Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 school board voted to extend the current mask mandate and other COVID mitigation efforts. The current mitigation efforts in place include optional mask wearing at the two Manhattan High School campuses and other buildings not populated with students. Masks are still required for the elementary and middle school buildings. Superintendent Dr. Marvin Wade brought a recommendation to keep the current mitigation efforts in place until January 21st. Some of the reasons include increased number of positive cases post-Thanksgiving, and the presence of a new variant in the US. Wade says there is the possibility to make changes at the…
Author: KMAN Staff
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 burglary, use/possess with intent to use drug paraphernalia, and possession of opiate, opium, narcotic or certain stimulant in the 400 block of Walters Dr. in Manhattan on December…
Tuesday’s program included a preview of the final Manhattan City Commission meeting of 2021 with City Manager Ron Fehr and Mayor Wynn Butler.
MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – For the fourth time in program history and the first time since the 2019-20 season, Kansas State women’s basketball has swept the Big 12 Conference weekly honors as Ayoka Lee garnered Player of the Week while Brylee Glenn earned her second Freshman of the Week citation. The last K-State duo to earn Big 12 Player and Freshman/Newcomer of the Week honors in the same week was Peyton Williams and Ayoka Lee on February 17, 2020. Prior to Williams and Lee were Nicole Ohlde and Kendra Wecker on Jan. 7, 2002 and Nicky Ramage and Olga…
WICHITA, Kan. — The Wichita police chief who was one of the first law enforcement officials to call the death of George Floyd a murder has announced that he is resigning. The Wichita Eagle reports that Gordon Ramsay announced Friday morning that he plans to resign from his position on March 1. Ramsay said he wanted to spend more time with family and is weighing a run for St. Louis County Sheriff in Duluth, where he was police chief before getting hired in Wichita. Ramsay said his diversification of the police department is one of his proudest accomplishments.
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas has confirmed a second case of the highly transmissible omicron variant of the coronavirus. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the Kansas Department of Health and Environment notified the Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health on Friday that the variant had been found in the community. The announcement came one just day after the state’s first case of the variant was confirmed Thursday in neighboring Franklin County. Dr. Jennifer Schrimsher, deputy county health officer, said detection of the variant in the county does not come as a surprise as it has rapidly spread across the country since the first…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas officials continue working to speed up the distribution of aid money to help people avoid eviction. Ryan Vincent, who leads the state agency overseeing the program, said more than 40% of the $169 million allocated to the state program has been given out so far. Kansas, like most states, fell short of the federal goal of distributing at least 65% of the aid money by Nov. 15. Vincent said Kansas has been making steady progress and roughly 32,000 Kansans have received help. And Kansas isn’t in danger of having the federal government reclaim some of the…
LEAWOOD, Kan. — Two years after Zach Morrisey was shot to death in a Kansas suburb of Kansas City, his relatives say they’re still waiting for answers. Morrisey, of Leawood, Kansas, was killed on Dec. 21, 2019. He was shot on the parking lot of a Leawood apartment complex as he was sitting inside a car with a friend. No arrests have been made. Morrisey was 24. Morrisey’s cousin, Shannon Ross, told WDAF-TV that the family is frustrated by not knowing what led to the shooting at that moment in time.
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 burglary and criminal damage to property in the 6300 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd. in Manhattan on December 18, 2021, around 9:27 a.m. Officers listed a 49-year-old female, 48-,…
On Monday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Riley County Historical Museum Director Allana Parker.