Police say a 21-year-old man has been fatally shot inside a Wichita home. Police say in a news release that the shooting happened Monday afternoon in a neighborhood on the east side of the city. Officers called to the home discovered that Christopher Bell had been shot there and had already been taken by a private vehicle to a hospital, where he died. Investigators say Bell was inside the home when a disturbance broke out, and someone fired several shots, hitting Bell. Police say no one else inside the house was hurt. Police say they know the identity of the…
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Allie Cloyd, a ninth grader at Manhattan High School East Campus, and Madison Legleiter, a seventh grader at Manhattan Catholic Schools, were named the winners of the 2020 Veterans Day essay contest on Wednesday. The essays, which were written in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Korean Conflict, were read by each winner during the Veterans Day ceremony in Manhattan City Hall following the Veterans Day parade. Cloyd, the winner of the high-school age group, spoke about the lasting impact of the conflict on the people of the countries that were involved in the conflict. “To North Koreans, the…
A former Lawrence banker has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for a loan fraud that caused millions of dollars in losses. Troy Gregory was sentenced Tuesday and also ordered to pay $4.7 million in restitution. Gregory, a former officer of University National Bank in Lawrence, was found guilty in August 2019 of four counts of bank fraud and two counts of making false statements. Prosecutors say in 2007, Gregory tried to secure a $15.2 million construction loan for bank customers who wanted to build an apartment complex in Junction City. He misrepresented the strength of the borrowers…
Kansas has set records again for new coronavirus cases and COVID-19-related hospitalizations as some local officials report having trouble getting people to cooperate in finding others who’ve been exposed. Several counties are reporting having trouble tracing who has been exposed to the virus because other people won’t provide enough or even any information about their close contacts. The state health department added another 5,672 confirmed and probable coronavirus cases since Monday to the state’s tally for the pandemic, increasing it to 109,225. The state saw a record average of 2,430 new cases a day for the seven days ending Wednesday.
U.S. Senator-Elect Roger Marshall announced several senior staff hires Wednesday as he prepares to take office in January. Brent Robertson will serve as Marshall’s Chief of Staff, a role Robertson has held with the Senator-elect since he was elected to the U.S. House in 2016. Katie Sawyer will serve as State Director for the Senator-elect. Sawyer has served as Marshall’s District Director for the First Congressional District since January 2017. Marshall’s office says additional key senior staff will be named at a later date.
Two readings instead of one The Manhattan City Commission discussed Tuesday the possibility of extending a temporary measure that allows ordinances to be passed after one reading instead of two. The measure was put in place earlier this year in response to the pandemic so that the city could make decisions quickly in emergency situations. Wynn Butler, city commissioner, says he is in favor of one reading, unless two readings are requested, so that routine decisions can be made quickly and discussions about what defines an emergency can be avoided. “A lot of these things are routine and there’s no sense having…
The Riley County health department has reported the county’s 13th COVID related death since the beginning of the pandemic. A 63 year-old Riley County resident died Wednesday morning after testing positive for coronavirus on Nov 2. He lived at Via Christi Village and passed away at Ascension Via Christi hospital. Riley County has 114 new positive cases and 20 additional recoveries since Monday’s report. There are currently 351 active coronavirus cases in the county. This adds to a total of 2,637 positive cases reported in the county since Mar. There has also been a total of 2,273 recoveries. Ascension Via…
Speed-limit discussion The Pottawatomie County Commission voted 2-1 on Monday to lower the speed limit from 55 miles-per-hour to 40 miles-per-hour on gravel roads. The vote was in response to concerns about safety and enforcement. Pat Weixelman, the only county commissioner who voted against the measure, says that while he is in favor of the change, he does not think posting speed-limit signs will make much of a difference. “People are going to drive what they want to drive,” Weixelman said. “You can put 30 miles-per-hour speed limits out there or you can run 60 miles-per-hour speed limits out there,…
On Tuesday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Riley County Commissioner Marvin Rodriguez.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — A 40-year-old man charged with killing his two sons is being held without bond after being returned to Kansas. A judge ordered Donald R. Jackson Jr. to remain in the Leavenworth County Jail without bond during Jackson’s first court appearance on Friday. Jackson is charged with capital murder in the deaths of his 12- and 14-year-old sons. Their bodies were found Oct. 24 at their home in Leavenworth. Authorities say Jackson fled with his two young daughters, who were with him when he was arrested in Oklahoma. He was returned to Kansas on Thursday.