A groundbreaking ceremony for a new recreation center took place next to Anthony Middle School on Friday. The new facility will feature basketball courts, volleyball courts, pickleball courts, a walking track and artificial turf. Manhattan City Commissioner and former USD 383 Board of Education member Aaron Estabrook says this building is first in a series of rec centers set to be built in Manhattan. He also says these rec centers will be open to both middle-school students and Manhattan residents. Construction on the recreation-portion of the Anthony Middle School rec center is scheduled to finish in January 2021. Manhattan Mayor…
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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 false impersonation in the 2000 block of Plymouth Road in Manhattan on February 27, 2020 at approximately 8:51 AM. Officers listed a 60-year-old man as the victim when…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The suspect in the fatal shooting of a Kansas college football player and the wounding of current New York Giants cornerback Corey Ballentine will get a new competency hearing. A hearing to determine if Francisco Alejandro Mendez is competent to stand trial on first-degree murder charges was delayed Thursday after a doctor said Mendez had not been truthful or cooperated with his evaluation. After Mendez said he would cooperate, a new hearing was scheduled for March 9. Mendez faces 12 charges after the shooting last year that killed Dwane Simmons and wounded Corey Ballentine, just hours…
DURHAM, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say the driver of a pickup truck has died in a collision with a freight train in central Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash happened around 9 p.m. Thursday at a railroad crossing in the Marion County town of Durham. The patrol says 50-year-old Ronald Myhre, of Gypsum, died at the scene. The patrol says it is unclear why Myhre didn’t stop before hitting the Union Pacific train.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Topeka police say a 19-year-old man died in a shooting in central Topeka. Police said Ja’Sean Alston of Topeka was killed early Friday. WIBW reports arriving officers found Alston suffering from life-threatening injuries inside a car. He was taken to a hospital, where he died. Police did not provide any further information.
Kansas State University has licensed a technology that may lead to production of an antiviral drug to treat coronaviruses and noroviruses. This comes as worldwide concern increases over the novel cornavirus outbreak, COVID-19. A release from the university Friday said two K-State College of Veterinary Medicine virologists, Yungeong Kim and Kyeong-Ok “KC” Chang along with Wichita State University medicinal chemist William Groutas have been using grants from the National Institutes of Health to work on human norovirus therapeutics. They recently received a $3.7 million grant to develop antiviral drugs to treat Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, better known as the MERS…
Friday’s guests were Riley County Police Department Captain Josh Kyle discussing a new scam circulating in Manhattan, the Aggieville Substation project and Fake Patty’s Day planning and preparation as well as an update on the firing range project. Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks & Tourism warden Ben Jedlicka also joined us to highlight some upcoming activities including an art auction and dinner planned March 7 at Pottorf Hall.
The K-State Graduate School hosted its annual 3MT competition Thursday at the K-State Alumni Center. The competition was the final round following the previous competition held February 14. The competition consisted of eight graduate students from various areas of study at the K-State Graduate Schools, who each gave a 3-minute presentation on their research projects, which they have studied over the course of their graduate studies. After all presentations were given, the panel of three judges selected a 1st and 2nd place winner. Members of the audience then got to vote on who they thought performed the best, and the winner…
Pawnee Mental Health Services’ second annual Pancakes for Pawnee event that took place at the Early Edition restaurants in Manhattan Tuesday is believed to have topped fundraising numbers from last year. Estimates put the amount of money raised at around $17,000. Robbin Cole, the Pawnee Mental Health Services Executive Director, says they also saw the number of walk-in customers increase from 77 last year to about 112 this year along with an increase in the amount of pancakes served by about 200. Cole credits much of the event’s growth to advertising and expanding participation to both Early Edition restaurants. She…
On Thursday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with K-State Assistant Professor of Communication Studies and Assistant Director for the Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy Dr. Tim Shaffer. We also spoke with Pawnee Mental Health Executive Director Robbin Cole.