Author: KMAN Staff

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Police have arrested two men in connection to the shooting of two other men in Hutchinson that left one dead. Television station KAKE reports that officers arrested 64-year-old Sandral Wade and 71-year-old Robert Lagrange, both of Hutchinson, on Monday. Police say both men have been charged in a warrant with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. Detectives say Wade and Lagrange are suspected in the shooting happened just after 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Police say a 46-year-old man was killed in the attack and a 42-year-old man was hospitalized, but in stable condition. Police have not released the…

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LANSING, Kan. — A 47-year-old man with terminal cancer was freed from a Kansas prison after officials agreed his medical condition is so severe he is not a danger to public safety. The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas says Christopher McIntyre was released Monday from the Lansing Correctional Facility in Leavenworth County where he was serving time for aggravated burglary. The Kansas City Star reports that McIntyre is among 105 ACLU clients who requested clemency from Gov. Laura Kelly. McIntyre was originally scheduled to be released in 2024. His attorneys have said he could die before then. McIntyre said…

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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 burglary and criminal damage to property in the 200 block of N. Elm St. in Ogden on April 12, 2021, at approximately 1:42 p.m. Officers listed an 82-year-old male…

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The Konza Student Table has officially served over 10,000 meals to K-State students and their families. The organization began last September as a way to fight hunger among Manhattan’s college-student population. Ericka Bauer, a K-State hospitality management instructor who is in charge of the meals the Konza Student Table provides, credits the success to the nutritious food being served. “We offer a variety of meals,” Bauer said. “I have yet to repeat an item that we have served and I try to maintain it towards the international component of our campus.” Despite the accomplishment, Bauer says she has mixed feelings…

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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — A Johnson County judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a county commissioner over a school district’s face mask mandate. Commissioner Charlotte O’Hara sued the Blue Valley school district after she was told she couldn’t attend a hearing last week because she wouldn’t wear a mask. O’Hara says she has a medical exemption from wearing masks. Blue Valley officials filed a motion Friday to have the lawsuit dismissed. They argued O’Hara did not have standing to sue the district. Johnson County District Judge Robert Wonnell agreed and dismissed the lawsuit. The district said Thursday it plans…

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WICHITA, Kan. — Wichita police are investigating a fatal shooting that happened during a party at a home that was being rented out. The shooting was reported near Douglas Avenue and Oliver Street around 3 a.m. Sunday. Wichita Police Officer Trevor Macy said a 20-year-old man was found dead in the back yard of a home. Three other victims were taken to a hospital with injuries that weren’t considered life threatening. All three have since been released from the hospital. Macy said the home where the shooting happened was being rented out on Airbnb at the time.

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Police say a woman was killed inside a Kansas City, Kansas, apartment over the weekend, and a person suspected of killing her was later arrested. Police say officers were called around 5 p.m. Sunday to the complex in the city’s Riverview neighborhood, where they found a woman dead inside an apartment. Investigators say a suspect had fled the area on foot and was found and arrested a short time later. Police had not identified the victim or the suspect by Monday and had not given other details about how the woman died.

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HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Police are searching for a suspect in the shooting two people in Hutchinson over the weekend, one of whom died. Hutchinson police say the shooting happened just after 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Police were alerted when officers on patrol in the area heard a volley of gunshots. As police were searching the area, someone called 911 to report the shooting, and officers found two victims a 46-year-old man in a front yard and a 42-year-old man lying in the street who had been shot in the stomach. The older man was taken to a hospital, where he was…

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