dr. in Manhattan on February 1, 2022, around 9:39 a.m. Officers listed a 39-year-old male as the…
On Wednesday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with USD 383 Superintendent Dr. Marvin Wade and board member Kristin Brighton. Manhattan Fire Department Deputy Fire Chief Ryan Almes also joined the program. In our final segment we spoke with Downtown Manhattan, Inc. Executive Director Gina Snyder.
Sunflower CASA in Manhattan continues to help children in several ways. Carson Kober, executive director tells KMAN that this past year was successful for Sunflower CASA. She says they helped more children in 2021 than in any year ever before. Part of that is due to the extended services of Sunflower CASA, that actually extend into two other agencies, the first being Stepping Stones CAC. “We do forensic interviews there of children who have been sexually abused,” Kober says. “So, that’s not something we like to just put out in the newspaper, hey look at our agency, but that is…
64th district representative Suzi Carlson was arrested on DUI charges late Monday, according to police records. Shawnee County’s daily booking report shows the Republican lawmaker was booked into the Shawnee County Detention Center at 11 p.m. January 31, posting 2 thousand dollars bond about 3 hours later. Police allege Carlson recorded a blood alcohol level of .08 or greater after failing to maintain her lane while driving in Topeka. The Clay Center-based elected official has a court date set for March 1st. Carlson was elected to the Kansas House in 2019, and is a retired city judge. She holds no…
Riley County may have passed the peak for the omicron variant. During Monday’s county commission meeting, Health Department Director Julie Gibbs said the county has been seeing decreasing case numbers each of the past couple weeks. In early January, the county saw its highest weekly increase with over 1,200 cases in a single report. This past week’s report had nearly 900 new cases, which Gibbs says is a lot but is continuing to go down. She also spoke with Manhattan Ascension Via Christi Hospital CEO Bob Copple, who says they only had five COVID positive patients in the hospital over…
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — Two former correctional officers at the Leavenworth Detention Center have pleaded guilty to conspiring to smuggle drugs and other contraband into the privately run federal prison. The Kansas City Star reports that 28-year-old Willie Golden, of Overland Park, and 36-year-old Janna Grier, of Horton, entered the pleas last week. Prosecutors said prisoners used an online app to pay bribes to corrections officers to smuggle in tobacco, marijuana and cell phones to prisoners from April through November 2020.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The family of a Kansas woman charged with joining the Islamic State group and leading an all-female battalion has told prosecutors they want nothing to do with her. Allison Ekren made an initial appearance Monday in federal court in Alexandria. She was ordered to remain jailed pending a detention hearing set for Thursday. An attorney was appointed to represent her. Prosecutors say Ekren became leader of an all-female Islamic State unit in Syria in 2016 that trained in the use of AK-47 rifles, grenades and suicide belts. She grew up in Kansas but left the U.S. more…
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Winter is still nearly two months away from ending but Lawrence already is gearing up for swim season as it tries to prevent the kind of lifeguard shortage that delayed pool openings last year. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Aquatics Supervisor Lori Madaus said the city was only able to fill 60 of the 100 lifeguard positions it needed last year to have the two city pools fully operational. The Outdoor Aquatic Center opened a couple of weeks later than usual last year, with reduced hours and features, and the Indoor Aquatic Center continues to have reduced…