TOPEKA, Kan. — A coronavirus outbreak has killed 10 residents in a nursing home in a northwestern Kansas county that already had proportionally the nation’s largest increase in cases over two weeks. The health department in Norton County reported Monday night that all 62 residents and an unspecified number of employees at the Andbe Home in Norton had tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The nursing home’s outbreak came after more than 100 cases at the state’s prison in Norton. According to data from Johns Hopkins University, Norton County had the largest number of new cases per 100,000 residents of…
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Road construction is set to begin on K-99 from Frankfort to Wamego on Wednesday. Two crews from Shilling Construction will be working on the 4.5-million-dollar mill and overlay project. The portion of the project in Frankfort is expected to be finished in a week while the remaining parts of the project will continue as weather permits. The project is expected to be completed in spring of 2021. Work will occur during the daylight hours and motorists should expect up to 15 minutes of delay. KDOT urges all motorists to be alert and obey the warning signs when approaching and driving…
Update on officer-involved shooting Dennis Butler, Riley County Police Department director, gave the Riley County Law Board an update Monday on an investigation of an officer-involved shooting that occurred earlier this month. The Lawrence Police Department began a third-party investigation earlier this month after two RCPD officers reportedly shot Jarred Kemp, 41, of Manhattan, who was allegedly threatening his family member with a gun. Butler says the investigation is ongoing and RCPD is continuing to cooperate with LPD officials. “We cooperate fully with the investigating agency by providing whatever information, records, videos, anything they ask for as if we were…
Riley County is expecting greater numbers for voter turnout and voting by mail this election. Speaking to the Riley County commission, County Clerk Rich Vargo says he was wrong when he predicted over 10,000 vote by mail applicants. Instead, that number will be closer to exceeding 12,000 applications, as the county has already received 11,667. The clerk’s office will keep accepting those applications until Oct 27. For advanced voting in person, Vargo says they have already had 1,204 people vote since opening on Wednesday, Oct 13. Vargo and the commission were surprised at the high turnout in only four days.…
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 4400 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd. in Manhattan on October 16, 2020, at approximately 8:09 a.m. Officers listed a 36-year-old female as the victim when it…
Monday’s program featured a discussion about the history of Halloween in Riley County with Historical Museum Curator of Design Allana Parker. She also spoke to the history of the Sunset Cemetery. Our final segment featured an interview with Barbara Bollier, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate with KMAN’s Derek Simmons.
The Manhattan-Riley County chapter of the League of Women Voters held a virtual candidate forum Sunday that aired on News Radio KMAN. The forum included candidates from the races for Riley County Commission seats in District 2 and 3, Kansas House seats in Districts 51, 64, 66 and 67 as well as the 22nd State Senate District. Segment 1 – Riley County District 2 candidate Greg McKinley and District 3 candidates Katherine Focke and John Matta fielded questions from the moderator. District 2 candidate Fanny Fang was unable to attend Sunday’s forum due to a family emergency. QUESTIONS In many…
Riley County now has its 11th COVID related death. The patient passed away in his home in Manhattan at the age of 67. No further details will be released about the patient. The county saw an increase of 16 active cases since Wednesday’s report for a total of 107. The county is also reporting an increase of 14 recoveries for a total of 1,917. The total number of positive cases is at 2,035, up 31 cases. Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan is caring for two positive patients at this time. The patients have symptoms severe enough to require hospitalization.…
Rural areas in Kansas are seeing large spikes in coronavirus cases, and Gove County in the state’s northwest has been among the hardest hit. The virus is stressing the county despite arriving late. Sheriff Allan Weber caught it last week and struggled to breathe. He landed in an acute-care hospital room more than an hour from home. Most of the local nursing home residents have tested positive, and six have died since late September. The county’s emergency management director, the hospital CEO and more than 50 medical staff have tested positive. Local officials and doctors say they had 88 new…
The online retailer Amazon plans a one million-square-foot fulfillment center in the Wichita area. The Wichita Eagle reported Friday that the center will be in Park City and will be similar to one in Kansas City, Kansas. Alicia Boler Davis, Amazon’s vice president of global customer fulfillment, said the company is “excited to continue our growth and investment across Kansas so we can better serve our customers throughout the state.” Amazon also recently selected a Wichita site for another distribution center. That 140,000-square-foot delivery station opens later this year. The Park City center will open in 2021.