Riley County EMS provided information about response times and calls for service for the northern part of the county Monday. EMS Director David Adams spoke about this topic as part of the new building process for EMS. Data points shared Monday included call volume, response times and criticality of calls in the area from January 2020 to the present. Criticality of calls is determined to be if responders were using lights and sirens on the way to the call and hospital. EMS has responded emergent over 40% of the time in northern Riley County and transported emergent back to the…
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WICHITA, Kan. — One teenage girl is dead and another wounded after an argument turned into a shooting in Wichita. Police say the shooting happened around 10:30 p.m. Sunday. Sixteen-year-old Brandi Williams was found unresponsive in the front yard of a home and died at a hospital. An 18-year-old female was also shot but was treated at a hospital and released. Police say several people were at the home when an argument broke out involving the girls and two boys, ages 14 and 16. The boys allegedly began shooting. The boys were arrested and taken to a juvenile detention facility…
NEWTON, Kan. — Authorities in Harvey County say a 66-year-old Wichita man died when a recreational vehicle rolled off its safety equipment and onto him. The accident happened Saturday afternoon, killing Robert Brooks. Harvey County authorities say Brooks was making repairs to the RV that was partially lifted off the ground with a floor jack and wheel chocks. Brooks was underneath the RV when it rolled onto him. Another person called 911, but Brooks was pronounced dead at the scene.
ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis County man is charged with two separate killings, and police are trying to determine if he was involved in at least four other homicides in Missouri and Kansas. Perez Deshay Reed is suspected of killing a 16-year-old girl and a 40-year-old man in September in St. Louis County. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, citing a police affidavit filed in federal court, says Reed could be tied to at least four other homicides and additional shootings. Police are investigating if Reed killed two people whose bodies were found earlier this month in an apartment complex in…
WINFIELD, Kan. — Authorities in southeastern Kansas say two people were killed when the car they were in slammed into a farm combine harvester on a road and erupted in flames. The Cowley County Sheriff’s Office says the crash happened Sunday on a county road just north of Winfield when the southbound car hit the combine, went underneath the farm implement and caught fire. Officials say two people in the car died. Sheriff David Falletti told KAKE that the two killed have not yet been identified, and autopsies have been ordered. The driver of the combine was not injured.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Police say a student is recovering after being stabbed outside Schlagle High School in Kansas City, Kansas. Police say the stabbing happened around 7 a.m. Tuesday on school grounds before classes began. The student was taken to a nearby hospital with injuries not believed to be life-threatening. Police say two other students were taken into custody for questioning after the attack. Police have not released the identities of any of the students involved.
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 in the 600 block of Bluemont Ave. in Manhattan on November 8, 2021, around 6:33 a.m. Officers listed a 26-year-old male as the victim when it was reported…
On Tuesday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Riley County Commissioner Greg McKinley and Deputy Riley County Fire Chief John Martens. Retired Gen. Phil Mattox discusses the Armed Forces Community Fund Match Day on Nov. 11.
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TOPEKA, Kan. — A Topeka man convicted of fleeing from police that led to another driver’s death has been sentenced to life in prison. Brandon Jordan was sentenced Friday in the death of 69-year-old Dennis Affolter of Topeka. Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay said the chase in November 2019 began after officers received a report of a man trying to pass forged checks at a Topeka bank. The suspect’s car eventually ran a red light and hit a vehicle driven by Affolter, who later died of his injuries. Jordan was convicted in August of first-degree murder and several other…