TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas political icons Bob Dole and Pat Roberts have endorsed Attorney General Derek Schmidt for governor in 2022. The announcement Tuesday came as Schmidt worked to solidify support among fellow Republicans early enough to blunt a serious primary challenge from former Gov. Jeff Colyer. The 97-year-old Dole is a former U.S. Senate majority leader and the 1996 GOP presidential nominee. The 85-year-old Roberts served four terms in the U.S. Senate before retiring this year. Both Dole and Roberts said Schmidt can defeat Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly in the November election. Colyer’s campaign manager responded to the endorsements…
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LENEXA, Kan. — Police in Lenexa say a 20-year-old man is dead following a shooting at a local apartment complex. Police say the shooting happened around 1 p.m. Monday at the Lenexa Crossing Apartments. Investigators say the suspected shooter called 911 to report it and stayed on the scene until police arrived. Police said the shooter and victim knew each other and that the shooter reported he accidentally fired the weapon, hitting the other man in the back. Neither the victim’s name nor the name of the suspected shooter had been released by early Tuesday morning.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — Leavenworth officials say a 25-year-old man is in custody after his young brother was shot to death over the weekend. Leavenworth County Undersheriff Jim Sherley said officers went to a home just outside Leavenworth city limits Saturday night. They found a 17-year-old dead from a gunshot wound. The victim’s brother was arrested. He is being held in the Leavenworth County Jail. County Attorney Todd Thompson said Tuesday he is waiting for investigators’ reports before determining charges. The names of the victim and the suspect have not been released.
TOPEKA, Kan. — Topeka police say a 17-year-old girl who was shot over the holiday weekend has died from her injuries. Police announced Tuesday that Navaeh Martinez, who was shot late Saturday, had died. A 21-year-old suspect, Daisha Butler, was arrested Sunday. She is being held in the Shawnee County jail on updated potential charges of first-degree murder and aggravated battery. Police have not released any other information about the shooting.
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 by deception in the 1200 block of W. Park Grove Dr. in Manhattan on July 2, 2021, around 2:24 p.m. Officers listed a 37-year-old male as the victim…
On Tuesday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Manhattan City Manager Ron Fehr and Mayor Wynn Butler.
FRONTENAC, Kan. — A 73-year-old Kansas man was killed after a crash in southeast Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol said Virgil McCulloch was driving Saturday night in Frontenac, Kansas, when his SUV went off the road. The vehicle hit a set of mailboxes and a driveway, then sped up rapidly and hit a concrete storm ditch culvert. He was taken to a hospital in Pittsburg where he died.
WICHITA, Kan. — Police have identified a man who was killed in a Wichita shooting over the weekend that also injured two other people. Police say in a news release that 49-year-old Shay Prewitt, of Wichita, was found dead by officers called out around 1:30 a.m. Sunday for reports of shooting in southeast Wichita. Officers also found a 14-year-old boy and a 36-year-old man who had gunshot wounds. The boy and injured man were taken to the hospital, where they were treated and released. Police say the incident began when Prewitt and the 36-year-old man confronted another man at the…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Authorities have identified a man whose body was pulled late last week from a creek just outside Topeka. The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office reported Sunday that the body of 25-year-old Lashawn Mady, of Topeka, was recovered Friday afternoon from Shunganunga Creek just east of Topeka. Investigators say no foul play is suspected in Mady’s death, but an investigation into how he died is continuing. Sheriff’s officials say authorities were notified of Mady’s death around 3:15 p.m. Friday. No other details have been released.
June sales tax numbers are in for the City of Manhattan. The city’s one-percent sales tax brought in around $1.04 million in revenue for June 2021. This is up nearly $272,000 from June 2020, when the city brought in about $767,000. The jump comes out to an approximately 35.5 percent increase from one year ago. The two categories that drove the increase were Retail Trade and Accommodation and Food Services, which rose from about $508,000 to $690,000 and from $91,000 to $146,000, respectively. One category, described as Construction in the tax report, fell from about $16,700 to $15,900. The city’s…