Riley County has reported its 14th COVID-19 related death. The victim was an 81-year-old male who died at the Wamego Health Center after testing positive on Nov. 1. Riley County is also reporting 170 new positive cases and 96 recoveries. This brings the county’s total number of active cases to 425 and recoveries to 2,368. Ascension Via Christi Hospital is currently caring for 11 positive patients and three persons under investigation. Riley County has identified one new outbreak at the Alpha Chi Omega sorority, bringing its number of active outbreaks to nine. 630 people were tested Thursday at the free-testing…
Author: KMAN Staff
The Riley County Police Department wants the public to know about one program they have been using called Project Guardians. RCPD Director, Dennis Butler, tells KMAN they have been using the program for a while, but not many people know about it. He says the program is a way for families with members that are at risk to be alone outside to register information with RCPD to help in future emergencies. “If one of their loved ones who has a cognitive condition goes missing, they can call us immediately and we can pull up that information, all of that identifying…
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 responded to the report of an injury crash near mile marker 318 on Interstate 70 on November 12, 2020, at approximately 5:58 p.m. When officers arrived they found a 2001 Dodge Ram driven…
On Friday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with RCPD Director Dennis Butler.
Public health officials in two of Kansas’ most populous counties have tightened restrictions on gatherings and public schools in the state’s capital city have scrapped at least two weeks of in-person classes in favor online learning amid a surge in coronavirus cases. In Shawnee County, home to the state capital of Topeka, gatherings will be limited to 10 people, starting Friday. The limit on gatherings also will drop Friday to 15 from 45 in neighboring Douglas County, home to the main University of Kansas campus. The Topeka public school district announced that it would suspend in-person classes for at least…
Police say one of two people shot over the weekend in a riverside park in Kansas City, Kansas, has died. Police say the shooting happened just before 1 a.m. Sunday in Kaw Point Park. Officers who arrived on the scene found two men with gunshot wounds. The victims were taken to an area hospital. In a news release Thursday that one of the victims – 23-year-old Juan Perez – died Wednesday from his injuries. Police say the other man, whose name has not been released, remains in the hospital in serious but stable condition. No arrests have been reported in…
The latest unofficial results for the commission district 3 race has a difference of 47 votes. Speaking to the Riley County commission, County Clerk Rich Vargo presented the latest unofficial results for the race. Candidate Kathryn Focke now leads the race with 4,764 votes, with Candidate John Matta so far receiving 4,717 votes. Vargo says he wanted to get the most up to date numbers as possible for the election canvas on Monday. The county clerk’s office had counted a total of 352 hand count ballots, including federal service ballots. The write-in board met the Monday after the election to…
Thursday’s guests on In Focus included members of Fort Riley and Irwin Army Community Hospital; IACH Commander Col. Edgar Arroyo and Retired Col. C. Kay Hutchinsion, Chairman of the Fort Riley Military Retiree Council. Then we were joined by Robbin Cole with Pawnee Mental Health Services in the second half of the show.
Wednesday’s edition of In Focus included Rock Creek Superintendent Kevin Logan and Wamego School District Superintendent Tim Winter for the first half of the show. Then we were joined by Ascension Via Christi Hospital President and CEO Bob Copple in a pre-recorded interview with Brandon Peoples.
The Riley County Health Department will offer a free testing event this Monday, Nov. 16, in addition to the weekly testing event on Thursday. “We’re doing that mainly for individuals who want to travel for Thanksgiving and students who’d like to travel home,” Gibbs said. “We’re doing that so that they know what their status is.” The free testing event will take place in CiCo Park from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m. Riley County is currently in the middle of a bump in positive cases. Gibbs says that while many of the new active cases…