TOPEKA, Kan. — Several dozen hospitals that serve Kansas patients are reporting that they expect to deal with staffing shortages over the next week as the state continues to report an average of well over 1,000 new coronavirus cases a day. The Wichita area’s two major health systems said Wednesday that almost 150 coronavirus patients were hospitalized, their highest numbers since the pandemic began. The state Department of Health and Environment on Wednesday added 2,988 confirmed and probable cases to the state’s count since Monday to bring the pandemic total to 92,215. Forty-three hospitals told the Kansas Hospital Association that…
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Police in Kansas City, Kansas, are investigating that city’s latest homicide. Police say officers were called around 12:30 a.m. Thursday to a home near Terrace Street and Leavenworth Road for a report of a disturbance. Arriving officers found a man inside dead from a a gunshot wound. Police have not released the man’s name or given details about what may have led up to the shooting. Police say a suspect in the shooting was also inside the home and was arrested. The death marked the city’s 50th homicide this year.
More mail in ballots have come into the Riley County clerk’s office, with the results still too close to call for the county commission District 3 seat. The new results as of Wednesday show only a single vote difference now in favor of Democratic Candidate Kathryn Focke. At the end of election night, the unofficial numbers had Candidate John Matta in the lead by only 10 votes. County Clerk Rich Vargo says they will continue to count votes as they come in until the end of the week. Friday is the last day the clerk’s office can accept mail in…
Riley County is reporting 60 new positive COVID-19 cases and 59 recoveries. This brings the county’s active-case total to 145 and recoveries to 2,154. The positive rate for the week of Oct. 25 came in at 9.7 percent, up from the previous week’s rate of 6.4 percent. Ascension Via Christi is currently caring for five COVID-19 positive patients. Riley County has identified the K-State Track and Field team as the location of the most recent outbreak. Members of the team went to a Halloween party last weekend, which has so far led to 10 positive cases. The Sept. 26 wedding outbreak has…
MESI reimbursement The Manhattan City Commission Tuesday authorized a $235,000 reimbursement to the Manhattan Emergency Shelter for its rent and mortgage assistance program. “They had their own funds available to help meet that need versus waiting for funding to be approved by the different governing bodies,” Ron Fehr, Manhattan city manager, said. “They went ahead and made that funding expenditure and now are asking to be reimbursed.” Usha Reddi, Manhattan city commissioner, says the funding will come from the $2.9 million in CARES Act funds the city received from the state through Riley County. “We did receive the $2.9 million…
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 burglary in the 600 block of Pottawatomie Ave. in Manhattan on November 3, 2020, at approximately 8:02 a.m. Officers listed Hummel Tree Service as the victim when it was…
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 in the 2500 block of Stagg Hill Rd. in Manhattan on November 2, 2020, at approximately 8:21 a.m. Officers listed a 27-year-old male as the victim when it…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Another Kansas prison inmate has died of the coronavirus and hospitals admissions are high as case numbers soar statewide. The Kansas Department of Corrections announced Tuesday that a COVID-19 positive inmate from the Ellsworth Correctional Facility died Monday. The inmate, whose name wasn’t released, was 76 and had underlying medical conditions. He is among more than 3,600 inmates statewide to be infected since the pandemic began; nine have died. In Wichita, Ascension Via Christi was treating 70 coronavirus patients Tuesday, the highest number it has seen yet. The hospital has repeatedly added beds in its COVID-19…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a man who is suspected of showing up at a Wichita mosque with a handgun and yelling Islamophobic comments at a Muslim man. The 26-year-old Wichita man is jailed on suspicion of aggravated assault and disorderly conduct. Police said in a news release the man also is suspected of putting up “concerning posters around the Islamic Society of Wichita.“ The Wichita Eagle reports that police arrested him Friday at a home in nearby Derby after responding to a disturbance with a weapon call at the Masjid An Noor Mosque, about a block southwest…
USD 383 Manhattan/Ogden Superintendent Dr. Marvin Wade and board member Jurdene Coleman highlighted what will be discussed during Wednesday’s school board meeting. K-State Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy Director Dr. Tim Shaffer lent some perspective on the presidential election and the long process for counting votes in some of the swing states.