On Monday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Jeff Morris – K-State Marketing & Communications Director. We also spoke with Manhattan Parks & Recreation Assistant Director Wyatt Thompson and Recreation Supervisor Ryan McKee.
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Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office responded to two vehicle related incidents. The Sheriff’s Office responded to the 9700 block of Lavender Lane, in Manhattan on November 27th for a vehicle burglary. Several items were removed from the vehicle including the victim’s debit card. The stolen debit card was used at the Short Stop gas station on South Port Drive the next day around 2:45 am. Camera footage shows a silver car was seen in the area. The Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying the vehicle and person seen in the photos below. Anyone with information about this incident is…
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 burglary in the 1300 block of N. 8th St. in Manhattan on December 4, 2020, at approximately 12:22 p.m. Officers listed three 21-year-old males and two 22-year-old males as…
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) – An obituary for an 81-year-old Kansas man who died of COVID-19 is garnering attention. Dr. Marvin James Farr of Scott City died Tuesday in isolation at a nursing home. His son, Courtney Farr, wrote an obituary lamenting how his father died in a world where many of his fellow citizens refuse to wear a mask to protect one another. His father was a farmer and a veterinarian. The obituary says the science that guided his life has been disparaged and abandoned by many of the same people who depended on his knowledge to care for…
A bipartisan letter of support has been signed by a number of Kansas legislators including several from the Manhattan area to curb the spread of COVID-19. Sen. Tom Hawk (D-Manhattan), along with Representatives Sydney Carlin (D-Manhattan), Tom Phillips (R-Manhattan), Suzi Carlson (R-Clay Center) and Lonnie Clark (R-Junction City) joined 58 others from the House and State Senate calling for action late last week. The letter says the state has reached a “tipping point” in the battle with COVID-19 and calls on the public to change behaviors and act fast to curb the spread to keep pressure off of the hospitals…
The holiday tradition of lighting up Manhattan continued this Friday as the 19th annual Mayor’s Spirit of Holidays Lighted Parade brought hundreds of people out for a little Christmas cheer while still socially distancing. The parade acts as an opportunity to raise awareness of the Flint Hills Breadbasket. Instead of bringing gifts to the parade, supporters were asked to contribute food or money directly to the Breadbasket this year. That is the sound of Fort Riley Band Members as they rode down 11th Street. The parade began at 5:30 p.m. on the corner of 3rd Street and Poyntz Avenue, then traveled…
A second arrest has been made in connection to an ongoing rape investigation involving a minor. Riley County Police on Friday charged 19-year-old Zelond Benymon, Fort Riley in connection to three counts of rape and two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy. Police filed an initial report Nov. 24 after a 12-year-old victim came forward to police. Benymon is jailed on a $350,000 bond. Earlier this week police charged 23-year-old Tavian Garrett of Manhattan with five counts of rape and five counts of aggravated criminal sodomy in connection to the investigation. Garrett also remains jailed on a $350,000 bond. Due to…
Bill Bernard and Brandon Peoples contributed to this story Largely overshadowed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, school officials in USD 383 Manhattan/Ogden Schools are also working through a tedious redistricting process. This week, during its Wednesday meeting, the school board discussed at length ongoing plans due to the high level of feedback by those in the community. Assistant Superintendent Eric Reid says the district is nearing the end of its contracted work with consulting firm RSP & Associates, whom it hired in January, as it works to redraw attendance boundaries, ahead of the fall 2021 opening of the new Oliver…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Two northeast Kansas counties have rejected at least part of the new federal and state guidelines for shortening the time people are quarantined after they’re possibly exposed to COVID-19. The new guidance says people with no symptoms can end their quarantines after 10 days instead of 14 or after seven days with a negative COVID-19 test. Public health officials in Wyandotte County announced Thursday that they’re sticking with 14-day quarantines, arguing that shorter quarantines risks greater spread of the virus. Shawnee County’s health officer announced that it will allow people with no symptoms to end their quarantines…
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — An Australian company has purchased the Kansas-based financial services company Waddell & Reed Financial for $1.7 billion. Macquarie Asset Management, an arm of Australia’s Macquarie Group, announced late Wednesday that it will buy all outstanding shares of Waddell and Reed for $25 per share in cash. The companies said in a statement that when the sale is complete, Macquarie plans to sell Waddell & Reed’s wealth management platform to LPL Financial Holdings, an independent broker-dealer in Boston for $300 million. The two companies’ boards of directors have approved the sale, which is expected to be complete…