RENO COUNTY, Kansas — A Kansas woman lost both her fiance and her 13-year-old son in a five-vehicle crash Friday. The Wichita Eagle reports that Lacy Lomax was supposed to marry Alexander Dennis next month and her son Teagan Lomax was set to be one of the groomsmen, but now both are dead. Lomax said her son was a smart, funny and athletic eighth-grader at Reno Valley Middle School. She said Dennis was a fellow recovering addict who joined Lacy Lomax as an active advocate for other addicts. The Kansas Highway Patrol said Dennis and Teagan Lomax were the only…
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TOPEKA, Kan. — One man was shot and killed as officers from the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Department tried to make an arrest in Topeka Sunday morning. Shawnee County Sheriff Brian Hill said two deputies were making an arrest connected a car chase that happened on Friday when the shooting happened. The man died at the scene of the shooting between two motels along Southwest Wanamaker Road in western Topeka around 7:45 a.m. Sunday. The name and age of the victim wasn’t immediately released Sunday, and Hill didn’t identify the deputy who shot him. The deputies involved weren’t hurt. No additional…
DERBY, Kan. — Police have identified a man and woman who died in an apparent murder-suicide in the Wichita suburb of Derby. The Wichita Eagle reports that 19-year-old Haley Powell, of Wichita, died after being shot Friday afternoon outside the Trails at Derby Apartments. Police called to the scene found Powell with gunshot wounds and rushed her to a hospital, where she died. Police said witnesses told officers that 21-year-old Tiryn Young had shot Powell. Police later spotted Young at the Derby Golf & Country Club about a mile north of the apartments, but say he shot himself in the…
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 Manhattan on February 4, 2022, around 3:06 p.m. Officers listed a 34-year-old female as the victim when it was reported a 50-year-old male suspect had stolen her…
On Monday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Manhattan Parks & Recreation Assistant Director Wyatt Thompson, Park Superintendent Casey Smithson and Stormwater Compliance Engineer Bill Heatherman. The Souper Bowl fundraiser for the Flint Hills Breadbasket is previewed with organizers Bill Kennedy and Executive Director Maribeth Kieffer. In our final segment we spoke with Flint Hills ATA Bus Executive Administrator Daphne McNelly.
The Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad is holding a fundraiser for track maintenance. This is the train that operates from Abilene to Enterprise and back during the spring and summer. General Manager Ross Boelling says the railroad wasn’t well maintained by previous ownership. The project will be done in two phases, with the first starting in early March. Phase one will stabilize the track with a $30,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Dickinson County. The railroad also has $10,000 in donations and gifts, but needs another $65,000 the first phase. While maintenance is needed for the tracks, Boelling says…
Numerous groups took to the stage at Forum Hall in the K-State Student Union to commemorate the university’s Lunar New Year Celebration on Saturday. See a selection of images from the afternoon below. Click here for a preview of the event. The 2022 program is presented by the Vietnamese Students Association, Society of Asian Scientists & Engineers, and Asian American Student Union at Kansas State University.
Geary County Schools USD 475 plans to highlight its strategic plan at a rescheduled 2022 State of Education address. Superintendent Dr. Reginald Eggleston joined KMAN’s In Focus Friday, discussing numerous topics including the address. That event is now planned for March 22nd at 7 p.m. at the Junction City High School auditorium after being postponed due to the prevalence of COVID-19 in the local community. “It does give us an opportunity to talk about everything that has transpired over the past 12 months,” Eggleston says, including the approval of the five-year strategic plan by the USD 475 Board of Education…
USD 383 is seeking public input on a budget plan for millions of dollars of federal funding coming to the district. The Manhattan-Ogden school district was allocated over $7.25 million by Congress in March of 2021 intended to help elementary and secondary schools respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in various ways. This is the third round of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency (ESSER III) funds distributed since 2020, provided this time as part of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). USD 383 previously received over $812,000 through the CARES Act and over $3.2 million as part of the CRRSA Act.…
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 400 block of N. Park Rd. in Manhattan on February 4, 2022, around 2:05 a.m. Officers listed a 24-year-old male as the victim when it was…