On Monday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Dr. Tim Shaffer.
Author: KMAN Staff
As people finish their holiday shopping before Christmas, the Riley County Police Department has some ways to help protect them. Riley County Police Department Director Dennis Butler explains that it’s as simple as locking your doors. He says half of the cases they see of cars getting broken into, the doors were unlocked. The other important item is to hide your valuables from sight. “Even if you car is locked and they can see, it creates more temptation for them to want to get in there and take it,” says Butler. Butler says the same goes for homes; lock the…
The City of Riley is working to establish its own municipal court based on the model of Ogden’s court. The Riley Countian Newspaper reports that the city council unanimously approved a proposal to set up a court at its November 26 meeting. Mayor Tim Sharp says the idea has been brought up multiple times in the past years from within the council and the community. “We’re in the midst of getting all the things necessary to get it going,” Sharp told KMAN. “It’s going to happen, I just don’t know how soon.” Sharp says the intent is not to start…
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 vehicle theft in the 3100 block of Willowood Cir. in Manhattan on December 19, 2019, at approximately 7:00 AM. Officers listed a 45-year-old male as the victim when he…
Friday’s program featured holiday eating tips from K-State Riley County Extension Health, Nutrition Agent Megan Dougherty. Riley County Seniors’ Service Center Program Coordinator Liz Nelson spoke about upcoming activities in January at the center. Pawnee Mental Health Executive Director Robbin Cole joined us to recap 2019 and discuss the FCC’s new 988 phone number under consideration to add to the suicide prevention hotline.
WICHITA, Kan. — A retired city clerk has been ordered to pay more than $150,000 in restitution for embezzling from the Kansas town where she worked for nearly 40 years. The U.S. attorney’s office says 70-year-old Carole Sue Coker also was sentenced Thursday to three years of federal probation for mail fraud. Coker, who now lives in Oronogo, Missouri, allegedly kept some money paid to the Kansas town of Caney. She then made it appear as if the books balanced. Caney is about 120 miles southeast of Wichita.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — A Kansas man has been sentenced to life in prison for severely beating a woman in 2016 after she refused to have sex with him and then leaving her to die in a wooded area. The Kansas City Star reports that 26-year-old Korrey Raine White Rinke won’t be eligible for parole for 25 years under the sentence ordered Thursday for first-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping in the death of 46-year-old Julianna Pappas of Overland Park. He also was ordered to register as a sex offender and pay more than $15,000 in restitution. Prosecutors initially planned to…
Riley County commissioners chose a replacement for the vacant seat on their Indigent Defense Panel. The panel is comprised of six attorneys who act as independent contractors on behalf of the county. One of the members will resign later this month, leaving a vacant seat. Two candidates came before the commission to apply for the position; Michael Hinkin and Chris Biggs. The panel usually suggests one candidate to the commission, but could not decide between the two. Hinkin has a background in criminal defense work working for Clark and Platt Law Firm here in Manhattan. He currently runs his own…
It was just earlier this year that Tuttle Creek State Park was closed to the public because of concerns about rising water levels in Tuttle Creek Reservoir. Since then, the park has come a long way towards recovering and several features, such as trails and a boat ramp in the Cedar Ridge area, 12 utility-electric sites in the Fancy Creek area and several cabins, have returned to being accessible to the public. Todd Lovin, the park manager of Tuttle Creek State Park, says there is still work to do, such as clearing debris left behind by flooding. According to Lovin,…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita man who served as lookout while another man hog-tied a Sprint store clerk and stole more than 75 cell phones has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison. Xavier Lopez, 26, was sentenced Thursday after he pleaded guilty in September to robbery. He admitted that he was lookout while 26-year-old Camarin McPherson, of Wichita, robbed the Sprint store on April 25. McPherson tied up the clerk and brandished a handgun before taking 78 phones. The two men were arrested after their vehicle crashed during a police chase. McPherson was sentenced in November to…