Update 10:30 a.m. Monday Junction City Police have identified the person who died Saturday following a seven-hour standoff. Captain Trish Giordano says 39-year-old Damien Paul St. Julien died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Officers had been attempting to arrest him on a felony warrant out of Douglas County. St. Julien was initially located in his vehicle and asked to exit the vehicle, but then brandished a handgun and fled to a home on West Third Street, where officers established a perimeter. JCPD were assisted at the scene by Geary County Sheriff’s deputies, Riley County Police and the Kansas Bureau of…
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Fort Riley museums and the 1st Division celebrated the 75th anniversary of the victory of Europe during World War II, or VE Day on Friday. Fort Riley Museums Dr. Robert Smith showed KMAN some of the museums artifacts that involved the 1st Division during the war. Over 43,000 soldiers served in the Big Red One during WWII, with over 4,000 of those who were killed. Of those who served in the division, there were 17 recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, 161 Distinguished Service Crosses, and over 21,000 Purple Hearts. The 1st Division commander at the time was Major…
Ascension Via Christi hosted another warm sendoff Saturday for two nurses leaving to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in Chicago. Ascension Via Christi nurse Jessica Wolfe explained her reasoning for going to Chicago. “I think it’ll be a great challenge and a great experience. And I wasn’t able to in school to do the kind of thing where you get to go to Haiti or somewhere like that. So I think this would be a good experience as well. We don’t have that many cases here yet. It’ll be nice to kind of get a taste of it,” says Wolfe. The…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas state parks saw a “significant” increase in visits last month, especially with new users. State Parks Director Linda Lanterman said the increase in the last weeks of April offset the revenue state parks lost in March, when Kansas issued its stay-at-home order, the Lawrence Journal-World reported. The number of visits is up about 200,000 from last April, Lanterman said. If the parks are able to remain open and the high traffic continues, “we can make good strides to increasing our revenue we lost,” she said. Kansas’ state parks also lost about about $1.2 million in user…
Release from the Kansas Department of Revenue. TOPEKA – Since March 24, 2020, extensions to driver’s licenses and vehicle registrations have been made through Executive Order 20-12 signed by Governor Laura Kelly. While those extensions are still valid, the Kansas Department of Revenue will start to reopen driver’s license offices on Tuesday, May 12, 2020. Under Ad Astra: A plan to reopen Kansas, presented at the end of April by Governor Kelly, steps will be made to ensure the health and well-being of all who enter Kansas Department of Revenue offices. This includes requiring appointments and screenings before entering offices and implementing…
TOPEKA — Kansas voters will encounter masked election workers seated behind plastic panels when they head to the polls this fall and use disposable stylus pens to cast their ballots. Secretary of State Scott Schwab said in a news release Thursday that the state is receiving $4.6 million in federal aid to prepare for the election, with $2.6 million going to county election officials. The state also plans to spend $1 million on personal protective equipment, including hand sanitizer, disinfectant spray, face masks and disposable gloves. Each polling site also will receive two plexiglass shields to protect election workers and…
Update 5:30 p.m. Nearly a week into phase one of the re-opening plan, area health officials say the next steps will depend on COVID-19 numbers seen next week. Riley County Health Officer Julie Gibbs updated the public online Friday. She says the next phase will kick in no sooner than May 18 according to Gov. Laura Kelly’s re-opening plan, but that could be delayed after they see the effects of the county’s re-opening on local COVID-19 numbers. “It might mean at the end of next week we see a big spike,” says Gibbs. “And that may mean we have to stay in…
Friday’s In Focus featured Ascension Via Christi Hospital President and CEO Bob Copple and nurses Melinda Couch and Jessica Wolfe, who are volunteering to assist COVID-19 patients in the Chicago area. Downtown Manhattan, Inc. Executive Director Gina Scroggs joined us to update the reopening process of local merchants. Aggieville Business Association Executive Director Dennis Cook spoke to how Aggieville businesses are working through the shut down and working toward reopening phases. SPECIAL FEATURE As part of our KMAN Morning Show, we also spoke to Dr. Robert Smith, Director of the Fort Riley Museums to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the…
President and CEO of the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce Jason Smith joined KMAN in the 7 AM hour to provide our daily COVID-19 update.