The Topeka Zoo has announced it will make changes to two major fundraisers as officials look to slow the spread of COVID-19. Television station KSNT reports that the zoo announced the changes Sunday. The Roar & Pour Wine Fest will be held online as a Facebook Live Event on April 25. The zoo’s Brew At the Zoo event has been pushed to July 24. It had been scheduled for early June. Those who have already bought tickets will receive new tickets with the rescheduled date. The zoo is also offering refunds for those who want them.
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On Monday’s edition of In Focus Stephany Kilbourn, Ascension Via Christi Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner and Melissa Mosher, RCPD Victim Advocate Coordinator join us to discuss Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April. We also spoke with Manhattan Parks & Rec Director Eddie Eastes and Assistant Director Wyatt Thompson. In our final segment we spoke with T. Russell Reitz Animal Shelter Director Deb Watkins and Animal Control Officer Brandon Sokol.
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 aggravated assault and unlawful discharge of a firearm near North 12th Street and Bluemont Avenue on April 3, 2020, at approximately 4:20 PM. Officers listed a 32-year-old male as…
4 p.m. Sunday update Kansas Department of Health and Environment officials announced Sunday that the number of positive COVID-19 cases had grown to 747 as of 11 a.m. Included in that were two more cases in Riley County, bringing the county total to 13. KDHE noted two new Geary County cases over the weekend and Pottawatomie County remained at two. Wabaunsee County also reported its first case Sunday. See the full map here: KDHE Kansas COVID-19 case summary Most of the cases so far in the Manhattan area have been said to be travel related. However, the Riley County Health…
Glenn Brunkow of the Kansas Farm Bureau spoke to KMAN about how certain commodity markets are being affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. He says one problem that has affected commodity supply chains is labor issues at processing plants. Brunkow says this ultimately affects how much of a product certain plants are able to process. According to Brunkow, customers likely won’t see a drop-off in supply. For the producers, another issue will be finding enough places to send their product since many of their larger buyers, such as universities and restaurants, have either halted or slowed operations. According to the American…
Lonnie Baker, CEO of Meadowlark Hills, joined KMAN on Saturday in the 7 a.m. hour to give our daily COVID-19 update.
Updated 7 a.m. Saturday By Brandon Peoples A Manhattan man who eluded police for more than an hour around the Aggieville area Friday evening is jailed on a host of criminal charges. Riley County Police have charged 36-year-old Lamarques Channel with four total counts including aggravated assault, criminal discharge of a firearm, criminal possession of a weapon by a felon and marijuana possession. Channel is accused of firing a gun near the area of 11th and Bluemont. No injuries were reported. Channel initially was reported to be in a vehicle, then fled on foot through neighborhoods north of Aggieville, before…
Manhattan hotels have taken a major hit during the COVID-19 pandemic, with one hotel closing its doors temporarily. Manhattan Convention and Visitors Bureau Director Karen Hibbard says around this time of the year, hotels have had close to 70% occupancy rate. For the week of March 22-28 of this year, occupancy was 21.3%. This is lower than during the Christmas/New Year’s time, when people are staying with family. The lowest day of that week was on March 28, with an occupancy rate of around 13%. This same week last year had an occupancy rate of 78.1%, with the 28 having…
Advocates are urging Kansas officials to release and safeguard inmates after the state prison system reported its first COVID-19 cases in three staff members and at least one jail worker in the state’s largest city was sickened. At the Sedgwick County Jail, where officials confirmed Thursday that a detention deputy had tested positive, about 200 inmates have been released since mid-March over concerns about the coronavirus. So far state officials have no plans to release prisoners ahead of scheduled release dates since corrections officials announced Tuesday that three staff members at the Lansing Correctional Facility had tested positive. Gov. Laura…