WICHITA, Kan. — Police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead outside a Wichita sports stadium where a youth football game was being played. Wichita police say the shooting happened around 10 p.m. Wednesday inside the Stryker Sports Complex near a parking lot, but outside the stadium where the game was being played. Officers called to the scene for a report of a disturbance heard several gunshots and saw people leaving the scene. Police say a man injured in the shooting was taken to a hospital, where he died. His name has not been released. Police Capt. Kevin…
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Federal prosecutors say a 54-year-old man made holes in drywall to enter an Overland Park pawn shop and steal 22 firearms. U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said in a news release that Darrin Taylor, who was homeless, was indicted Wednesday on one count of theft from a federally licensed firearms dealer. The weapons were taken in September from the Penguin Pawn & Gun shop in Overland Park. Charging documents say employees reported the thief entered a business next door through a shattered glass window and then made several holes in the drywall between the businesses to get…
MISSION, Kan. — Kansas’ coronavirus positivity rate has topped 20%, even as one GOP lawmaker pushed back against Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s call for a statewide mask mandate. Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle said Thursday that a “one-size-fits-all COVID solution doesn’t work for our diverse state.“ More than 90 of the state’s 105 counties have opted out of the mask order. Kelly said Wednesday that she will speak with House and Senate leaders to develop a bipartisan mask requirement with more teeth. According to The COVID Tracking Project, the seven-day rolling average of the positivity rate in Kansas rose from…
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 responded to the report of an injury crash near the intersection of Anderson Ave. and Anneberg Dr. on October 21, 2020, at approximately 4:29 p.m. When officers arrived on scene they found a…
K-State Associate Communications Professor and Director of the K-State Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy Dr. Timothy Shaffer joined us to discuss his involvement with KSUnite and the ongoing confirmations of new US Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Pawnee Mental Health Services Executive Director Robbin Cole joined us to discuss the latest happenings with the Crisis Stabilization Center and more.
The Pottawatomie County Economic Development Corporation has received three awards from the International Economic Development Council. The awards were presented to the organization at the International Economic Development Council Annual Conference on Oct. 12. Jack Allston, Pott. County EcoDevo executive director, says the first award his organization received was for a video series highlighting nine small businesses in Pottawatomie County. “It also includes not only the work with those companies, but our work in youth entrepreneurship, Destination BootCamp, Kansas Ice House and other activities that we have for small business and growing entrepreneurs,” Allston said. Allston credits some of the…
A Riley County Police Department Corrections Officer has been arrested after a reported domestic battery. On Monday, around 5 p.m., a 28-year old female reported a known 33-year-old male battered her to the RCPD. Officers arrested Ace Thompson, of Manhattan on Wednesday on the offenses of domestic battery and criminal restraint. Thompson was issued a total bond of $1,500. He posted bond and is no longer confined in the Riley County jail. To protect the privacy of the victim, additional information is not being released. Thompson has been placed on administrative leave as per RCPD policy.
$3.5 million loan-application The Manhattan City Commission Tuesday authorized a loan application with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment for $3.5 million to finance the Wastewater Treatment Plant Lime Sludge Lagoon Improvement project. The goal of the project is to bring lime-sludge lagoons that are part of the stormwater drainage system in northeast Manhattan in compliance with state and federal policies. Randy DeWitt, Public Works assistant director, says that if the project ends up costing the estimated $3.5 million, the loan repayments will cost the city about $200,000 per year over 20 years. “The interest rate is about 1.4…
Riley County health officials reported 39 new positive COVID-19 cases Wednesday along with 41 added to the recovered list. Just one COVID positive patient is receiving care at Ascension Via Christi. Active cases totaled 71 with just over 2,000 now recovered from the virus and 11 deaths. The health department has now received all of the results from the 277 people who took advantage of free COVID testing last week in Manhattan. A total of 15 were positive. Additional free testing events are being planned in November and December. The health department is currently monitoring eight active outbreaks in Riley…