WICHITA, Kan. — A performer has been wounded during a reenactment at a Kansas history museum in a shooting that police say appears to be accidental. The Wichita Eagle reports that the shooting was reported at 9:05 p.m. at an event near the Old Cowtown Museum, where reenactors were supposed to use blank rounds. Police Officer Kevin Wheeler said in a news release that the 24-year-old victim was shot in the upper body and taken to a hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
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HARVEY COUNTY, Kan. — A pedestrian died after he ran onto an interstate in south-central Kansas Saturday night. The Kansas Highway Patrol said 20-year-old Kalub Rowson of Minneapolis, Kansas, died after he was struck by an SUV on Interstate 135 about 12 miles north of Wichita. The crash happened around 10:15 p.m. Saturday. The three occupants of the SUV were not hurt.
TOPEKA, Kan. — Crews are beginning work to fix a dangerous stretch of the Kansas River where three people have drowned since 2007. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the two-year, $5.7 million project starts Monday and aims to make a river weir in Topeka safer. Friends of the Kaw executive director Dawn Buehler says the problem is that calmer, slow-moving water suddenly speeds up around the weir, creating a dangerous “washing-machine effect.” Kelly Ryan, levee engineer at the Topeka Utilities Department, said construction will be done in two phases. That construction is expected to be completed by this winter, and…
Riley County and the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce will soon begin taking applications for the approximately $2.5 million Riley County CARES small business grant program. This program, which is part of the first round of CARES Act funding, will allow eligible Riley County businesses to receive up to $15,000 in grant funds. If the business is owned by mostly minorities, women, disadvantaged or veterans, then it can receive an additional 10 percent. The window for application submissions will go from 1 p.m. on Sept. 24 until 5 p.m on Nov. 2. Daryn Soldan, Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce economic…
Kansas State University alumnus and donor Carl Ice will retire from BNSF Railway at the end of 2020 after serving as the company’s CEO for about seven years. Ice graduated from K-State in 1979 and has spent his career helping to make BNSF Railway into one of North America’s top railroad operators. Carl and his wife, Mary Ice, who also graduated from K-State, have heavily invested in K-State’s academic and athletic programs over the years. In 2018, the Ices made a significant contribution that led to K-State naming its engineering school the Carl R. Ice College of Engineering. K-State has…
75 new positive cases of COVID-19 and 86 recoveries have been reported in Riley County since Wednesday. This brings the county’s total number of active cases to 761 and recoveries to 807. 1199, or 76.08 percent, of the positive cases that have been reported in Riley County have involved patients who are 18 to 24-years old. Ascension Via Christi Hospital currently has three patients who have tested positive. Pottawatomie County is reporting nine new positive cases and nine new recoveries, bringing its total number of active cases to 25 and recoveries to 187. This also means Pottawatomie County has had…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas’ health department has suspended its reporting on individual businesses and other locations where clusters of coronavirus cases have occurred after only a week. The agency says it wants to make sure the data does not include cases that aren’t current. The Kansas City Star reports that top department administrator Dr. Lee Norman acknowledged that the data the agency began releasing Sept. 9 about coronavirus clusters could leave the impression that some outbreaks currently are more severe than they are. Norman said the department wants the data to better reflect current cases. The department said it expects…
TOPEKA, Kan. — The city of Topeka’s independent police auditor has found that two officers didn’t violate excessive force policies while arresting a Black woman in a case that angered a local Black Lives Matter group. The city announced Thursday that the auditor thoroughly reviewed officer and witness statements and seven police body camera videos before making the determination. At issue is the Aug. 23 arrest of Tamiko Mitchell, who says she was slammed to the ground, leaving her with a fractured nose and eye injuries. WIBW reports that a sergeant at the scene asked her to exit her vehicle…
CHERRYVALE, Kan. — A 35-year-old man is dead after being struck by a vehicle as he walked along a Kansas highway. KAKE-TV reports that Derrin Kebert Jr. was walking on the shoulder of U.S. 169 near Cherryville around 8 p.m. Thursday. The Kansas Highway Patrol says a northbound Dodge Journey sought to avoid an airborne object and struck Kebert. A Chevrolet Impala then struck the SUV. Kebert, of Cherryvale, died at the scene. The drivers were unhurt, as were two children in the SUV. The patrol did not identify the airborne object the SUV was avoiding.
OLATHE, Kan. — A baseball field in suburban Kansas City is being named after a longtime coach who recently died after battling the coronavirus. WDAF-TV reports that Derek Leppert was an assistant baseball coach and a front office staff member at Olathe West High School in Olathe, Kansas. He died Sept. 10 from complications related to COVID-19. On Thursday, the high school announced it was naming its baseball field Derek Leppert Memorial Field. The Kansas Baseball Coaches Association also plans to present the Derek Leppert Assistant Coach of the Year Award every year in his honor.