Education was the topic throughout Wednesday’s edition of In Focus, which highlighted the return to 5-day-a-week in person class at USD 383 Manhattan/Ogden Schools. Guests included Superintendent Dr. Marvin Wade, board member Kristin Brighton, as well as Eisenhower Middle School Principal Tracy Newell and Lee Elementary Principal Erica Bammes. UFM Community Learning Center Executive Director Linda Teener joined us in the second half of the show to discuss the center’s spring catalog and upcoming non-credit classes. She also discussed upcoming sign ups for the community gardens program offered annually.
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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 filed a report for aggravated intimidation in the 100 block of Parker Dr. in Manhattan on January 5, 2021, at approximately 9:47 a.m. Officers listed a 14-year-old female as the victim when it…
Several members of the K-State marching band and Classy Cats dance team have earned a prestigious honor. Twelve members of The Pride of Wildcat Land and the entire K-State Classy Cats dance team have been selected for the College Band Directors National Association Intercollegiate Marching Band. The band will perform “End of Time” by Beyonce in a video that will premiere online on the Intercollegiate Marching Band Youtube page on January 11, the day of the National Championship. The performance will include all of your typical halftime show aspects including music, color guard members, and dancers. Frank Tracz, K-State marching…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran says he will vote to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the Electoral College. Moran’s announcement Tuesday means he is breaking with President Donald Trump and others in the GOP trying to overturn the result. Moran’s stance ahead of a joint session of Congress on Wednesday that is expected to confirm the Democratic president-elect’s victory in November also puts Moran at odds with all of the other Republicans in Kansas’ congressional delegation. Trump’s unfounded claims of voter fraud have been rejected roundly by courts and election officials. Moran said “in every instance the…
LAWRENCE, Kan. — A Lawrence neighborhood bearing the name of a slave owner plans to change the name. The Pinckney Neighborhood Association said it taking suggestions for a new name for the neighborhood named for either Charles Pinckney or Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. They were cousins who had successful political careers in the late 1700s and early 1800s but also supported slavery. Neighborhood association president Bart Littlejohn said residents began discussing the name change after racial injustice demonstrations this summer. The neighborhood hopes to begin a voting on the change this spring.
WICHITA, Kan. — Law enforcement authorities have identified the two victims of the Dec. 29 shooting near Wichita. The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s office on Monday said they are 43-year-old Bradley Michael Reece and 22-year-old Kayla Schmidt, both of Wichita. Reece died at the scene and Schmidt died from her injuries at a local hospital on Thursday.
TOPEKA, Kan. — Gov. Laura Kelly says she’s “very comfortable” with how Kansas is distributing the COVID-19 vaccines despite U.S. government data showing that its inoculation rate is the lowest of any state in the nation. The governor argued Monday that Kansas likely has a more efficient distribution system than other states and is getting vaccine doses more quickly to more communities. The state health department has said federal data shows Kansas lagging behind other states because of a lag in reporting vaccinations, and Kelly told reporters the state has concentrated on “getting vaccinations in people’s arms.” But Kansas House…
EL DORADO, Kan. — A 13th Kansas inmate has died of COVID-19 as the virus continues to spread in the state’s prisons, infecting thousands. The Kansas Department of Corrections said the latest inmate to die had been serving a 24-year sentence for attempted first-degree murder and second-degree murder at the El Dorado Correctional Facility. He was 65 and had an unspecified underlying medical condition. He was taken to a hospital Saturday and died Monday. The state prison system housing about 8,600 inmates has reported 5,303 cases among offenders and another 1,063 among staff. Four staff members also have died.
WICHITA, Kan. — Police are investigating as manslaughter the death of a 26-year-old man who fell to the ground and lost consciousness during a physical fight at an apartment in Wichita, Kansas. The Wichita Police Department identified Tuesday the victim as 26-year-old Sharrod Rollen of Wichita. Officers responding Saturday to call to assist emergency medical responders learned that Rollen had been found deceased in the apartment by acquaintances. Police say an investigation found that Rollen and three others had gone out to celebrate on New Year’s Eve. When they returned to the apartment, Rollen got into the fight. An autopsy…
WICHITA, Kan. — A new library branch in Wichita will be named for a late civil rights leader who grew up in the city. The city council voted Tuesday to name the library for Ronald Walters, who organized a sit-in in 1958 at a Wichita diner that served only takeout food to Blacks. The three-week sit-in ended when the manager of Dockum Drug Store began serving Blacks inside the business. The national NAACP says it was the first youth-led sit-in that got the desired results. Walters had a distinguished academic career, wrote several books and was an advisor to presidents.…