WICHITA, Kan. — No charges will be filed in the death of a 56-year-old Wichita man who was killed by police last year during an apparent psychotic episode in which he fired 83 rounds from his apartment. Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett told reporters Monday via a Zoom news conference that under the circumstances he could not charge the officers who fired at Fred Burton. The hours-long standoff that began shortly before 2 a.m. in May 2019 and led officers to evacuate other occupants of the apartment complex to safety. Burton fired at officers, and two of them returned…
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TOPEKA, Kan. — Gov. Laura Kelly says Kansas expects to receive 870,000 rapid COVID-19 tests from the federal government over the next three months to boost testing in potential hotspots. Kelly’s remarks Monday came as the state saw a record increase in coronavirus-related hospitalizations. Kelly said the new tests are crucial for a new statewide policy of more testing of people without virus symptoms in areas with high infection rates and increasing routine testing in schools, nursing homes and prisons. She said the state already has received its first 57,000 tests. Meanwhile, state health department statistics showed that Kansas averaged…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Police in Kansas City, Kansas, say a man was fatally stabbed and another person was arrested in the death following a police chase. The Kansas City Star reports that the incident happened Saturday morning, when officers were called to investigate a report of a suspicious person. Arriving officers found a man in the grass suffering from stab wounds. He was taken to a hospital where he later died. Police say a suspect fled the scene and was arrested after a car chase that involved the Kansas Highway Patrol. Police have not released the names of the…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Police say a man shot outside a home in Kansas City, Kansas, has died of his injuries. Police say in a news release that the shooting was reported around 10:30 p.m. Monday. Arriving officers found a man in his mid-20s outside the home suffering from wounds. He was taken to a hospital, where he later died. Police have not released the man’s name or reported any arrests in the case.
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 aggravated assault in the 1100 block of Moro St. in Manhattan on October 5, 2020, at approximately 3:08 p.m. Officers listed a 34-year-old male as the victim when it…
Manhattan City Manager Ron Fehr and Mayor Usha Reddi joined us Tuesday to preview the Manhattan City Commission meeting.
St Isidore’s Catholic Church and Riley County’s Food and Farm Council have been working together to provide affordable meals to K-State students. The Konza Student Table provides a free meal every Wednesday to students. Father Gale Hammerschmidt says he has been amazed at how well the event has been received by students, since they began this endeavor in early September. Hammerschmidt says the first week they had some meals left over, but the past two weeks have been wiped clean. They originally made 300 meals per week, but have now had to increase to 400. He says it’s their goal…
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted businesses and organizations throughout Manhattan and hotels have been no exception. Manhattan Convention and Visitors Bureau director Karen Hibbard says Manhattan is currently in its 28th week of down hotel occupancy. She says the occupancy in the months leading up to September weren’t much better. Hibbard says this downward trend is also the product of virtual meetings, and believes this trend will eventually turn around. Manhattan hotels had an occupancy rate of about 48 percent in the last week of September, nearly 30 percent less than normal for this time of year.
Kansas health officials report a new pandemic record for average daily hospitalizations. The state had an average of 26.29 new coronavirus hospitalizations per day for the seven days ending Monday. The previous high was 23.86 for the seven days ending Friday. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment also reported that the state saw 1,597 new confirmed and probable cases since Friday, an increase of 2.5%, bringing the total cases to 62,708. The state health department also reported eight new COVID-19-related deaths since Friday, bringing the total to 706.