Public health officials in two of Kansas’ most populous counties have tightened restrictions on gatherings and public schools in the state’s capital city have scrapped at least two weeks of in-person classes in favor online learning amid a surge in coronavirus cases. In Shawnee County, home to the state capital of Topeka, gatherings will be limited to 10 people, starting Friday. The limit on gatherings also will drop Friday to 15 from 45 in neighboring Douglas County, home to the main University of Kansas campus. The Topeka public school district announced that it would suspend in-person classes for at least…
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Police say one of two people shot over the weekend in a riverside park in Kansas City, Kansas, has died. Police say the shooting happened just before 1 a.m. Sunday in Kaw Point Park. Officers who arrived on the scene found two men with gunshot wounds. The victims were taken to an area hospital. In a news release Thursday that one of the victims – 23-year-old Juan Perez – died Wednesday from his injuries. Police say the other man, whose name has not been released, remains in the hospital in serious but stable condition. No arrests have been reported in…
The latest unofficial results for the commission district 3 race has a difference of 47 votes. Speaking to the Riley County commission, County Clerk Rich Vargo presented the latest unofficial results for the race. Candidate Kathryn Focke now leads the race with 4,764 votes, with Candidate John Matta so far receiving 4,717 votes. Vargo says he wanted to get the most up to date numbers as possible for the election canvas on Monday. The county clerk’s office had counted a total of 352 hand count ballots, including federal service ballots. The write-in board met the Monday after the election to…
Thursday’s guests on In Focus included members of Fort Riley and Irwin Army Community Hospital; IACH Commander Col. Edgar Arroyo and Retired Col. C. Kay Hutchinsion, Chairman of the Fort Riley Military Retiree Council. Then we were joined by Robbin Cole with Pawnee Mental Health Services in the second half of the show.
Wednesday’s edition of In Focus included Rock Creek Superintendent Kevin Logan and Wamego School District Superintendent Tim Winter for the first half of the show. Then we were joined by Ascension Via Christi Hospital President and CEO Bob Copple in a pre-recorded interview with Brandon Peoples.
The Riley County Health Department will offer a free testing event this Monday, Nov. 16, in addition to the weekly testing event on Thursday. “We’re doing that mainly for individuals who want to travel for Thanksgiving and students who’d like to travel home,” Gibbs said. “We’re doing that so that they know what their status is.” The free testing event will take place in CiCo Park from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m. Riley County is currently in the middle of a bump in positive cases. Gibbs says that while many of the new active cases…
Police say a 21-year-old man has been fatally shot inside a Wichita home. Police say in a news release that the shooting happened Monday afternoon in a neighborhood on the east side of the city. Officers called to the home discovered that Christopher Bell had been shot there and had already been taken by a private vehicle to a hospital, where he died. Investigators say Bell was inside the home when a disturbance broke out, and someone fired several shots, hitting Bell. Police say no one else inside the house was hurt. Police say they know the identity of the…
Allie Cloyd, a ninth grader at Manhattan High School East Campus, and Madison Legleiter, a seventh grader at Manhattan Catholic Schools, were named the winners of the 2020 Veterans Day essay contest on Wednesday. The essays, which were written in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Korean Conflict, were read by each winner during the Veterans Day ceremony in Manhattan City Hall following the Veterans Day parade. Cloyd, the winner of the high-school age group, spoke about the lasting impact of the conflict on the people of the countries that were involved in the conflict. “To North Koreans, the…
A former Lawrence banker has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for a loan fraud that caused millions of dollars in losses. Troy Gregory was sentenced Tuesday and also ordered to pay $4.7 million in restitution. Gregory, a former officer of University National Bank in Lawrence, was found guilty in August 2019 of four counts of bank fraud and two counts of making false statements. Prosecutors say in 2007, Gregory tried to secure a $15.2 million construction loan for bank customers who wanted to build an apartment complex in Junction City. He misrepresented the strength of the borrowers…