Riley County has confirmed 28 new positive COVID-19 cases and 16 recoveries since April 7. This brings the county’s total number of active cases to 40. The percent positive rate for the week of April 7 was 2.1 percent, or 33 positive cases out of 1,582 total tests. Ascension Via Christi is caring for one COVID-19 positive patient in the Intensive Care Unit at this time. RCHD will administer first vaccine doses at the Riley County Health Department Family and Child Resource Center at 2101 Claflin Rd. this week. It will administer second doses at Pottorf Hall in CiCo Park…
Author: KMAN Staff
Wednesday’s guests included USD 320 Wamego Schools Superintendent Tim Winter and Assistant Superintendent and Director of Instructional Services Scott Meitler. We also spoke with Manhattan Area Technical College President Jim Genandt.
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 criminal damage to property in the 200 block of Springboard Ln. in Manhattan on April 13, 2021, at approximately 7:38 a.m. Officers listed the City of Manhattan as the…
MISSION, Kan. — Kansas’ top health official says the state is suspending distribution of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccines as federal health officials investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots. Lee Norman, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, predicted the pause won’t have a “big impact” on the state’s overall rate of shots. That’s because less than 4% of the shots administered in Kansas have been from Johnson & Johnson, according to KDHE data. However, Norman noted some clinics scheduled for Tuesday morning had been put on hold.
WICHITA, Kan. — A former Kansas mayor who resigned abruptly before being charged with making fake tickets to attend a zoo fundraiser has entered into a diversion agreement with prosecutors. Former Goddard Mayor Jamey Lee Blubaugh signed his diversion packet in court on Monday. Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett said in a written statement that under the agreement Blubaugh must follow the law, perform 50 hours of community service and pay $980 in restitution plus other costs. Prosecutors charged Blubaugh and his wife, Elizabeth, each with one misdemeanor count of counterfeiting in August. The Wichita Eagle reports the announcement…
GARDNER, Kan. — Authorities in suburban Kansas City, Kansas, say a four-vehicle crash has left a child dead and three others injured. The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office says the crash happened Monday morning at a rural intersection west of Gardner. Investigators say a roofing truck crashed into a sport utility vehicle driven by a woman and carrying her three children. The impact of the crash sent the SUV into another truck, which then hit a van. Authorities say one child in the SUV was killed. The woman and other two children were taken to a hospital with injuries, but are…
Riley County commissioners have given consensus for the EMS and Emergency Management to move forward with a land study for possible new facilities. EMS Director David Adams discussed Monday the long standing facility needs for both entities. Adams says the current headquarter facility for the EMS is over 40 years old and does not meet current standards. “When the facility was built, our call volume was around 1,500 calls a year. We’re now at 4,600 to 4,800 calls a year,” says Adams. The department was also not designed for full time employees originally. Adams says because of this, the facility…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Police have arrested two men in connection to the shooting of two other men in Hutchinson that left one dead. Television station KAKE reports that officers arrested 64-year-old Sandral Wade and 71-year-old Robert Lagrange, both of Hutchinson, on Monday. Police say both men have been charged in a warrant with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. Detectives say Wade and Lagrange are suspected in the shooting happened just after 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Police say a 46-year-old man was killed in the attack and a 42-year-old man was hospitalized, but in stable condition. Police have not released the…
LANSING, Kan. — A 47-year-old man with terminal cancer was freed from a Kansas prison after officials agreed his medical condition is so severe he is not a danger to public safety. The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas says Christopher McIntyre was released Monday from the Lansing Correctional Facility in Leavenworth County where he was serving time for aggravated burglary. The Kansas City Star reports that McIntyre is among 105 ACLU clients who requested clemency from Gov. Laura Kelly. McIntyre was originally scheduled to be released in 2024. His attorneys have said he could die before then. McIntyre 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 burglary and criminal damage to property in the 200 block of N. Elm St. in Ogden on April 12, 2021, at approximately 1:42 p.m. Officers listed an 82-year-old male…