The Manhattan City Commission has amended Charter Ordinance No. 44 to set the purchasing power limit to $50,000. Earlier this year, due to the pandemic, the City Manager’s office saw that spending power increased from $20,000 to $75,000. Commissioner Linda Morse supported the change. “When you get a new accounting system, it seems to me that the, board of directors or a commission needs better financial oversight, it needs to be better. I at the time lobbied for $50,000 and the commission wanted to go to 75 and I agreed to that on the emergency basis, because we didn’t know…
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EMPORIA, Kan. — A former contract driver for the U.S. Postal Service is accused of opening and destroying mail containing cash. The U.S. attorney’s office says 23-year-old Dennis Tapscott has been charged with delaying mail. The Emporia Gazette reports that the crime is alleged to have occurred in 2019 and 2020 in Lyon County and other counties.If convicted, he faces up to a year in federal prison and a fine up to $100,000. The U.S. Postal Service Inspection Service investigated.
WICHITA, Kan. — Even as some of the state’s largest districts reopen, most Kansas counties have such a high rate of new coronavirus cases that they have moved into the red zone on a key state benchmark that suggests schools consider putting the brakes on in-person classes and sports. The Wichita Eagle reports that 75 of the state’s 105 counties were in the worst reopening zone for the two week cumulative incident rate, one of five school reopening indicators established by the state. That’s an increase of 10 counties from a week ago. However, individual districts can make their own…
USD 383 Manhattan/Ogden Superintendent Dr. Marvin Wade and school board member Katrina Lewison joined In Focus to preview the district’s Wednesday board meeting. Manhattan Fire Department Fire Marshall Jake Powell and Capt. Gregg Van Der Creek also joined us in the latter part of the show to discuss Fire Prevention Week and the dangers of cooking fires.
WICHITA, Kan. — One Wichita woman is facing six years in federal prison after supplying the weapon that was used to kill three people. According to the office of US Attorney Stephen McAllister, 35-year-old Myrta Rangel of Wichita, Kansas pleaded guilty to giving a gun to a convicted felon and a person she knew would use it in a drug trafficking crime. Rangel admitted she took part in a drug trafficking conspiracy with Jereme Nelson and others. She admitted to giving the gun to Nelson for him to carry to collect a drug debt. Nelson shot and killed three people.…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas health officials report a new pandemic record for average daily hospitalizations. The state had an average of 26.29 new coronavirus hospitalizations per day for the seven days ending Monday. The previous high was 23.86 for the seven days ending Friday. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment also reported that the state saw 1,597 new confirmed and probable cases since Friday, an increase of 2.5%, bringing the total cases to 62,708. The state health department also reported eight new COVID-19-related deaths since Friday, bringing the total to 706.
WICHITA, Kan. — No charges will be filed in the death of a 56-year-old Wichita man who was killed by police last year during an apparent psychotic episode in which he fired 83 rounds from his apartment. Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett told reporters Monday via a Zoom news conference that under the circumstances he could not charge the officers who fired at Fred Burton. The hours-long standoff that began shortly before 2 a.m. in May 2019 and led officers to evacuate other occupants of the apartment complex to safety. Burton fired at officers, and two of them returned…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Gov. Laura Kelly says Kansas expects to receive 870,000 rapid COVID-19 tests from the federal government over the next three months to boost testing in potential hotspots. Kelly’s remarks Monday came as the state saw a record increase in coronavirus-related hospitalizations. Kelly said the new tests are crucial for a new statewide policy of more testing of people without virus symptoms in areas with high infection rates and increasing routine testing in schools, nursing homes and prisons. She said the state already has received its first 57,000 tests. Meanwhile, state health department statistics showed that Kansas averaged…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Police in Kansas City, Kansas, say a man was fatally stabbed and another person was arrested in the death following a police chase. The Kansas City Star reports that the incident happened Saturday morning, when officers were called to investigate a report of a suspicious person. Arriving officers found a man in the grass suffering from stab wounds. He was taken to a hospital where he later died. Police say a suspect fled the scene and was arrested after a car chase that involved the Kansas Highway Patrol. Police have not released the names of the…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Police say a man shot outside a home in Kansas City, Kansas, has died of his injuries. Police say in a news release that the shooting was reported around 10:30 p.m. Monday. Arriving officers found a man in his mid-20s outside the home suffering from wounds. He was taken to a hospital, where he later died. Police have not released the man’s name or reported any arrests in the case.