KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Police say a 9-year-old Kansas boy was trapped for more than an hour under a vehicle that crashed through his bedroom wall this week. Television station WDAF reports that the crash happened around 2 a.m. Tuesday in Kansas City, Kansas. The boy, Jamison Langley, tells the station he was awake and watching online videos when he suddenly found himself under the crashed Jeep, unable to move and having trouble breathing. After about an hour, rescue crews were able to free Jamison, who suffered only cuts and bruises. But almost everything in his room and even his…
Author: KMAN Staff
Pottawatomie County has issued a new health order following Gov. Laura Kelly’s decision to give county government’s authority over their reopening plans. Public Health Order No. 5, effective as of 6 p.m. yesterday, limits mass gatherings to 50 people and prevents entertainment venues with capacities of 2000 or more from opening. The order is largely in line with the the state reopening plan, which remains in place as a guideline for local governments, and the reopening policies released by Riley County yesterday. However, unlike Riley County health order, bars are not required to close by a certain time. Riley County’s…
K-State Department of Communications Associate Professor Dr. Tim Shaffer joined us Thursday. Pawnee Mental Health Executive Director Robbin Cole spoke about Mental Health America’s “Tools 2 Thrive” campaign.
A long-time presence in Manhattan’s finance department is in his final week of work before retirement. Chief Financial Officer Bernie Hayen is leaving Manhattan after a 19 and a half year stint in the city’s employment. Altogether, City Manager Ron Fehr estimates Hayen has served the city for more than 30 years, rivaling his time teaching business and finance part-time at Kansas State University. He first announced his retirement at a January meeting of the Manhattan City Commission. Fehr took time to recognize Hayen at the start of Tuesday’s commission meeting. “We wanted to take this opportunity […] to offer…
Manhattan officials Tuesday discussed new revenue, increasing cash balances and rising debt service in a broad budget overview. Manhattan City Commissioners Tuesday discussed the proposed 2021 budget in a remote city work session. Currently, the city is holding property tax in the proposed 2021 budget to a flat mill levy of 49.79 mills. Manhattan is budgeting for zero dollars worth of capital improvement projects in the general fund. An estimated 1 percent property valuation growth in Riley and Pottawatomie County is expected to contribute an extra $291,438 in revenue, raising anticipated property tax collections from $29.14 million to $29.44 million.…
LIBERTY, Mo. — Kansas county officials have had various reactions to Gov. Laura Kelly’s decision to give them the authority to determine their own coronavirus restrictions. The state’s most populous county, Johnson County, said restrictions limiting how businesses operate and the size of gatherings will now be only guidelines. But Wyandotte, Douglas and Lyon counties chose to keep the restrictions in place for now. Officials in some other counties were planning to meet on Wednesday to discuss a way forward. Kelly on Tuesday changed her previous mandate for a phased reopening of the state’s economy to only recommendations for the…
WICHITA, Kan. — A Wichita police officer is charged with child sex crimes stemming from alleged incidents in 2012 before he was an officer. Wichita police announced Tuesday that Officer Joshua Hageman is charged with two counts of indecent liberties with a child. The department said the alleged crimes happened when Hageman was 20. He is accused of inappropriately touching two 15-year-old girls while at a home in Colwich. Police say Hagemen is on administrative leave without pay. He has been a Wichita officer for three years.
WICHITA, Kan. — Police in Wichita have announced an arrest in a nearly 2-year-old murder case. Police say 27-year-old Juan Carlos Caballeros-Yescas was arrested May 9 in El Paso, Texas, and extradited to Kansas on Tuesday. Caballeros-Yescas is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated burglary in the July 7, 2018, shooting death of 41-year-old Lucy Mojica in her Wichita home. Police say Caballeros-Yescas was dating Mojica at the time of the killing and quickly focussed on him as the primary suspect. But he had fled the area and couldn’t be found until he was tracked down in Texas earlier this…
Update 6 p.m. By Nick McNamara Two new recoveries were reported Wednesday afternoon, reducing the number of active COVID-19 cases in Riley County to six. That brings Riley County’s numbers to 57 recovered individuals out of 64 cumulative positive tests and one novel coronavirus-related death. Officials Wednesday provided no further updates on any positive individuals. In Riley County’s final live COVID-19 response update on Facebook, Health Department Director Julie Gibbs says the continually improving local conditions does not mean the public should drop its guard. “It’s important to stay the course, wear your mask when you’re out, continue proper hand…
The 45th annual Kaw Valley Rodeo has been canceled due to concerns over COVID-19. The decision came during the Kaw Valley Rodeo Association’s meeting last week. It is not yet certain how this decision will impact the Riley County Fair and other related events, but Riley County K-State Extension Director Gary Fike tells KMAN he believes there will at least be a 4-H fair with all regular exhibits, but is uncertain what that may look like. While nothing is finalized, it is possible the fair could include no carnival. According to Fike, a number of food vendors have already committed…