A $3 million grant has been awarded to a Kansas State University researcher to improve the resilience of smallholder livelihoods through the application of digital and geospatial decision support tools under diverse farming systems. Associate Agronomy professor Ignacio Ciampitti received the grant from the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sustainable Intensification. He’ll lead the three-year project which involves farming systems experts in the area of crop-livestock integration, modeling, mobile technologies and remote sensing for crop mapping, production and human nutrition. Ciampitti will lead a consortium of researchers from five U.S. universities, establishing a strong collaboration with…
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Riley County Police Department officers will not face criminal charges for their involvement in the fatal shooting of a Manhattan man. The announcement was made Friday by Barry Wilkerson, Riley County attorney, who says he believes the officers were justified in their actions. Jarred Kemp, 41, was shot on Oct. 2 by an officer after reportedly pointing a gun at his father’s head. Kemp’s father had put himself between Kemp and the officers and attempted to get Kemp to give up the gun. Instead of giving up the firearm, Kemp proceeded to beat his father and hit him with the…
This annual adoption event, offered now through December 23rd, attempts to house animals before the holiday stress of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. T. Russell Reitz Animal Shelter Director Deb Watkins realizes Christmas is probably going to look different this year for a lot of people, but the prevailing trend is, “People are adopting”. “Right now we have about 13 dogs and cats available. So, let’s get them all in homes for the holidays so that they’re in their homes for Christmas,” Watkins said. “So far our numbers this year, you know, we’ve done 972 adoptions… It is a bit…
LINCOLN, Neb. — – A whistleblower says a cash-strapped Kansas foster care contractor spent $80,000 on tickets to see the Chicago Cubs, a club owned by the Nebraska governor’s family, as it sought new business in that state. St. Francis Ministries bought the tickets in 2019. That same year, the agency was awarded a $197 million, five-year contract from the state of Nebraska to oversee the care of abused and neglected children in the Omaha area. The Omaha World-Herald reports that Nebraska’s Department of Health and Human Services says St. Francis won the contract because it presented the best bid.
TOPEKA, Kan. — Doses from Kansas’ first shipment of a COVID-19 vaccine are arriving in rural Kansas for hospitals to administer to health care workers, though the state expects its second shipment to be smaller than anticipated. The state health department said Thursday that Kansas received its first full shipment of two doses of the Pfizer vaccine for 23,750 people. Agency spokeswoman Ashley Jones-Wisner says federal authorities initially told Kansas that it would get a second vaccine shipment of 29,000 doses next week, but the state has since learned it will receive 17,550 doses. She did not elaborate.
DODGE CITY, Kan. — Investigators have concluded that angry emails about mask requirements that prompted a Kansas mayor to resign did not directly threaten her safety. Dodge City Mayor Joyce Warshaw resigned Tuesday. City police, the city attorney and the Ford County prosecutor reviewed three emails sent to Warshaw. The Dodge City Daily Globe says the emails were written by a man in Kentucky who was upset the city didn’t implement a mask requirement sooner. The mandate was imposed Nov. 16. Warshaw said Thursday that she is relieved with the finding, but that she has received verbal and other communications…
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 2200 block of College Ave. in Manhattan on December 17, 2020, at approximately 8:10 a.m. Officers listed a 20-year-old male as the victim when it was…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is running for reelection in 2022, a spokeswoman said Friday. Spokeswoman Lauren Fitzgerald confirmed the Democratic governor’s plans four days after Kelly announced that Commerce Secretary David Toland also would serve as the state’s next lieutenant governor. Toland will replace Lt. Gov. Lynn Rogers, appointed by Kelly last week to fill a coming vacancy in the state treasurer’s office. Toland was the treasurer for Kelly’s 2018 campaign for governor and is highly regarded by some business leaders. Naming Toland lieutenant governor could position him for a future run for governor and prompted…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Doses from Kansas’ first shipment of a COVID-19 vaccine are arriving in rural Kansas for hospitals to administer to health care workers, though the state expects its second shipment to be smaller than anticipated. The state health department said Thursday that Kansas received its first full shipment of two doses of the Pfizer vaccine for 23,750 people. Agency spokeswoman Ashley Jones-Wisner says federal authorities initially told Kansas that it would get a second vaccine shipment of 29,000 doses next week, but the state has since learned it will receive 17,550 doses. She did not elaborate.
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) – A Kansas sheriff’s deputy is the subject of a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging excessive force. Dashcam video shows Kiowa County Sheriff’s Deputy, Jeremy Rodriguez, mowing down Lionel Womack as he runs, shirtless, across a dark field in August. The lawsuit, filed Thursday, says the deputy intentionally ran Womack down in pursuit of “an alleged traffic violation.” The lawsuit says Womack sustained serious injuries to his back, pelvis and thigh as well as to his right knee, ankle and foot. Rodriguez remains on patrol and Kiowa County Sheriff Chris Tedder has not responded to Associated…