LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have recovered the body of a missing 13-year-old boy in Clinton Lake near Lawrence. The Douglas County Sheriff’s office says Jayion Harris-Jordan drowned while playing in an outlet of the lake Thursday evening. The boy’s body was recovered Friday morning. The sheriff’s office said his body was found not far from where he disappeared in the water. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the outlet at Clinton connects the lake with the Wakarusa River to the east. The sheriff’s office said it would not release any more information about the drowning. Jayion was a student at Lawrence’s…
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With the intense heat this summer, it is going to be a little harder on livestock producers to keep their cattle hydrated. Kansas State University beef veterinarian A.J. Tarpoff is giving all the livestock producers a heads up by saying how much water cattle need. “The question always comes up, ‘how much water do these cattle need?’,” Tarpoff said. “And a good rule of thumb I like to work off of is whatever they’re consuming — dry matter intake — they need five times that in water.” Tarpoff said one of the most important parts of the extensive care needed…
Friday’s show featured a preview of the Riley County Fair (July 25-29) with K-State Research and Extension Director Gary Fike. Furniture Amnesty Day (July 26) was also previewed with Manhattan Fire Department Assistant Chief Brad Claussen, Staley School of Leadership Studies Program Administrator Kaitlin Long and City of Manhattan Public Information Officer Vivienne Uccello.
Manhattan and Riley County are looking at the possibility of building a series of 18 dams around the county — two of which could be on Fort Riley land — that based on preliminary estimates could reduce peak flows on Wildcat Creek by 30 percent during a 100-year flood. According to Joe File of Wood Environment and Infrastructure Solutions, who conducted the feasibility study on the dams and presented at Thursday’s joint meeting between representatives from Manhattan and Riley and Pottawatomie Counties, the proposed detention and retention dams could provide flood control on approximately one-third of the nearly 100 square…
A federal bill that would gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour across the United States passed in the House of Representatives Thursday, September 18, and now heads to the U.S. Senate. The bill passed by a 231 to 199 vote that was largely split by party lines — only six Democratic representatives voted against it and only three Republicans voted in favor. Kansas Congressmen Roger Marshall, Ron Estes and Steve Watkins opposed, and Kansas Congresswoman Sharice Davids supported it. The proposed legislation would bring the minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 by 2025 through yearly steps. After…
Motorists around Fort Riley are advised to be cautious and possibly consider alternate routes due to planned construction to begin Monday, July 22. Starting the 22nd, traffic on Henry Drive will be reduced to one lane and controlled with a signal from the Kansas River bridge to the railroad bridge for pavement repair, with completion of that phase estimated to come mid-September. Crews will also be working on the shoulders of the road from the frontage road to the Ray Road roundabout, which should wrap up by the end of August. Overall the project has seven phases, all of which…
HUTCHINSON — A Kansas inmate has been taken to a hospital after he fell while working on the Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson. The Hutchinson News reports that police say 38-year-old Christopher Boothby was on a lift working on a flag pole when he fell about 14 feet and hit his head. He is listed in fair condition at Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita. Kansas Department of Correction records show Boothby has been at the Hutchinson prison since March, after he was recommitted for a probation violation. His original convictions, out of Stevens County, included two separate cases of…
KANSAS CITY — A Kansas priest has been charged with one count of possessing child pornography. The Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas, said in a news release Thursday that it reported Christopher Rossman to authorities in September 2016 after learning he had accessed inappropriate content on his computer. Rossman was suspended from the ministry at that time. The archdiocese said it received information that an FBI investigation resulted in the charge being filed. At the time, Rossman was pastor at Roman Catholic churches in Baldwin City and Lapeer. He previously worked at churches in Olathe, Topeka, Holton, Mayetta and Potawatomi…
Officers filed a report for aggravated battery in the 600 block of Poyntz Ave. in Manhattan on July 17, 2019, at approximately 10:50 AM. Officers listed a 41-year-old male as the victim when he reported he was battered by a known male suspect. Reginald Grady, 29, of Manhattan, was arrested in connection. Grady was arrested on an offense of aggravated battery. Grady was issued a total bond of $8,000.00 causing him to remain confined at the time of this report. Officers filed a report for aggravated assault in the 500 block of Richards Drive in Manhattan on July 17, 2019,…
Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Jason Smith joined us for the hour. Topics discussed included economic development, the chamber’s budget request from the City of Manhattan, the task force formed to replace Country Stampede and a brief discussion about efforts to grow the chamber’s young professionals group.