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 criminal damage to property in the 700 block of Highland Ridge Dr. in Manhattan on October 30, 2020, at approximately 12:08 p.m. Officers listed Stone Pointe Apartments as the…
Author: KMAN Staff
On Monday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Flint Hills Veterans Coalition President Chuck Sexton and Publicity Director Melody Sexton. We also spoke with Manhattan Parks & Rec. Aquatics Specialist Sydni Baker. And in our final segment we spoke with Tracey Mann – Republican candidate for U.S. House District 1 in Kansas.
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran may soon look into obtaining more federal funding for Manhattan Regional Airport. The airport is currently in need of a runway reconstruction that could cost the city, which is currently in a budget crunch, about $6.7 million. The Federal Aviation Administration could cover the remaining cost of about $29.5 million, but Moran wants to see if they can cover more. “We want to see if there is opportunity for them to be altered that would be beneficial and that has to do with the width of the runway and the depth of the pavement or asphalt…
Release from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the Kansas City Police Department. WYANDOTTE COUNTY – Friday afternoon, the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department requested that the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) issue a statewide Silver Alert for a missing Kansas City man. The whereabouts of Charles W. Mata, 81, are unknown, and the public’s assistance is requested to help locate him. Please see the additional details and a photograph below from the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department. _______________________________________ Silver Alert The Kansas City Police Department has issued a Silver Alert for Charles Wesley Mata who is currently missing from…
The pandemic has brought different challenges to almost every business type, but one big area that took a hit was the airlines. Jesse Romo, Director of the Manhattan Regional Airport, says the virus has not only brought down numbers in flights, but it has also caused some delay in the projects they have been working on. Romo says that budgeting for new projects has also been a challenge this year because of the down numbers. “We recognize the fact that we have disruption to our air service right now and demand is a little bit lower with COVID restrictions in…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas election officials predict that the state will see record-setting turnout for this year’s presidential election. The Kansas Secretary of State’s office said it anticipates 70% of Kansas voters will participate in the election. It anticipates that about 1.35 million Kansans will cast a ballot. While the 70% figure itself is not a record, every number behind it is. Kansas has about 1.94 million registered voters, almost 100,000 more than in 2018. Their projection is based partly on record-setting turnout so far. As of Thursday, 346,489 advance by mail ballots have been returned to local election offices…
MISSION, Kan. — A nursing home where every resident has tested positive for the coronavirus in a rural Kansas county with the state’s highest infection rate has been warned that federal officials are moving to remove it from the Medicare program, putting its funding at risk. The lack of masks among workers at the Andbe Home in Norton was cited this week in a scathing Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services report. The agency said the facility faces $14,860 in fines and that it will lose Medicare funding effective Nov. 18. Sixty-one residents of the home and about three dozen…
TOPEKA, Kan. — The top public health official in the Topeka area has cited a “lack of leadership” fighting the coronavirus pandemic in his decision to step down. Shawnee County Health Officer Gianfranco Pezzino announced at Thursday’s commission meeting that he won’t renew his contract at the end of this year. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the 66-year-old had spent the past 14 years as health officer for the county. Pezzino also said his physical and mental health played a role in his decision to leave. He will continue his work as a senior fellow for the Kansas Health Institute.
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas is recalling hundreds of license plates that have the letter combination NGA amid concerns that the lettering could be seen as a racial slur. Department of Revenue spokesman Zach Fletcher said that 828 Kansas license plate holders have received letters telling them that they must return the plates or risk being ticketed for having invalid tags. The Kansas City Star reports that he explained in an email that the “plate combination, if read as a phrase, can be perceived to read as a racial epithet.” Kansas also recalled more than 700 plates in 2018 that contained…
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 burglary and criminal damage to property in the 1500 block of Yuma St. in Manhattan on October 29, 2020, at approximately 6:27 a.m. Officers listed Belfor Property Restoration and…