WICHITA, Kan. — Wichita city leaders are considering overhauling their ethics code and for the first time setting a limit on gifts to city council members. The proposed rules drafted over the past year would ban gifts worth more than $150 a year and establish an anonymous hotline for reporting ethics violations. The City Council will decide later this spring whether to adopt the new rules. Mayor Brandon Whipple has pushed for the reforms to restore public confidence after several high-profile ethical breaches in city government led to several local officials leaving office in recent years and raised questions about…
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HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Firefighters in south-central Kansas say one person was taken to a hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation early Monday after a fire that started in camper parked in a driveway spread to the home. Television station KSNW says the fire was reported around 3 a.m. Monday in Hutchinson. Firefighters arrived to find a camper engulfed in flames in the home’s driveway, and the fire had spread to the exterior of the home and into the home’s attic. Officials say two people were home at the time of the fire, with one suffering from smoke inhalation. The fire…
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 rape in Manhattan on April 17, 2021, at approximately 9:55 a.m. Officers listed a 29-year-old female as the victim and a 62-year-old male known to her as the suspect.…
Riley County Historical Museum Director Cheryl Collins and Aggieville historian Dan Walter, founder of Custom Family Stories and creator of Aggieville Archives joined us Monday. We discussed the history of Aggieville.
Initially set for 2020, the Aggieville Showdown was rescheduled because of the pandemic, with a new date of April 17, 2021, where exhibitors from the nation over vied for $5,000 in real money prizes and the opportunity to show their cattle at a Grand Drive event in the Aggieville Business District. Including a western design show, performer Lucas Maddy, and live meetings with the triumphant candidates, The Aggieville Showdown joined exhibitors, students, businesses, and all public to celebrate agriculture in the ‘Ville. Founder and General Manager Christian Calliham said inspiration for this event got started after fellow classmates and himself…
The Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce has awarded former Kansas legislator and 2006 Leadership Manhattan graduate Tom Phillips with the Lyle Butler Distinguished Service Award. The chamber presents the award each year to a Leadership Manhattan alumnus for exemplary community service. Phillips has served in a number of government and organizational leadership roles over the years, most recently as a member of the chamber’s Business Advocacy Committee and leader of their Growth Task Force. From 2012 to 2021, he represented the 67th District in the Kansas House of Representatives. Prior to his stint in Topeka, Phillips served as a Manhattan…
K-State Libraries hosted a virtual ribbon cutting for Hale Library’s grand reopening. K-State officials and donors read from the Tale of Hale about the history of the library and its reconstruction progress during a livestream. Before the fire, plans on renovations of the library began back in 2016. Benefactor Ellie Everitt says she and her husband, Dave, believed in this new vision. The Everitts were the lead donors for the project as part of the K-State Foundation’s Innovation and Inspiration campaign. Then in 2018, an accidental fire was started, but contained on the roof. However, water and smoke caused significant…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a juvenile several blocks east of downtown Topeka. Police say in a news release that the shooting was reported around 7:20 p.m. Thursday. Officers arrived to find a person suffering from gunshot wounds. The person was taken to an area hospital and pronounced dead. Police say the victim is a juvenile and that they are withholding the victim’s name. No arrests had been reported in the shooting by Friday morning.
TOPEKA, Kan. — A 20-year-old Wichita man who died in the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941 will be laid to rest in his native state in May. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Thursday the remains of Robert Goodwin were identified using dental and anthropological analysis. Goodwin was a Cook 3rd Class on the USS Oklahoma when it was hit by multiple torpedoes during the attack by the Japanese. Goodwin was among 429 crewmen on the ship who died. A burial service is planned May 14 in Topeka. His remains were among those buried in 46 plots at the National Memorial…
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — Leavenworth police say a 12-year-old boy who was shot to death outside a pharmacy was not the intended victim. Police say Brian Henderson Jr., of Kansas City, Missouri, was shot Wednesday night near the Kare Pharmacy in Leavenworth. He died at a Kansas City hospital. Leavenworth Police Chief Pat Kitchens says officers called to the pharmacy didn’t find any victims, but were notified later about Henderson’s death. Kitchens said it’s “very clear” that the child was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Two suspects, 25-year-old Darvon Thomas, and a 17-year-old male, have been charged with…