WICHITA, Kan. — Police say a 41-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with murder and other counts in the June shooting death of a man. Television state KAKE reports that Amber Ahrens was booked into the Sedgwich County Jail on Tuesday. She’s charged with second-degree intentional murder, criminal possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute opiates. Police were called to a disturbance with shots fired at a northeastern Wichita home on June 17 and found 53-year-old David Leddy in front of a home with a gunshot wound. He died at the scene. Police said Ahrens is…
Author: KMAN Staff
Wednesday’s program featured Pottawatomie County Schools with guests Tim Winter, Superintendent of USD 320 Wamego Schools and Kevin Logan, Superintendent of USD 323 Rock Creek Schools. City of Riley Mayor Tim Sharp also joined the program to give us an update on the latest going on in his community.
CARES Act funding Pottawatomie County has until mid-August to submit a plan for how it will spend about $4.9 million in CARES Act funding it is set to receive. With such a short timeline, County Commissioner Pat Weixelman says there will be more room for error and misuse of funds. County Administrator Chad Kinsley says the state government may have created the situation on purpose. Despite these concerns, the county commission approved a resolution to accept the CARES Act funds during their meeting Monday. Kinsley says the county should allocate a portion of the money to each city based on…
The Riley County Health Department has released its latest local health order, which takes effect Wednesday.. Local Health Order 14 will be in affect for the next 12 days, or until amended, superseded, or rescinded. The new order keeps the mass gathering limit to 50 people and large venues of more than two thousand people capacity remain closed. Restrictions for businesses and restaurants include more employee screening practices. All bars and restaurants must screen each employee before the start of their shift. This includes asking about symptoms, travel, contact, and taking temperatures. These screenings must be recorded. All other businesses…
The Greater Manhattan Community Foundation’s annual award show (The CFA’s) has been cancelled for this year. Vice President of Marketing and Promotions Elaine Dhuyvetter made the announcement during Monday’s GMCF Community Hour. The event, initially planned for March, was rescheduled to August, but ultimately the foundation made the unfortunate decision to cancel it altogether. “We just felt like the purpose of the event is to bring our community together to recognize and celebrate local individuals and organizations who give so generously to benefit our community,” she said. “We didn’t feel like a virtual event would bring that same sort of…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Authorities say two men have been killed in separate shootings in Kansas City, Kansas. Police identified the victims in a news release as 27-year-old Edwin Pinto and 34-year-old Dennis Barnett. The release said officers found Pinto dead while responding to a shooting call around 2:20 a.m. Sunday. Barnett was found dead about two hours later as officers responded to another shooting call. Police say the shootings are under investigation. No suspect information has been released.
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas reported 982 more confirmed coronavirus cases and three more deaths as the state seeks to combat the surging outbreak with a mask mandate. The state Department of Health and Environment reported Monday that Kansas has had 16,901 cases, up 6% from Friday. Kansas also has reported 280 COVID-19-related deaths. Gov. Laura Kelly issued an executive order Thursday requiring people to wear masks in public and in their workplaces because of a surge in cases, and it took effect at 12:01 a.m. Friday. Counties, however, can opt out of Kelly’s mask order.
OLATHE, Kan. — Authorities are investigating after finding a homicide victim inside a suburban Kansas City home while responding to a burglary. Olathe police say the burglary was reported around 3 a.m. Sunday in Olathe. The victim was identified as 42-year-old Jessica L. Smith. Police say the killer apparently fled before officers arrived.
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas has set a new record for its worst two-week spike in reported coronavirus cases since the pandemic began. That prompted the state’s Democratic governor to issue a stern public warning Monday in hopes of pushing the public and local officials into accepting masks in public as necessary. Gov. Laura Kelly said the state has seen at least seven new clusters of two or more reported cases in the past five days directly related to bars and restaurants. During the past two weeks, Kansas reported an average of 317 new coronavirus cases a day. That was nearly…