CHERRYVALE, Kan. — A 35-year-old man is dead after being struck by a vehicle as he walked along a Kansas highway. KAKE-TV reports that Derrin Kebert Jr. was walking on the shoulder of U.S. 169 near Cherryville around 8 p.m. Thursday. The Kansas Highway Patrol says a northbound Dodge Journey sought to avoid an airborne object and struck Kebert. A Chevrolet Impala then struck the SUV. Kebert, of Cherryvale, died at the scene. The drivers were unhurt, as were two children in the SUV. The patrol did not identify the airborne object the SUV was avoiding.
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OLATHE, Kan. — A baseball field in suburban Kansas City is being named after a longtime coach who recently died after battling the coronavirus. WDAF-TV reports that Derek Leppert was an assistant baseball coach and a front office staff member at Olathe West High School in Olathe, Kansas. He died Sept. 10 from complications related to COVID-19. On Thursday, the high school announced it was naming its baseball field Derek Leppert Memorial Field. The Kansas Baseball Coaches Association also plans to present the Derek Leppert Assistant Coach of the Year Award every year in his honor.
TOPEKA, Kan. — A bill introduced in Congress would create additional historic sites to honor the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Brown v. Board of Education case that banned racial segregation in schools. The National Park Service maintains just one historic site linked to the 1954 ruling, in Topeka. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware and House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, a South Carolina Democrat, on Thursday announced their effort seeking historic site designations in four other places. While the Brown case was out of Topeka, it was actually combined with four similar cases for the…
On Friday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with K-State Riley County Research and Extension Director Gary Fike. We also spoke with Riley County Senior Center Program Coordinator Liz Nelson. K-State Police Chief Ronnie Grice and Lt. Brad Millington also joined the program. In our final segment we spoke with Ascension Via Christi Licensed Clinical Psychotherapist Dr. Tony Kubina.
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 in the 3000 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd in Manhattan on September 17, 2020, at approximately 9:44 am. Officers listed a 27-year-old male as the victim and…
A new program in the Manhattan area looks to help entrepreneurs. Spark Manhattan is a new nonprofit organization with a vision to connect, resource, and successfully launch new entrepreneurs in the Greater Manhattan region. Sarah Siders, Executive Director of Spark tells KMAN about the overall mission of Spark. “We’re wanting to grow innovation locally. We want to invest in those businesses and those ideas and that talent that’s building our community and bringing in outside dollars, and we want to keep the talent that we’re growing. We have so many great learning institutions right here in our area, and a…
The new Riley County emergency services radio system is now up and running. Emergency Management Director Pat Collins says the system went live Thursday morning even with just a few glitches. “We are live, it’s working great,” Collins told the Riley County Commission Thursday. “The coverage is phenomenal compared to what we have now.” The roughly $5.2 million project has been in the works for nearly five years. The 800 megahertz system will provide more coverage throughout the county for radios used by area emergency services. Preliminary tests show a 97.1% coverage in Riley County and the area 3 miles…
The Kansas State Finance Council has approved about $290 million for the third round of CARES Act funding. Kansas officials have determined, based on a SPARK survey, that they would like to emphasize three different areas during the third round of CARES Act funding. Tami Robison, Riley County budget and finance officer, says the three areas are public health with an emphasis on testing, business resiliency and workforce support with an emphasis on child supervision and essential needs and services with an emphasis on housing stability. “They do have potentially $105 million max allocated to public health, $120 million max…
USD 383 will continue the hybrid method of learning until the end of October, but the school board will continue work to improve upon the model. After being flooded with emails, phone calls, letters, and public comments from concerned parents, the board spent a majority of their meeting Wednesday hearing from teachers and staff about the possibility of changing back to the more traditional 5-day in-person schedule. The meeting started with public comments made by four parents, some of who already made comments at the previous meeting. Roxanne Peterson was one of the parents from last meeting, and since then…
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, criminal damage to property, and disorderly conduct near the intersection of N 9th St and Thurston St in Manhattan on September 16, 2020, at approximately 5:59 pm.…