On Tuesday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Pottawatomie County Game Warden/K-9 Officer Travis Schulte with KS Dept. of Wildlife and Parks. 1st District Congressman Rep. Tracey Mann also joined the program. In our final segments we spoke with T. Russell Reitz Animal Shelter Animal Control Officer Brandon Sokol.
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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 responded to the report of an injury crash near the intersection of Gumbo Hill Rd. and Tuttle Creek Blvd. near Manhattan on August 30, 2021, around 11:58 a.m. When officers arrived on scene…
A portion of North Manhattan Ave. will close for part of the day Thursday to allow work to be completed on the east side of the new Aggieville parking garage. City officials say the road will be closed from 6 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. between Moro and Laramie Street. Access to the alley south of Moro will be available during that time. In addition, the City of Manhattan says extreme heat played a part in two of three water main breaks that occurred last week. The pipe on Houston Street was reportedly a lateral fracture, which is likely caused by…
With Congress currently on a summer recess, First District Congressman Tracey Mann visited four Flint Hills communities for town halls Monday. In his Manhattan stop, the first term Republican from Quinter stated he’s looking for accountability at all levels for what he called “a debacle” in Afghanistan. Mann said there needs to be accountability for what he called the “intelligence failure” that allowed the current situation at the Kabul, Afghanistan, airport to develop. Responding to one constituent’s comments regarding clean energy, Mann said he’s of the belief that those in agriculture need to do more to tell about their efforts…
WICHITA, Kan. — One of he biggest gun dealers in south-central Kansas is the city of Wichita, but it actually received less than half the proceeds from the sales because it works with several online companies to auction off the firearms. Since a new state law allowing the gun sales was passes in 2015, Wichita has sold 2,082 guns. that were seized during a variety of crimes but were no longer needed. The city generated $196,000 on the gun sales. But The Wichita Eagle learned that the city is received less than half of the $425,000 in total sales the…
HAYSVILLE, Kan. — Authorities say a fatal weekend shooting along the Kansas Turnpike may have been done in self defense in response to road rage. Kanaas Highway Patrol Trooper Chad Crittenden said the shooting was reported shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday near the Haysville exit of the Kansas Turnpike toll road, but officials didn’t immediately release many details of the shooting. Crittenden said one least one person had a gunshot wound and two vehicles were stopped in the southbound lanes. First responders began providing aid to the injured person who was rushed to a Wichita hospital where he later died.…
WICHITA, Kan — A Wichita man has been sentenced to four concurrent life sentences for sexually molesting and producing pornographic video of a young girl while he was living with a friend. Prosecutors say they learned of the abuse because the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children reported that images of the girl were circulating online. Investigators determined that Tyler Dudly likely abused the girl and took the pictures in 2018 and 2019 when the girl was 5 or 6 years old. Dudley told investigators he produced the videos while using a girl who was underage while staying with…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Sheriff’s deputies called to a south-central Kansas property for a welfare check have discovered the bodies of two people and are searching for a person of interest in their deaths. The Reno County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were called Friday evening to a property east of Hutchinson and spoke to friends of a person they had not seen or heard from in two days. Officials said that during a search of the property, deputies found a body believed to be that of the missing person. Officials say deputies obtained a search warrant for the property and subsequently…
On Monday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Food & Farm Council of Riley County and the City of Manhattan Coordinator Vickie James. K-State student and U.S. Army veteran Fatima Jaghoori discusses her pleas to the government to get her relatives out of Afghanistan And in our final segment A.Q Miller School of Journalism Director at K-State Dr. Steve Smethers joined the program.
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 3600 block of Everett Dr. in Manhattan on August 26, 2021, around 7:15 a.m. Officers listed a 49-year-old male as the victim when it was reported…