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 3800 block of Vanesta Drive in Manhattan on December 29, 2019, at approximately 10:50 AM. Officers listed a 56-year-old male as the victim when he reported…
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Bob Copple, the president of Ascension Via Christi Hospital here in Manhattan, sat down with KMAN during Monday’s In Focus and reflected on a year of advancements in healthcare technology, reductions in patient costs and increases in industry transparency. Technology Advancements In rural areas, towns face shortages in health-services staff and facilities, causing those in need of certain procedures to have to travel long distances for care and treatment. Copple says new machinery has allowed many patients in Manhattan to stay local for their treatments. On top of that, Manhattan has two surgery-performing robots while many towns of similar size…
Budget adjustments and end-of-year transfers The Pottawatomie County Commission approved a series of budget adjustments and end-of-year transfers during their meeting Monday. Funds were transferred to the accounts of various departments from an “unclassified” account in order to make up for exceeded budgets. This included moving $200,000 to the solid waste department due to increased waste removal from St. Mary’s to a landfill, $21,800 for the district court due to the purchase of a server and 13 computers capable of essential software updates and about $5250 dollars for the commission department due to publication costs of tax-foreclosure sales and Blue…
On Monday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Ascension Via Christi President Bob Copple. We also spoke with commissioner elect Aaron Estabrook.
Tom Phillips, a Kansas House of Representative member representing the 67th district, appeared on today’s episode of In Focus to preview some of what he will be working on in the upcoming legislative session in the areas of healthcare, higher education and “dark store theory.” Healthcare According to Phillips, recent legislative sessions have seen efforts to expand Medicaid take place only to stumble as the lawmaking process played out. Despite these setbacks, Phillips says he hopes Medicaid expansion will eventually take place and that he will continue to vote in favor of it as long as it comes in the…
BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. (AP) — An Oklahoma man is accused of abducting a woman and forcing her to dance at a Kansas strip club, then taking the money she earned at the club. Gary Ballard of Tulsa is charged with aggravated human trafficking and aggravated kidnapping. The 23-year-old victim was reported missing from Coweta, Oklahoma. three weeks ago. Authorities say Ballard repeatedly hurt her and drove her to Cherokee County, Kansas, in the state’s southeastern corner. Detectives got a tip that the woman might be in Cherokee County. A news release says they found her Thursday night at a strip…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say more than a dozen people were injured when a nitrogen line ruptured at a Beechcraft aircraft manufacturing facility in Wichita, Kansas, and caused part of the building to collapse. Sedgwick County Deputy Fire Chief Daniel Wegner says the explosion happened at around 8 a.m. Friday. The county’s emergency medical services director, John Gallagher, says 11 patients were taken to a hospitals and four were treated at the scene. He said one person had potentially serious injuries. The cause of the blast is under investigation. Robert Baker, a worker who was in the building when…
67th District Representative Tom Phillips joined the program for a 2020 legislative preview. Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Game Warden Ben Jedlicka discussed the first day hike New Year’s Day, Eagle Day Jan. 4 and other hunting related information happening at Tuttle Creek State Park.
Whether we like it or not, 2020 is pulling into town full steam and with it the inevitable weight-loss resolutions. For some people, these resolutions are the beginning of better things to come. But for many, they are the beginning of yet another failed attempt to lose weight or become healthier. The good news is that there are some simple and easy tips that can help you establish healthy exercise routines and eating habits that don’t involve working out like Michael Phelps or limiting yourself to eating just a stock of celery and two almonds per day. When it comes…
COFFEYVILLE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a Kansas law enforcement pursuit that ended in a deadly crash started when a driver in a pickup truck slammed head on into the patrol cars of deputies who had stopped to attend to a deer that had been struck by a vehicle. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that the collision late Monday disabled one patrol car and damaged the other. The release says the truck’s driver, 24-year-old Robert Scott Jackson, of Coffeyville, then fled before loosing control when the roadway’s surface switched from pavement to gravel about 4…