KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Police are investigating after a 41-year-old man was found dead inside an apartment in Kansas City, Kansas, on Sunday. Kansas City, Kansas, police spokesman Officer Dustin Dierenfeldt said officers were called to the apartment in southeastern Kansas City, Kansas, shortly before 10 a.m. Sunday after gunshots were fired. Officers found the dead man inside with a gunshot wound to the head. Homicide detectives are investigating the shooting. Police said a person of interest had been identified in the case and that person was cooperating with investigators.
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A Kansas State University research team is using a $1 million USDA grant and an additional state grant to study how to effectively control the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in the nation’s meat and poultry processing facilities. Researchers include those from the College of Veterinary Medicine and College of Agriculture. The study seeks to protect meat plant workers and their surrounding communities from the spread of COVID-19. As part of the study, $330,000 from the State of Kansas National Bio and Agro Defense Facility Transition Fund will be used for research in the state’s Biosecurity Research…
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s emergency declaration meant to slow the spread of the coronavirus will remain in effect until Oct. 15. The State Finance Council voted unanimously Friday to extend the order, which was to expire Tuesday. The vote came after a contentious meeting during which Kelly, a Democrat, and GOP members of the council sparred over the governor’s power to order the closing of businesses during the pandemic. The governor said repeatedly that she would not order a statewide business closure. But the council approved the extension only after a clause was inserted saying Kelly doesn’t intend to use…
Financial impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Ascension Via Christi Hospital Ascension Via Christi Hospital has taken a large financial hit since the COVID-19 pandemic began earlier this year. Bob Copple, Ascension Via Christi president, says this is largely due to the restrictions that were placed on elective procedures. “March, April and May, we were losing $100,000-$200,000, sometimes more than that, a week at the hospital here in Manhattan,” Copple said. “In total through June, it was actually several million dollars that we were losing because of not having all the volumes and, for the most part, maintaining our expenses pretty…
26.2 miles is just a small commemoration to those who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks. Manhattan VFW Post 1786 and the Manhattan Auxiliary came together to host the Patriots March. The march started at 9 A.M Friday morning and participants will backpack 26.2 miles today while carrying between 15 to 45 pounds. Chris Dunham, a military veteran participating in the event, tells KMAN that the Patriots March is a special event for him because of his memory of September 11, 2001. “I went to Pennsylvania, where one of the planes had crashed and come to find out that…
TOPEKA, Kan. — State prison officials say a fifth inmate has died from COVID-19. The Kansas Department of Corrections announced Thursday that 68-year-old Junior Lee Chrismon died from the coronavirus. Chrismon tested positive for COVID-19 Aug. 15 and was taken from Larned Correctional Facility to a hospital, where he died Monday. The agency says Chrismon had underlying health conditions. He was in prison for drug charges out of Montgomery County. Four inmates at Lansing Correctional Facility have also died from the virus, as well as two staff members at Lansing and an employee from the Topeka Correctional Facility.
TOPEKA, Kan. — A mostly Republican state council is scheduled to vote on whether to extend an emergency COVID-19 declaration that is set to expire on Tuesday. The declaration was ordered earlier by Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly to allow the state to provide services in response to the pandemic. The State Finance Council will vote on the extension Friday. Kelly warned on Thursday that Kansans will not be able to access services they need to ensure their health and safety if the extension is not granted. Under a compromise with the Legislature reached in June, the council must approve extensions…
WICHITA, Kan. — The National Weather Service says several low temperature and a snow record across Kansas have been broken this week as unseasonably cold weather moved across the region. National Weather Service meteorologist Andy Kleinsasser tells the Wichita Eagle that a large weather system over the Rockies this week has pushed an unprecedented cold front into Kansas. Among new records this were were a low of 47 degrees in Wichita on Tuesday, where the previous record had been 48 in 1890, and low of 41 degrees in Russell, where the previous record was 44 in 1962. Goodland also saw…
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 in the 400 block of E Poyntz Ave in Manhattan on September 10, 2020, at approximately 3:37 pm. Officers listed Old Navy as the victim when it was…
On Friday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Ascension Via Christi President Bob Copple. We also had a preview of the C. Clyde Jones Fun Run. And in our final segment we spoke with T. Russell Reitz Animal Shelter Director Deb Watkins, and Animal Control Officer Brandon Sokol.