OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is proposing that Kansas legalize marijuana for medical use to generate revenues that would finance an expansion of the state’s Medicaid health coverage for the needy. Kelly announced her proposal Monday. Kelly has made expanding Medicaid for as many as 165,000 additional Kansas residents a top priority since becoming governor two years ago, but top Republicans in the GOP-controlled Legislature have prevented its passage. Kelly also previously said she’d sign a medical marijuana bill but she hadn’t actively pushed the idea. She is wedding two ideas that are likely to face strong…
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TOPEKA, Kan. — Police in Topeka are investigating an early-morning shooting that left a 1-year-old baby critically injured. Television station KSNT reports that the shooting happened around 4 a.m. Tuesday, when someone riddled a home near Eighth Street and Southeast Sherman Avenue with gunfire. Police say one of the shots hit a baby inside the home. Investigators report they found about two dozen bullet casings in the street outside the home. Officers called to the scene found a family leaving the home with the baby and rushed the child in critical condition to an area hospital. The names of the…
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. — No active Black farmers are left in a historic Kansas community where hundreds migrated a century ago to escape racism and poverty. The lack of Black farmers in Nicodemus illustrates a nationwide decline. In 1910, Black farmers made up 14% of the U.S farming population but today account for just 1.4%. Most family farms across the country have been hit in recent years by such things as market volatility, poor weather and consolidations spurred by technological advances. On top of that, many Black farmers say racial bias at all levels of government has effectively pushed them…
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 theft and driving while suspended in the 2300 block of Stagg Hill Rd. in Manhattan on February 1, 2021, at approximately 2:55 p.m. Officers listed Briggs Motor Company Inc.…
Tuesday’s In Focus guests were Manhattan City Manager Ron Fehr and Mayor Wynn Butler, with a preview of Tuesday’s legislative meeting.
Riley County health officials have confirmed the 31st COVID-19 related death. The patient a 76-year-old male, tested positive January 7 and died Sunday at Ascension Via Christi. The health department also confirmed 68 new positive cases and 147 additional recoveries in Monday’s report, bringing the active case count to 233. The hospital currently has three patients in its care, including one in the Intensive Care Unit. With the 780 remaining doses of the vaccine, the county plans to continue vaccinating residents 65 and older with severe health conditions on Tuesday. For the remainder of the week, the health department will…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Police are searching for a man they believe is connected to a man’s death and a possible kidnapping in Kansas City, Kansas, on Saturday. Officers found a man in his 40s dead inside a home in the 1800 block of Minnesota Avenue Saturday evening. Police did not immediately release the victim’s identity. Kansas City, Kansas, police spokeswoman Nancy Chartrand said 27-year-old Kenneth Crowley is a person of interest in the homicide. Chartrand said Crowley is also being sought in connection with the possible kidnapping of 37-year-old Laneia Taylor, who has since been found. Crowley may be…
WICHITA, Kan. — Police say a pedestrian died after being hit by a pickup truck as he crossed a Wichita street over the weekend. Police say the incident happened Friday night just north of downtown Wichita. Investigators say a 62-year-old man was crossing Broadway at 11th Street when he was hit by a northbound pickup truck driven by a 20-year-old man. Police have not released other details of the crash, including the name of the man killed.
TOPEKA, Kan. — Six women have sued top officials of the Kansas Highway Patrol, alleging they discriminated against female employees and created a hostile work environment. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that former and current employees allege in a lawsuit filed Friday that the agency violated federal anti-discrimination law, the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment and their First Amendment speech rights. The Highway Patrol did not immediately return a message Monday seeking comment. The women’s lawsuit comes on the heels of a lawsuit filed last month by two former majors who allege their own dismissal was retaliation for attempting…