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 responded to the report of an injury accident near the intersection of S. Seth Child Rd. and Fort Riley Blvd. in Manhattan on May 4, 2021, at approximately 12:01 p.m. When officers arrived…
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USD 383 Manhattan/Ogden Superintendent Marvin Wade and board member Katrina Lewison joined us to discuss district happenings and previewed Wednesday’s school board meeting. Captain Lou Kaylor with the Manhattan Fire Department also shared some outdoor grilling safety tips. Our final segment was an opportunity to introduce KMAN’s Troy Coverdale to the listening audience. Troy began working with the station on Monday, May 3.
A Sedgwick County Sheriff’s detention deputy accused of having a sexual relationship with an inmate has been arrested. The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office announced on Wednesday the arrest of Deputy Tony LoSavio. A news release said a tip received Tuesday about the relationship led investigators to arrest LoSavio on suspicion of having unlawful sexual relations with a woman being held at the jail. Authorities say he faces eight counts and has been placed on unpaid suspension.
Physical assaults of children in their care have resulted in a Junction City day care’s license suspended upon recommendation by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. An Investigator toured Little Rainbow Day Care Home April 28th. In the license suspension order, the investigator said they witnessed one toddler being struck in the face by an adult, another pushed into a cabinet and other physical actions taken to move children from one activity to another. The screaming and yelling by one staffer towards children at the day care was also cited, and the day care’s owner, Pauline Leone, was identified…
Law enforcement in western Kansas say a 14-month-old boy who was inside a sport utility vehicle when it was stolen from a driveway early Wednesday morning has been found safe. An Amber Alert was issued for the toddler after his mother reported that she had strapped him in to the SUV in the driveway of her Garden City home around 5 a.m. Wednesday to take him to a babysitter. The mother said that when she briefly went back inside, she saw the SUV drive away. About three hours later, police found the SUV with the child still inside abandoned a…
Republican lawmakers have advanced a plan to provide hundreds of millions of dollars to Kansas businesses hurt by coronavirus pandemic restrictions. They’re also poised to give GOP leaders the final say over how the federal COVID-19 relief funds are spent. The Republican-controlled state Senate voted 26-13 on Tuesday to approve a bill to set aside $700 million in federal coronavirus relief funds for small businesses. The Senate is expected to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a measure leaving to top lawmakers the final decisions on spending $4.8 billion in federal funds that Kansas expects to receive. The GOP-controlled…
WICHITA, Kan. — Kansas health officials say vaccinations to protect the public from COVID-19 slowed in April, even as more contagious variants of the coronavirus surged and hospitalizations from the disease rose in the state. The Wichita Eagle reports that Kansas Department of Health and Environment numbers show about 91,000 fewer people received first doses of the available vaccines in April than in March. Officials say there were 520 new hospitalizations and 157 new ICU admissions in April, compared with 438 new hospitalizations and 150 new ICU admissions in March. Meanwhile, confirmed variant cases nearly tripled over the last three…
ANTHONY, Kan. — Authorities say a Kansas man was sentenced to nearly five years in prison for trying to stab to death another 18-year-old. The Kansas attorney general’s office said in a news release Monday that Harper County District Judge Galen T. Wood also ordered 18-year-old Brian Sandoval of Anthony to pay the victim $9,390 in restitution. Sandoval pleaded guilty in March to attempted second-degree murder stemming from the December 2020 attack.
TOPEKA, Kan. — Republican lawmakers in Kansas have cut income taxes, lowered the age for carrying a concealed gun and tightened state election laws by overriding Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s vetoes of those measures. A series of votes Monday in the GOP-controlled Legislature demonstrated that its Republican supermajorities can control policy if they hold together. The tax measure will provide $284 million in relief over three years. The gun legislation will allow 18-, 19-, and 20-year-olds to carry concealed firearms. The elections bill will make it harder for people to collect absentee ballots from voters and deliver them to election…
The Riley County Police Department was recognized for its 30th year as an accredited department through a credentialing commission. Director Dennis Butler tells KMAN that being one of the agencies that can claim the commendation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies shows a commitment to good police practices. Butler says the process includes an in-person visit by members of the commission once every four years. The accreditation visit was the eighth that RCPD has passed since gaining CALEA recognition for the first time in 1991. At the time, the RCPD was the first agency in the state…