Riley County residents who are not yet registered to vote have until Oct. 13 to do so for the general election. Speaking to the Riley County commission Monday, County Clerk Rich Vargo gave an update on his office’s election efforts. Vargo urged those who have not yet registered, especially college students, to do so before the deadline. He also encouraged college professors to make sure their students are registered. Advanced voting begins on Oct. 14. The clerk’s office will also be sending out the mail ballots for those who applied for advanced voting by mail. By state law, those ballots…
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WICHITA, Kan. — Authorities in south-central Kansas say a 12-year-old child has died after an all-terrain vehicle and dirt bike collided on private property west of Wichita. Television station KSN reports that the accident happened Sunday afternoon in Reno County. Investigators say the 12-year-old and another juvenile were riding the ATV and dirt bike on the property when the two collided around 5 p.m. Sunday. Reno County Sheriff’s deputies and medics responded to the crash, and the child was rushed to a hospital and later died. Officials have not released the name or gender of the child. Investigators say the…
WICHITA, Kan. — Wichita area health officials are cracking down on face masks and bar curfews to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Sedgwick County health officer Dr. Garold Minns made compliance mandatory in a new emergency public health order that took effect Tuesday morning. The Wichita Eagle reports that the order runs through Oct. 21. The health order has required face masks, an 11 p.m. curfew on bars and a 15-person limit on mass gatherings. But previous versions of the order said that while it was lawful, compliance was voluntary. The update removed wording that the order “cannot be…
WICHITA, Kan. — A civil rights group says a Wichita teacher who posted on Facebook about her concern over school reopening procedures was wrongly disciplined by the district. The Wichita Eagle reports the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas has asked the Wichita school district in a letter to rescind the reprimand. The ACLU says it is defending the teacher’s First Amendment rights. A school district spokesperson says it respects the teacher’s right to publicize views on their own time in a manner consistent with the district’s policies. The teacher had posted the video showing that the thermometer at a…
TOPEKA, Kan. — A trial has been delayed for the second time for the suspect in the shooting death of a former Washburn University football player and the wounding of another player who went on to play for the New York Giants. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that 19-year-old Francisco A. “Franky” Mendez was scheduled to be tried Oct. 26 in the April 2019 death of Dwane Simmons and the wounding of Corey Ballentine. Shawnee County District Judge Cheryl Rios granted Mendez a continuance in the case while scheduling a status conference to take place Nov. 12. Mendez was charged with…
On Tuesday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Manhattan City Manager Ron Fehr and Mayor Usha Reddi.
Julie Gibbs joined KMAN in the 7am hour to provide our COVID-19 update.
KIOWA COUNTY, Kan. — A 14-year-old Kansas girl may have set a new state deer hunting record with a buck she killed this month. Paslie Werth shot a 40-point whitetail buck while hunting in Kiowa County. The deer unofficially measured 282 6/8 inches, which would top the existing record of 280 4/8 inches. Before the record can become official, the rack of antlers on the deer Werth shot must dry for 60 days. Even if Werth’s deer sets the record, it may not last long. A deer shot last fall in Chase County measured 321 3/8 inches, but that deer…
For the first time in several months, a live music event took place in Manhattan. Purple PAWS Foundation hosted the first ever Beers, Bands, and Barks event on Saturday evening at A&H Farms. Live music, good eats, beer, and dogs were the highlights of the night. After a year of planning Megan Johnson, Assistant Director at Purple PAWS, tells KMAN that the support from the community was overwhelming. “It’s amazing. I’m speechless. After me putting all the hours in this to make sure that everybody was going to be safe in the first place, that we had enough area to…
Beef consumption has changed significantly during the pandemic. Kansas State University livestock economist Glynn Tosnor monitors consumer demand on a month-to-month basis and says the June report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture showed some interesting trends. “The USDA domestically through June — beef demand was up 34 percent from the prior year. We should not overreact to that because that’s following up on a couple months of down. I expect those percentages to moderate in the months to come,” he said. Pork was also up 18 percent year over year while chicken demand was up 10 percent in June.…