The Harlem Globetrotters are coming to Bramlage Coliseum in February, but one team member will be in Manhattan Thursday. Zeus will visit the Champion Teamwear office along with Manhattan Mayor Mike Dodson from 2 to 3 p.m. They’re located on 520 McCall Road. His appearance is a precursor to the Globetrotters game that will take place in Bramlage on Monday, Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. Tickets went on sale Wednesday — they can be purchased online with the promo code “MATT”, or by calling Matt Hartman at 678-497-1885 or be emailing him at Hartman@harlemglobetrotters.com. Kansas State University faculty and staff…
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A 2019 Manhattan High graduate graduated from U.S. Air Force basic training. According to Joint Hometown News Service, Airman Brent P. Wade completed an eight-week training program including instruction in military discipline and studies, the Air Force’s core values as well as basic warfare principles and skills. Wade was trained at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. As part of his basic training, Wade also received four credits toward an associate degree in applied science through the Community College of the Air Force. The JHNS reports that Wade is the son of Joy Wade, also of Manhattan.
Wednesday’s guests included Blue Valley-Randolph Superintendent Brady Burton updating us on the district’s ongoing bond project, the Governor’s proposed plan for education funding and winter weather. Biosecurity Research Institute Director Stephen Higgs joined us for updates going on at the Manhattan facility. Finally, KMAN’s Nick McNamara joined In Focus with a discussion on Radon Action Month from Riley County Health Department Health Educator Ed Kalas.
Motorists were asked not to report non-injury accidents Tuesday after Riley County Police and Geary County Sheriff’s entered emergency accident reporting phase. The EARP ended at noon today. As a result, RCPD will have additional officers on duty at department headquarters today from noon to 4 p.m. to assist with filing accident reports while the EARP was in effect. To file a report, both parties and vehicles involved in the accident must be present. Driver’s licenses, vehicle tags and insurance information are required. Officers will also need additional information including the location and time of the accident as well as…
TOPEKA — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly says she wants a review of state sentencing guidelines. The Democratic governor said in an interview Tuesday with The Topeka Capital-Journal’s editorial board that she wants to redirect an overcrowded prison population to receive treatment instead of a cell. Kelly says many of the people who are incarcerated don’t belong in prison. They lose their job, their family and become unemployable. Prison reform could find bipartisan support in the Legislature. Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning says he thinks it would get a lot of attention, adding it’s been talked about not only in Kansas…
TOPEKA — Kansas House committees are considering two bills that would repeal the secretary of state’s authority to prosecute election crimes. Former Secretary of State Kris Kobach fought to have that authority while he was in the office and was successful in 2015 . Kobach argued that having the authority to prosecute election crimes would stop what he contended was widespread fraudulent voting by illegal immigrants. The Wichita Eagle reports that in 3.5 years, Kobach prosecuted 10 to 15 cases of voter fraud. None of the defendants were illegal immigrants. Attorney General Derek Schmidt says Scott Schwab, who replaced Kobach…
LAWRENCE — A 26-year-old Missouri woman who intentionally drove her car into the Kansas River with her two children inside has been sentenced to life in prison. KMBC-TV reports Scharron Dingledine, of Columbia, Missouri, was sentenced Tuesday for first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. Prosecutors said she drove her car into the river near Lawrence in August . She and her 1-year-old son were rescued. The body of her 5-year-old daughter, Amiyah Bradley, was recovered the next day. Dingledine told police she drove into the river in an attempt to kill herself and her children. She said she knew neither…
WICHITA — A 34-year-old Kansas man who authorities say suffocated his 2-month-old twin son by rolling over on him while they slept has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison. The Wichita Eagle reports Kyle Kempton was sentenced Tuesday to 32 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter and four misdemeanor counts of endangering a child. Police say Kempton and his wife, Christy Rollings, had been drinking for a week before their son, Patrick Kempton, died in August in a Wichita motel. The other twin was not injured. Rollings was charged with the same crimes and sentenced to probation for…
TOPEKA — Anti-abortion leaders are promising to pursue a change in the Kansas Constitution if the state’s highest court rules that the document protects abortion rights. Several hundred abortion opponents rallied Tuesday inside the Statehouse. They marked the 46th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 that legalized abortion across the nation. But anti-abortion leaders also had another pending court case on their minds. The Kansas Supreme Court heard arguments nearly two years ago from attorneys on whether the state constitution protects abortion rights. The justices have not ruled. If they declare that the…
Officers responded to a report of an unattended death in the 100 block of Manhattan Town Center Plaza in Manhattan on January 22, 2019, at approximately 10:36 AM. Officers listed Justin Downie, 46, of Topeka as the victim. It is not believed to be suspicious at this time. Officers responded to the report of a non-injury accident in the 5600 block of K-18 Highway on January 22, 2019, at approximately 12:10 PM. When officers arrived on scene they found a 2010 Honda Civic driven by Mackenzie Hannon, 19, of Junction City and a 2018 Lincoln MKX driven by Areum Lee,…