LAWRENCE, Kan. — A woman who was charged with filing a false rape report while at the University of Kansas is suing the city of Lawrence, several police officers and the university. The woman reported to Lawrence police in September 2018 that she was assaulted by a Kansas student but decided she did not want to press charges. She was charged in 2019 with filing a false rape report but those charges were later dismissed. The woman contends in her federal lawsuit that Lawrence police were poorly trained and did not conduct an unbiased investigation of her complaints. She also…
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Homicide police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found in a home in Kansas City, Kansas. Police say family members of the woman found her body on Monday afternoon and called authorities. Arriving officers found a woman in her late 30s dead inside the home and say it appeared foul play had been involved in her death. Police did not release the victim’s name or indicate how she had died. Detectives are investigating her death as a homicide and have asked anyone with information about her death to call police or the…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Nursing homes are facing an increasing strain combatting the coronvirus as cases rise statewide and residents and families grow distressed about limits on visits. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that one of the latest outbreaks has infected 12 residents and employees at the Topeka Presbyterian Manor. None of them are experiencing signs or symptoms of COVID-19, the facility said Monday in a news release. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reports 250 clusters associated with long-term care, accounting for more than 3,800 cases of COVID-19. There have been 440 deaths. Statewide, Kansas had 2,446 new COVID-19 cases…
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 1500 block of Harry Rd in Manhattan on October 26, 2020, at approximately 11:20 am. Officers listed Wildcat Valley LLC as the victim when it was…
Blues great Taj Mahal will appear for a livestream performance next month to benefit Kansas State University’s McCain Auditorium. Tickets for the Blues Hall of Fame composer, multi-instrumentalist and multiple Grammy Award winner, are on sale now for the Nov. 17 performance from the UC Theatre stage in Berkeley, California. McCain executive director Todd Holmberg says they are excited to partner with Taj Mahal for his first-ever livestream performance. Tickets are available through McCain’s partners at Mandolin. A link is available at mccain.k-state.edu. Livestream tickets are $20 per household and grant 48-hour access to the stream in case you can’t…
Need a ride to vote? The League of Women Voters of Manhattan-Riley County have teamed up with local chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha, a historically black sorority and local nonprofit agency Kansas Civic Engagement Table, to provide free one-day ATA Bus passes for residents needing to cast a ballot at their polling place or to drop off a ballot in person. Passes are available now through the end of advance voting on Monday, and can be picked up at the Douglass Center, located at 900 Yuma Street. They can also be picked up at Be Able Community, at 205 South…
Pottawatomie County Clerk Nancy McCarter provided an update on advanced voting and mail ballots that have been returned ahead of the Nov. 3 election. Pottawatomie County Public Works Director Peter Clark provided updates on several ongoing and upcoming road construction projects, including along US 24 east of Manhattan. Pottawatomie County Economic Development Corporation Executive Director Jack Allston joined us to highlight some international awards recently received by his department. Riley County Commission district 3 candidate Katherine Focke spoke on her campaign about the issues she’s focused on ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
Even through the pandemic, the Flint Hills Veterans Coalition has continued to work hard to host it’s annual events. Veterans day is coming up, and the FHVC tells KMAN the yearly events are still happening. Chuck Sexton, President of FHVC says the parade is one of the biggest events they have each year, and they are happy to still be able to have it this year. He says many events around the country have been cancelled due to the pandemic. “We’ve been recognized nationally. We’re one of the few that is in-person going to happen. They’re not even having one…
Riley County commissioners gave consensus Monday not to move forward with the proposed Riley County Police department substation at this time. The substation would be located within the City of Manhattan’s proposed parking garage in Aggieville. Original plans by RCPD included the substation and additional space for a training office. The law board endorsed the substation, but not the additional training space. Current costs for the proposed substation estimate $443,820 for the construction and less than $9,000 for design since it no longer includes the training area. County Clerk Rich Vargo says the county already pays $10,500 a year in…
Fraudulent unemployment claims have become more prominent over the past month or so, according to Dennis Butler, Riley County Police Department director. He says scammers are using social-security numbers and other pieces of personal information to file for unemployment claims under the names of other people. “The Department of Labor is seeing so many of these that they have a link on their website,” Butler said during an intergovernmental luncheon Monday. “If you get a notice from the Kansas Department of Labor acknowledging your application and you didn’t file, you can go to that link and report that you did…