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 theft in the 1000 block of Yuma on April 6, 2020, at approximately 12:45 PM. Officers listed a 27-year-old female as the victim when she reported a known female…
Otto Chanyakorn, an assistant professor in the College of Architecture, Planning and Design at Kansas State University, has received the Gabriel Prize from the Western European Architecture Foundation for the study of landscape and classical architecture in France. The award is worth $20,000 and provides Chanyakorn the opportunity to spend three months in Paris focusing on drawing and painting. While overseas, Chanyakorn will work with a Parisian architect and will come away from the fellowship having completed three large renderings. This trip will not take place until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Chanyakorn joined K-State in 2019 and teaches…
The Riley County health department is looking to set up a quarantine building in Manhattan. Speaking to the Riley County commissioners, Director Julie Gibbs shared a letter of support for an alternative care site for individuals who may need to be quarantined or isolated. The building being considered is the Four Points by Sheraton off of Fort Riley Blvd. The whole building will be closed to the public and be used as a long care term care facility. The building will serve as a quarantine site for first responders, healthcare providers, or those who have tested positive, but have nowhere…
Police are investigating the shooting death of a 28-year-old man in central Topeka. D’Angelo Payne was found dead Saturday night. Lt. Ron Ekis says officers responded to the scene after a report that shots were fired and a vehicle had crashed. Officers found D’Angelo Payne dead at the scene. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports details of the crash and the shooting have not been released. Shawnee County District Court records show Payne was scheduled to appear May 7 on charges that included felony drug possession, which were filed after his arrest in December. No arrests have been made in his death.
Divers have recovered the body of a Kansas trash truck driver who was reported missing on Friday. Authorities say 32-year-old Bernard Singleton, of Topeka, apparently lost control of his truck west of Perry during inclement weather Friday morning. The truck hit a guard rail and overturned in the river, where it sank. Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Herrig said Deffenbaugh Industries contacted the sheriff’s office Friday evening after Singleton didn’t return from his route. Authorities used his phone to find Singleton’s location. His body and truck were recovered Saturday afternoon.
Kansas reported 49 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday. The state has confirmed 747 cases, up from 698 on Saturday. Twenty-two virus-related deaths have been confirmed, one more than on Saturday. State health officials say 183 people have been hospitalized for COVID-19. The ill include a an inmate and the fourth staff member to test positive at the Lansing Correctional Facility. Corrections officials say the illnesses and employee absences at the state’s largest prison have prompted some operational changes. For example, movement of inmates will be reduced to ensure they stay in the assigned groups.
A man armed with an ax was taken into custody after a standoff at a police station in southern Kansas. Arkansas City Police Chief Dan Ward says the man entered a lobby Sunday afternoon and hit the interior door to the police department’s secured area with a long-handled ax. He says the man, 38-year-old Douglas Gleaves, yelled at officers for more than two hours before he was subdued with a Taser. Gleaves was taken to South Central Kansas Medical Center for a mental health evaluation. Ward says possible charges include aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer, criminal damage to…
The Topeka Zoo has announced it will make changes to two major fundraisers as officials look to slow the spread of COVID-19. Television station KSNT reports that the zoo announced the changes Sunday. The Roar & Pour Wine Fest will be held online as a Facebook Live Event on April 25. The zoo’s Brew At the Zoo event has been pushed to July 24. It had been scheduled for early June. Those who have already bought tickets will receive new tickets with the rescheduled date. The zoo is also offering refunds for those who want them.
On Monday’s edition of In Focus Stephany Kilbourn, Ascension Via Christi Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner and Melissa Mosher, RCPD Victim Advocate Coordinator join us to discuss Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April. We also spoke with Manhattan Parks & Rec Director Eddie Eastes and Assistant Director Wyatt Thompson. In our final segment we spoke with T. Russell Reitz Animal Shelter Director Deb Watkins and Animal Control Officer Brandon Sokol.