On Monday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Linda Teener with the UFM Community Learning Center. In our final segment Manhattan Parks & Recreation Director of Recreation Randi Clifford discussed the juried Outdoor Art Exhibition in downtown Manhattan.
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nickkmcnamara · 100 protest racism on K-State campus.mp3 Around 100 people on July 4th marched from Aggieville’s Triangle Park to K-State President Richard Myers’ home on campus, protesting racism in the university community and calling for accountability. Myers was out of town and not present at the protest. The demonstration was put together quickly by Tori Swanson, Miranda Urban and Kirsten Novotny following a series of tweets by student Jaden McNeil about George Floyd deemed racist by numerous residents, student athletes, and President Richard Myers. Multiple student athletes held a week-long boycott calling for McNeil’s expulsion, returning to team activities…
Possible new health order The Riley County Health Department will consider issuing a new, more restrictive health order as soon as next week. “What we have in our order right now is just not working,” Julie Gibbs, RCHD administrator, said. “We are going to need to do something a little bit more restrictive.” RCHD will likely have something out to the public either Monday or Tuesday. County health officials give each order about 14 days to see if it has an effect on COVID-19 case numbers. Gibbs says the current health order, Health Order No. 13, has not had an…
A busy Fourth of July weekend is expected at Tuttle Creek State Park. That’s according to Todd Lovin, the Tuttle Creek State Park manager, who says camp sites are all booked up. “This year, we’re seeing just record numbers of people coming to the park,” Lovin said. “If you want to camp, you need to make a reservation early. Every weekend is pretty much 100 percent full. Cabins, you know, are the same way. Even during the week is the same way on those.” According to Lovin, there are still plenty of primitive camping areas available, such as the Cedar…
BELLE PLAINE — A coalition of Kansas lawmakers, religious leaders and racial justice advocates called Thursday for an investigation into a retired white police detective accused of preying on Black women for sex over decades and framing for murder the son of one of them. A letter signed by 27 state lawmakers from both parties was sent to the Kansas Bureau of Investigations asking them to investigate former detective Roger Golubski and others in the police force. The letter contends the allegations show “a pattern of abuse toward poor, minority residents.“ His lawyers did not immediately respond to an email…
NEOSHO FALLS — Two sheriff’s deputies have shot an armed 41-year-old man at a campground in a tiny southeast Kansas town following an altercation. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said the shooting Thursday afternoon in Neosho Falls occurred as two Woodson County deputies were questioning the man about a vehicle that had been reported stolen. The KBI is investigating the shooting. Both deputies shot the man and he was taken to an area hospital. The KBI said the man was later flown to the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas, underwent surgery for his injuries and is…
TOPEKA — A federal lawsuit alleges Black employees at a Frito-Lay plant in Topeka faced racial discrimination and harassment that was tolerated by managers. The lawsuit says white employees used racial slurs and threatened to lynch Black workers, and that white employees were promoted over Black workers. The lawsuit was filed last week on behalf of three former and current employees. A spokeswoman for the plant said Frito-Lay did not tolerate discrimination but officials would not comment on the litigation. Tiffany Klosener, an attorney for the employees, said they sued after the behavior became too much to bear, and in…
Health Department Director Julie Gibbs joined KMAN in the 7 am hour to provide our COVID update.
On Friday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with K-State Research & Extension Director Gary Fike. We also spoke with Manhattan Convention & Visitors Bureau Director Karen Hibbard. And in our final segment we spoke with Miranda Urban a co-organizer of a protest against racism in Manhattan, happening Saturday.