MISSION, Kan. — As parents nationwide prepare to help their children with more distance learning, a small but quickly growing number are deciding to take matters entirely into their own hands and begin homeschooling. Some are worried their districts are unable to offer a strong virtual learning program. For others who may have been considering homeschooling, concerns for their family’s health amid the coronavirus and the on-again, off-again planning for in-person instruction are leading them to part ways with school systems. Homeschooling applications are surging in states including Nebraska, where they are up 21%, and Vermont, where they are up…
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Youth sports are on hold in some Kansas communities because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Kansas State High School Athletic Association has decided not to cancel fall activities. But The Kansas City Star reports the Kansas City, Kansas, school board voted Tuesday to opt out. Fall sports in Kansas include football, volleyball, cross country, girls tennis and boys soccer. The decision will let the district evaluate the status of winter sports at a later date as it continues to monitor cases of COVID-19. Meanwhile, The Wichita Eagle reports the City of Wichita decided Monday to postpone…
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 criminal damage to property in the 800 block of Anneberg Cir in Manhattan on August 11, 2020, at approximately 7:59 PM. Officers listed Wildcat Fitness and Fun as the…
HandsOn Kansas State and the Harvesters Community Food Network of Topeka will host a mobile food distribution on Friday, Aug. 14 from 4 p.m. until supplies run out.. The event offers fresh fruit, vegetables and and other produce for free and is open to anyone from K-State and the local community. It will take place in parking lot C-1 of the Chester E. Peters Recreation Complex A restricted number of volunteers will be participating in order to comply with social distancing guidelines. Volunteers will be loading prepackaged boxes into vehicles, so those picking up food are being asked to open…
Wednesday’s program featured USD 320 Wamego Superintendent Tim Winter updating us on reopening of schools, COVID protocols surrounding athletics and activities and the upcoming budget hearing Aug. 17. Manhattan Area Technical College President Jim Genandt spoke to us about the college’s reopening plan, enrollment and a renovation update to its Wamego Education Center.
Kansas State University will not implement mandatory COVID-19 testing for students, faculty and staff upon returning to campus this fall, according to Dr. Kyle Goerl, medical director at Lafene Health Center. “It doesn’t seem to do much good to test an entire group of individuals once with no plan to do further surveillance testing,” Goerl said during a Virtual Town Hall Meeting put on by K-State officials Tuesday. “And so, we have elected not to do that at Kansas State.” This route is different than the one being taken by the University of Kansas, which is requiring everyone returning to…
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. — Prosecutors are seeking a court order blocking the Kansas child welfare agency from releasing more information about a 3-year-old girl whose battered body was found after her father reported her missing. The move comes despite a 2018 law that aimed to make information more transparent when a child dies. The Kansas Department for Children and Families released last month a “Child Fatality Summary” pertaining to Olivia Ann Jansen. Her father and his girlfriend are charged with felony murder and other crimes. The Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office filed motions Monday seeking an injunction prohibiting further release…
TOPEKA, Kan. — A spokeswoman says Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s administration is reviewing President Donald Trump’s plan to extend supplemental unemployment benefits but is waiting for more details. A program providing an additional $600 a week to workers left unemployed by the coronavirus pandemic expired July 31, and Congress hasn’t agreed on a bill including an extension. Trump announced a plan this weekend to provide an additional $400 a week in benefits but said states would have to cover 25% of the cost. Kelly spokeswoman Lauren Fitzgerald called Trump’s plan only “a broad memo” and questioned whether he can provide…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Police in say two people have been killed and another person injured in a shooting at a Topeka mobile home park. Police say officers were called to the mobile home park around 10:15 p.m. Monday for reports of a shooting and found three people with gunshot wounds. Police say one of the victims was declared dead at the scene. The two others were taken to a local hospital, where one of the later died. Police have not released the victims’ names and have not announced any arrests in the case.
WICHITA, Kan. — A 38-year-old man convicted of a 2018 fatal shooting outside a Wichita night club has been sentenced to life in prison. The Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office said Monday in a news release that Brandon Evans shot and killed 37-year-old Isaac Lewis of Wichita outside Daiquiri’s Club. A 28-year-old woman was shot in the arm. Evans was convicted last year of first-degree murder, aggravated battery and criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. Evans claimed at his sentencing Friday that he suffered from a mental disease. District Judge Eric Williams sentenced him to life with…