SALINA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say one person has been found dead inside a Salina home after a standoff and fire. Salina police said in a Facebook post that the standoff started Wednesday after an officer saw a man with an arrest warrant for burglary riding a bicycle. When the officer approached, the man rode off and went into a home. Several hours later, police noticed a fire in the home and heard several shots. Firefighters found a body inside after extinguishing the flames. The name of the person wasn’t immediately released.
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita police say a man died after his motorcycle crashed into a school bus. Police spokesman Charley Davidson says 22-year-old Tyler Bins died Wednesday afternoon after being pinned under the bus. A 49-year-old man who was riding a different motorcycle with Bins was seriously injured. Davidson says the men collided with the bus after it entered an intersection. He says speed was believed to be a factor in the crash. One of four students on the bus for McLean Magnet Elementary school suffered minor injuries.
Thursday’s program featured a conversation with Fort Riley officials Kali Orrick with Child and Youth Services, Carolyn Tolliver-Lee with the Family Advocacy Program and Monica Smith, Education Services Specialist discussing April being Month of the Military Child and National Child Abuse Prevention Month and Fort Riley’s combined graduation. K-State Vice President of Communications and Marketing Jeff Morris also discussed K-State’s announcement to cancel in-person classes March 16-20.
TOPEKA — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has named an attorney who said he’s similar in temperament to former Chief Justice Lawton Nuss to replace Nuss as a Kansas Supreme Court justice. Lawrence attorney K.J. Wall also formerly worked for the state’s highest court overseeing special projects and research for justices in death penalty cases. The 49-year-old Wall was most recently a partner in law firm that represents rural Kansas hospitals and previously worked as an attorney for a Minnesota-based insurance company. He will join a seven-member court that has faced criticism from conservative Republican legislators over abortion, school funding and…
A small plane went off the runway while landing Wednesday morning at Manhattan Regional Airport. The plane, a Piper PA-28 Cherokee with two passengers, came to rest near a ditch after taking down a runway sign and damaging a wing. Damage estimates are pending. No injuries were reported. Manhattan Regional Airport Director Jesse Romo says the cause is still unknown and there will be no impact to airport operations though runway 3 was shutdown for a period. First responders are working the scene and the FAA has been contacted. The aircraft is registered as the property of Versa Air Services…
USD 323 Rock Creek Superintendent Kevin Logan joined us for our monthly visit with Pottawatomie County Schools, with discussion on the new middle school construction project, spring activities and a school board proposal to expand preschool services. The 42nd annual St. Patrick’s Day Road Races and parade was previewed with Ben Sigle from Manhattan Running Company. U.S. Census Bureau Partnership Coordinator for Kansas and Oklahoma Emily Kelley joined us to talk about the importance of filling out the 2020 U.S. Census.
TOPEKA — Protesters are seeking to pressure the Kansas Senate into take a vote on a bipartisan plan for expanding Medicaid. Several dozen of them chanted, laid down on the floor and blocked the Senate’s main entrance Tuesday. About 50 people protested at the Statehouse for almost three hours. Capitol police removed 23 protesters from in front of the Senate chamber in an attempt to clear the area. The Kansas Highway Patrol said their cases will be forwarded to the local district attorney for potential prosecution on criminal trespassing or disturbing the peace charges. Abortion opponents are blocking the expansion…
Officers filed a report for aggravated assault, criminal threat, criminal damage to property and interference with law enforcement in Manhattan on March 10, 2020, at approximately 5:30 PM. Officers listed a 20-year-old male, a 23-year-old male, and a 31-year-old male as the victims and a known male as the suspect. Daniel Valaika, 22, of Manhattan was arrested in connection. Valaika was issued a total bond of $20,000.00 causing him to remain confined at the time of this report. Due to the nature of the crime reported (domestic), no additional information will be released.
A fundraiser for the family of a young man killed by a snow plow in January has nearly reached its goal. 21-year-old Jayden Rosa and 22-year-old Anthony Toler of Manhattan died after KHP says the two were struck in the early morning hours of January 24 by the Riley County vehicle while walking home in the right lane of Tuttle Creek Boulevard north of Manhattan. The Facebook fundraiser was created for Rosa’s family under a week ago to help pay outstanding bills. Since its creation, it has collected just under $2,100 of the $2,200 goal. Facebook lists the creator as…
K-State Athletic Director Gene Taylor joined the show Tuesday to update us on facilities, including the recent renovations of the baseball and soccer complexes on campus and what Big XII league officials are doing in preparation of the tournament amid concerns of coronavirus. Riley County Commissioner John Ford joined us along with Health Department Director Julie Gibbs and Emergency Preparedness Director Andrew Adams with coronavirus.