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 aggravated burglary in the 1500 block of Williamsburg Dr in Manhattan on September 7, 2020, at approximately 8:40 am. Officers listed a 74-year-old female and a 75-year-old male as…
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BELLE PLAINE, Kan. — The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas has dropped its lawsuit that accused a former lawyer for the state utilities regulating agency of filing a baseless, retaliatory complaint against two environmental activists. A joint stipulation of dismissal was filed Monday, with the parties agreeing to bear their own costs and fees. Last month, U.S. District Judge Holly Teeter gutted the ACLU’s lawsuit by finding that members of the Kansas Corporation Commission are immune from liability, leaving only the former general counselor as a defendant. The lawsuit contends he filed a bogus consumer protection complaint in 2018…
LAWRENCE, Kan. — A group of University of Kansas students went on a strike from classes on Monday to protest the opening of the campus during the COVID-19 pandemic. The University of Kansas held classes on Labor Day due to a modified academic calendar amid the pandemic, the Lawrence Journal-World reported. The student organization Jayhawker Liberation Front publicized the strike in tandem with a petition calling for the closure of campus due to the virus spread. Kansas health officials reported on Monday four new coronavirus-related deaths and 1,694 new cases of COVID-19 in the state since Friday.
TOPEKA, Kan. — Police say a man who demanded a ride at gunpoint was shot and killed by the man he was threatening. The Capital-Journal reports that the shooting happened early Sunday morning in the parking lot of a west Topeka apartment complex. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says the incident began when 29-year-old Albert Meade Jr. approached and demanded a ride from a 19-year-old man and 20-year-old woman who had just parked their car in the lot. Police say when the younger man refused, Meade pulled a gun. Police say the 19-year-old man then pulled his own gun and…
With winter approaching quickly, it is time to start thinking about weaning cattle. Greg McClure, Riley County K-State Extension Ag Agent, tells KMAN that traditionally cattle are weaned in October or early November, but more people are beginning to wean their cattle a little earlier. He says that weaning your cattle early has many benefits. “Calves don’t gain a whole lot of weight in the last month or month and a half on pasture, but at the same time those calves are out there on the cows, and those calves are five months old and they’re big enough to wean,…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Authorities say a downtown Topeka building sustained about $1,000 in damage when a fire was apparently intentionally set in a pile of debris behind it spread to the rear of the building. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports no one was hurt. Firefighters responding to the 7:30 p.m. Sunday call arrived to find smoke and flames coming from the rear of the two-story building. No working smoke detectors were found in the building.
WICHITA, Kan. — An 18-year-old black rhinoceros named Klyde has died unexpectedly at Wichita’s Sedgwick County Zoo. The zoo said in a Facebook post that the zookeepers reported that Klyde appeared healthy when he went on exhibit Saturday but then collapsed. Staff was not able to be revive him. The veterinary team plans to perform a necropsy to learn more about Klyde’s health and a potential cause of death. The zoo post described Klyde as having a “gentle demeanor and sweet personality.” The zoo also posted a video that showed guests hand-feeding Klyde.
WICHITA, Kan. — The Kansas Appeals Court has upheld the theft conviction of a man who repeatedly returned to a Walmart self-checkout machine that was mistakenly spitting out $20 bills instead of $1s, eventually receiving nearly $500 in extra change. The Wichita Eagle report that a three-judge panel wrote Friday in its ruling rejecting Nicholas Ryan Morris’ appeal that “Sometimes, things are too good to be true.” Morris’ conviction for theft of property delivered by mistake stems from a January 2019 shopping trip in which he discovered a self-checkout machine at the Walmart in Wellington was giving incorrect change.
WICHITA, Kan. — Investigators are examining the city of Wichita’s handling of records after a complaint by a founder of a group seeking to save the Century II Convention and Performing Arts Center. The Wichita Eagle reports that group’s leader says she’s gotten what she believes to be incorrect and incomplete information in response to requests she’s filed in her campaign to save the facility from potential demolition as part of a redevelopment project. City Treasurer Mark Manning acknowledged there are errors, but said they were inadvertent clerical mistakes and the money actually went where it was supposed to go.