KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Prosecutors say they have charged the father of a 3-year-old Kansas girl who was found dead and his girlfriend with felony murder in the child’s death. Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree said Sunday 29-year-old Howard Jansen III and his girlfriend, 33-year-old Jacqulyn Kirkpatrick, were also charged with aggravated endangerment of a child and criminal desecration in the death of Olivia Ann Jansen. Olivia’s body was found around 5:45 p.m. Friday nearly nine blocks from her Kansas City home, from which her father had reported her missing.
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Kansas State University has signed a new pre-clinical research and option agreement to develop a vaccine candidate for COVID-19 prevention. The university announced Monday its reached an agreement with Tonix Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage bio-pharmaceutical company. Directing the research is Waithaka Mwangi, professor of diagnostic pathobiology in the K-State College of Veterinary Medicine. It’s based on a new vaccine platform that his research team developed for bovine parainfluenza 3 virus, also known as BPI3V, closely related to human parainfluenza 3 virus. Mwangi says in a release from the college “a weakened BPI3V has previously been shown to be an effective vaccine…
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 in the 2200 block of College Ave in Manhattan on July 10, 2020, at approximately 10:57 AM. Officers listed a 28-year-old male as the victim when it was…
Monday’s program featured a conversation on osteochondrosis and crooked legs in horses with Dr. Elizabeth Santschi, equine professor with the K-State College of Veterinary Medicine. The Manhattan Red Cross Battle of the Badges was previewed with Kristi Ingalls from the Red Cross. Representatives from local first responders included Rachel Pate – RCPD, James Marstall – Riley County EMS and Gregg VanDeCreek – Manhattan Fire Department.
Riley and Pottawatomie County COVID-19 case numbers Riley County has gained five new positive cases of COVID-19 and eight more recoveries since Thursday, bringing the total number of active cases to 141 and recoveries to 193. There are now zero COVID-19 positive patients at Ascension Via Christi Hospital, although one patient, who was previously on a ventilator and has now tested negative, is there in recovery. Julie Gibbs, administrator for the Riley County Health Department, says she hopes between the mask ordinance and the latest health order, COVID-19 case numbers will continue trending down. “Hopefully all of that will be…
The show will go on this year for the 12th Annual Nelson’s Landing Benefit despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but this time it will be in a virtual format. The benefit, which typically includes events such as an auction and a golf tournament, will only consist of t-shirt purchases and virtual donations through the Nelson’s Landing website. Contributions from this year’s benefit will go towards helping pay for the medical bills of Cheryl VanBebber, who is being treated for breast cancer, and technology that will assist Lynn Bohnenblust, a resident of Leonardville Nursing Home who has had multiple sclerosis since…
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 theft in the 2000 block of Vanesta Pl in Manhattan on July 9, 2020, at approximately 5:08 PM. Officers listed a 23-year-old female as the victim when it was…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Haskell Indian Nations University students are complaining after learning they will still pay the same amount for a fee that typically covers housing, food and activities, even through classes will be taught fully online because of the coroanvirus. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the university’s website shows that Haskell students will be charged $715 for the online fall 2020 semester, the same price on-campus students were previously charged. Off-campus students, meanwhile, previously paid $240 per semester.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A staffer at a south-central Kansas prison has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. That’s prompted the prison to place an entire housing unit under quarantine. The case announced Friday by the state Department of Corrections involved a male employee over 20. It made the Hutchinson Correctional Facility the seventh of 10 corrections institutions to have a reported case among staff or inmates.