Pottawatomie County commissioner Dee McKee and Public Information Officer Crystal Malchose joined us Tuesday morning.
Author: KMAN Staff
Sunset Zoo is ready to celebrate this summer with the comeback of summer camps and in-person birthday parties. Marketing and Development Officer, Melissa Kirkwood, says summer camps this year will be limited in capacity, but she adds that while the sessions are small in attendance, their focus is big. Kirkwood tells KMAN the campers will be split into two groups- the Animal Cracker group (K-2) and the Summer Safari group (3-4). She says the campers will be on the go each day from 8AM- 4:30PM. “Very rarely are you in a classroom setting in the Sunset Zoo summer camps,” Kirkwood…
The Center for Hazardous Substance Research at Kansas State University is receiving a $5 million grant from the United State Environmental Protection Agency to continue brownfield revitalization work. K-State is one of six organizations nationwide that will receive a total of $11 million in grants to help communities across the country under the Technical Assistance to Brownfields program. The TAB program funds organizations, such as K-State, that work with large teams to help tackle the challenge of assessing and cleaning up brownfield sites. Brownfield sites are property where redevelopment becomes difficult because of a presence of potentially hazardous substances. The…
The Riley County Commission will discuss the county’s face-mask ordinance during its meeting this Thursday. The topic came up during Monday’s intergovernmental luncheon, which included members of multiple local government entities. Riley County commissioner John Ford says because of the ordinance, the commission has experienced push back from citizens who live in rural areas. “That’s a dynamic for use that, really, no one else has at this point in time,” Ford said. “It’s been kind of strenuous over the last couple of weeks.” Ford says he is seeing fewer and fewer people wearing masks. Manhattan city commissioner Linda Morse was displeased…
A Manhattan man charged in an October double homicide has pleaded not guilty. Montrell Vassar will appear at a May 24 hearing in front of Judge John Bosch, during which a jury-trial date will be decided upon. Vassar faces two first degree murder charges in the deaths of 19-year-old Skyler Havens and 23-year-old Javon Gray. Both were killed Oct. 9 at a residence in the Stagg Hill area. Vassar also faces an alternative charge of possessing a stolen gun. At an October court appearance, Riley County Deputy Attorney Trinity Muth argued an autopsy revealed both Havens and Gray were shot…
WICHITA, Kan. — More than half of Kansas’ counties have turned down their weekly allotment of coronavirus vaccine doses because demand for the shots has declined. The state said 62 of Kansas’ 105 counties declined their weekly allocations of vaccines from the state last week. A spokesperson for Gov. Laura Kelly said it appears that many Kansans are delaying getting the vaccine after there has been a steady drop in the number of new infections, hospitalizations and deaths in the state. Officials are planning a campaign to encourage people who are indifferent or reluctant to get the vaccine to consider…
WICHITA, Kan. — Authorities say a man and a woman were found dead after a shooting was reported at a mobile home park in southeast Wichita. The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Department said deputies found the two bodies with gunshot wounds early Saturday after forcing their way into a home in the Englewood mobile home park. A 42-year-old man and 41-year-old woman were found dead, but authorities did not immediately release their names. The sheriff’s office said deputies are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two Kansas women arrested in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol told the FBI they expected to participate in a peaceful protest supporting former President Donald Trump that day. Court records show that Jennifer Ruth Parks and Esther Schwemmer were both arrested Friday. An affidavit filed in Parks’ case describes how the two women entered the U.S. Capitol after protesters broke into the building and remained inside for 30 minutes to an hour. Parks is charged with knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building without lawful authority, but the charges against Schwemmer had…
WICHITA, Kan. — Police say one person has died and another has been injured in a shooting at a Wichita apartment complex. Authorities say the shooting happened just before 7 p.m. Sunday at Morgan’s Landing Apartments along West 13th Street. Arriving officers found two men with gunshot wounds, and one died from his injuries at the scene. The other victim was taken to an area hospital. Police have not released the victims’ names. No arrests had been reported by Monday morning, but police say they’re seeking two people who fled the apartment following the shooting.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Police in separate cities in Kansas say two pedestrians died after being hit by vehicles late last week. Investigators say the incidents happened at nearly the same time Friday night in Kansas City, Kansas, and about 40 miles away in Lawrence. The first happened in Lawrence around 8:40 p.m., when police say a 60-year-old Lawrence woman was hit by a vehicle on West 19th Street and pronounced deceased at the scene. The second fatality occurred around 8:50 p.m. in Kansas City, when police were called to 10th Street and Central Avenue and found a person who…