USD 378 Riley County Superintendent Cliff Williams joined us along with USD 384 Blue Valley Superintendent John Cox. We also received an end of year update from USD 475 Geary County Schools Superintendent Dr. Reginald Eggleston.
Author: KMAN Staff
A new veterans’ memorial walkway has been installed at Valley View Memorial Park, with the ribbon cutting coming up Thursday. VFW Lee Pierson Post Commander Dan Watkins on KMAN’s In Focus said Monday this is a project that began in one form in the early 2000’s, but were left, essentially, abandoned after plans changed. The ribbon cutting for the walk will be Thursday at ten as Mark and Caron Berges of Valley View donated the space for the walk to be installed. They also had been storing the bricks until they were placed for the walkway The VFW is seeking…
The K-State marching band is out around $3,000 to $4,000 after a pipe broke in their storage room last week. According to band director Dr. Frank Tracz, the water leak caused damage to instruments and wooden cases. “Some of the cases are pressed wood cases and when you get those soaked, they expand and fall apart so we’re replacing a couple dozen cases, getting a number of horns repaired and cleaned,” he said. However, he says both K-State and the construction company working on McCain Auditorium acted quickly to fix the issue. “They put fans up in there and dehumidifiers…
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Police in Overland Park are investigating the shooting death of a man early Monday in the parking lot of a condominium building across the street from City Hall. Police say officers were called to the area around 5:20 a.m. for reports of gunshots. Arriving officers found a man on the ground who had been shot and was already dead. He was identified as 35-year-old Jeren Hinton of Overland Park. Witnesses tell police that they saw two to three people run to vehicles in the parking lot following the shooting and flee the area.
WICHITA, Kan. — A jury convicted a 25-year-old Wichita woman of first-degree felony murder after her 2-year-old son died from ingesting methadone. A Sedgwick County jury deliberated about two hours Monday before finding Kimberly Compass guilty in the death of Zayden JayNesahkluah. Zayden died of a methadone overdose in a Wichita motel on May 31, 2019. Prosecutors accused Compass of mishandling three bottles of methadone, which had been prescribed to help her kick a heroin habit. It remains unclear exactly how the boy got ahold of the methadone. Her defense attorney argued throughout the trial that Compass didn’t know the…
MISSION, Kan. — A Kansas woman who alleges consensual sex with a friend in his college dorm room turned into a terrifying sexual assault took matters into her own hands when prosecutors declined to file a rape charge. She called a citizen grand jury, relying on a 134-year-old state law. Twenty-two-year-old Madison Smith collected hundreds of signatures to call the grand jury to bring more serious charges against Jared Stolzenburg, her classmate at Bethany College in Lindsborg. He had pleaded guilty to aggravated battery and received two years’ probation. Kansas is one of six states that allow citizens to petition…
Riley County and City of Manhattan officials are in very early talks about a new RCPD substation in Aggieville. Commissioner Kathryn Focke questioned Commission Chair John Ford Monday about a rumor involving the city negotiating with a member of the county. Ford says there has been some discussion with the city and Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce about using some market tax credits to build a station and entrepreneurial center. “There’s a security factor that goes along with it, but we don’t know if we can get those tax credits yet so there is not a definitive anything at this time,”…
LENEXA, Kan. — Police in suburban Kansas City, Kansas, say a man has been killed in an early-morning shootout with officers at a Lenexa hotel. Police say the shooting happened shortly after 5 a.m. Tuesday, when officers were called to the Extended Stay America hotel for reports of a man and woman arguing loudly in one of the rooms. Police say arriving officers went to the room to question the people inside when gunfire erupted. Police say a man fired at the officers, who also fired their weapons at the man. Police say the man was later declared dead at…
SELDEN, Kan. — The National Weather Service says a tornado has caused lots of property damage, but no serious injuries, in the northwestern Kansas town of Selden as strong storms raked the area. Sheridan County officials reported the tornado hit around 6:30 p.m. Monday, tearing off roofs, crumbling the stone and brick walls of downtown buildings, uprooting trees and crumpling at least one farm silo. One firefighter suffered minor injuries when a utility pole crashed into the back window of his truck. Sheridan County Sheriff Brandon Carver says 38 properties in and around town suffered major damage from the storm,…
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 two reports for criminal damage to property in the 3300 block of Robinson Dr. and two reports for criminal damage to property in the 1600 block of Cedar Crest Dr., and a…