On Wednesday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Pottawatomie County Schools Rock Creek USD 323 Superintendent Kevin Logan and Wamego USD 320 Interim Superintendent Greg Mann. Flint Hills Volunteer Center Director Lori Bishop, K-State Police Chief Ronnie Grice and Sue Simmons previewed the Day of Remembrance 9/11 ceremony at Manhattan City Park.
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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 200 block of S. Erpelding Ave. in Leonardville on September 7, 2021, around 2:15 p.m. Officers listed a 68-year-old female as the victim when it was…
The Manhattan Fire Department continues to strive for excellence in protecting the community. Jake Powell, MFD Fire Marshall, says the technology continues to advance and they have started to use those new technologies to their advantage. Powell talks more about one program called Neighbors Public Safety Service offered by Ring Doorbells. “They allow Ring users or anybody else that maybe has a security camera or maybe wants to be aware of things going on in their neighborhood, to receive updates and post about things that are happening in their neighborhood.” Powell says the program isn’t just for those in the…
Over the past year, the Konza Student Table has been giving out free meals every Wednesday. The partnership between K-State, the Food and Farm Council, and St. Isidore’s has been helping to feed those in the community affected by the pandemic. Father Gale Hammerschmidt says the reality of the situation is the food insecurity in Riley County. “Especially among university students. We didn’t have a good way of reaching out to the university students here locally, I mean near campus so people could walk up and receive the assistance they needed, but this is just some added assistance for those…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Northeastern Kansas authorities have identified a man and a woman found dead last week in an apparent murder-suicide. The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office says the bodies of 21-year-old Connor O’Hara and 20-year-old Hannah King, both of Topeka. were found Friday afternoon in a home just south of Topeka. The Capital-Journal reports that investigators believe an altercation occurred inside the home and that O’Hara fatally shot King before turning the gun on himself. Sheriff Brian Hill said investigators do not believe anyone else was involved in the fatal shooting, although detectives continue to investigate.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Police in Kansas City, Kansas, have made an arrest in the weekend shooting death of a man. Police say the shooting happened Saturday night, when officers called to the scene found 27-year-old Travis Eugene Bowman, of Kansas City, Kansas, with gunshot wounds. Bowman was taken to a hospital, where he died. Police soon arrested 34-year-old Darnell Walker on suspicion of first-degree murder in Bowman’s killing. The Kansas City Star reports that Walker is being held in Wyandotte County Jail on $250,000 bond.
WICHITA, Kan. — Police have arrested a 33-year-old Wichita man on suspicion of first-degree murder in the shooting death last week of a man in Riverside Park. Television station KAKE reports that police arrested Daniel Scott Carpenter on Friday in the death of 32-year-old Jason Huber of Wichita. Huber was found last Wednesday suffering from gunshot wounds near south Riverside Park and later died at a hospital. Police have said Huber and Carpenter were seen in surveillance video at the same business on Wednesday and that they left the business at about the same time. Police say Huber left on…
WICHITA, Kan. — Police say one person was killed and five others were injured in a shooting at a downtown nightclub in Wichita, Kansas. Police say the shooting happened just after 12:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Enigma Club & Lounge, and arriving officers found one man fatally shot and five women injured. Police have identified the man killed as 34-year-old Preston Spencer, of Wichita. Police Capt. Jason Stephens identified the suspected shooter as Keshawn Maurice Dawson and said police were still searching for him as of midday Tuesday. Police say Dawson had been kicked out of the club following a…
A total of seven vehicles sustained damage from an early Tuesday morning fire at an east Manhattan auto repair shop. Shortly after 4 a.m. the Manhattan Fire Department was dispatched to 130 Sarber Lane (Dillon’s) for the report of the smell of smoke and then redirected to A&M Auto Repair at 6th and Fair Lane for the report of a vehicle fire. There, crews found two vehicles on fire in the lot. Five other vehicles also sustained damage. The fire was contained within 10 minutes and no injuries were reported. Firefighters cleared the scene about four hours later. The fire…
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 a medical call in the 400 block of Twelfth St. in Ogden on September 3, 2021, around 11:22 a.m. When officers arrived on the scene, they found a…