The installation of roundabouts on US-24 at K-13 and K-113 is likely a ways off. Stephanie Peterson, Flint Hills Metropolitan Planning Organization director, says that the Kansas Department of Transportation has yet to identify a funding source for those projects. “KDOT does have a construction, if you want to call it, timeline, I guess, for the K-13 intersection,” Peterson said. “They have it programmed right now for 2021. For K-113 and US-24, they have it programmed again for 2021.” She did express that KDOT’s timelines might be a bit ambitious due to the current lack of funding. Robert Ott, City…
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GARDEN CITY, Kan. — A rare black rhinoceros has been born in captivity at the Lee Richardson Zoo in Garden City. The zoo says in a news release that the male rhino was born Wednesday to 10-year-old Johari and her 7-year-old mate Jabari. The pair were moved from zoos in Cleveland and Atlanta in 2016 as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Eastern Black Rhinoceros Species Survival Plan. A news release from the zoo says mother and baby will be kept indoors for bonding and until weather conditions are appropriate for them to venture outside. Eastern black rhinos…
MISSION, Kan. — Kansas is shifting into the second phase of coronavirus immunizations as the Republican-led state House on Thursday approved a bill that would extend the state’s pandemic emergency declaration. The 119-3 vote sends the bill to Gov. Laura Kelly, who has until Jan. 26 to act before the declaration expires. It expands the use of telemedicine and adds flexibility in health care licensing through March 31. But it also limits Kelly’s ability to close businesses and allows counties to opt out of mask mandates and other health orders she issues. The move comes as Kelly said communities can…
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 criminal use of a financial card in the 100 block of Harvard Pl. in Manhattan on January 21, 2021, at approximately 1:32 p.m. Officers listed a 65-year-old male as…
Friday’s program featured a variety of guests including Riley County K-State Extension Ag. Agent Greg McClure, who highlighted some seminars going on discussing farm ownership, Kansas Lease Law and Fence Law. Riley County Seniors’ Service Center Program Coordinator Liz Nelson joined us to discuss February special programs and more going on at the center. We also heard from Riley County Health Department Child Care Licensing Supervisor Heather Ritchey and Maternal and Child Health Program Supervisor Breva Spencer on services and training offered through the health department.
Eastbound traffic along Kimball Ave. will be reduced to one lane Friday east of the Cattle Bridge as construction continues in the area. The City of Manhattan says Rylie Construction, who is currently working for AT&T, is closing the eastbound lane starting at 9 a.m. and it’s expected the closure will only last one day. If the work needs to be extended, the city says construction officials will remove all equipment at the end of the work day and re-close the lane at 9 a.m. on Saturday.
TOPEKA, Kan. — The top health official in Kansas has told lawmakers that the state will likely see a only a small uptick in the immediate supply of the COVID-19 vaccine with the change in presidential administrations. Dr. Lee Norman, head of the state health department, said Tuesday the state will likely get a 1% or 2% increase in its vaccine supply in the short run. Health officials reported Wednesday that about 3.8% of the state’s population have gotten the vaccine to date. Kansas added another 3,590 COVID-19 cases Wednesday, pushing the state’s tally to 263,412 since since the start…
LIBERAL, Kan. — A former southwest Kansas county court clerk was sentenced to a year of probation for keeping traffic court payments for herself. Fifty-seven-year-old Sonia Johnson was sentenced Tuesday for misuse of public funds. She pleaded no contest in August. Johnson was the court clerk in Seward County. The Kansas Attorney General’s Office said Johnson kept more than $8,000 in voided traffic court payments. She returned most of the funds but left the court about $3,000 short. Johnson was also ordered to pay $2,962 in restitution and a $2,500 fine. She would serve six months in jail if she…
BONNER SPRINGS, Kan. — Police in suburban Kansas City, Kansas, say a man died and a young woman was critically injured in a crash as the pair fled police. The Kansas City Star reports that the crash happened just before 1 a.m. Wednesday in Bonner Springs. Police had responded to reports of a car speeding, driving recklessly and squealing tires in a residential area. Police say when officers spotted the car, it fled reaching speeds of 114 mph before crashing and hitting a tree. Police say the driver, 22-year-old Juan Carlos Marquez of Bonner Springs, died at a hospital. An…