Wednesday’s In Focus guests included USD 384 Blue Valley-Randolph Superintendent Brady Burton as well as USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden Assistant Superintendent Eric Reid and Board member Dave Colburn.
Author: KMAN Staff
Disc golf enthusiasts and residents near Warner Park came out in force to speak their mind on the Warner Memorial Park Master Plan at Tuesday’s Manhattan City Commission work session. Warner Memorial Park is an 89-acre park that was acquired by the city in 1957 through donations by Kern Warner as well as purchases made possible by a community fundraising effort. At the time, the parkland was outside the city’s limits and had to be reached via county roads. The original intent was for what was eventually named Warner Memorial Park was to maintain it as natural as possible, though…
Officers filed a report for criminal deprivation of property in the 2400 block of Buttonwood Cir in Manhattan on November 27, 2018 at approximately 9:10 PM. Officers listed Concetta gay, 57, of Manhattan as the victim when she reported a known female suspect did not return her Nissan Rogue and iPhone after letting her borrow them. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $21,000.00. George McGrew, 19, of Manhattan was arrested while in the 2200 block of Green Ave. in Manhattan on November 27, 2018 at approximately 5:05 PM. McGrew was arrested on offenses of possession of…
LEAVENWORTH — Authorities are investigating the death of an inmate at a privately-run federal prison in Leavenworth. The Kansas City Star reports 29-year-old Dillon Lane Reed died on Thanksgiving at the Leavenworth Detention Center. Reed’s attorney said he was notified of his client’s death but was not told the cause of death or any circumstances. Reed was being on federal drug charges. The prison is operated by CoreCivic, a Tennessee-based company formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America. The U.S. Marshals Service confirmed Reed’s death and said an autopsy was conducted. The agency contracts with the company to house federal…
MARYSVILLE — An inmate has been sentenced to 47 years in prison for setting a fire and shooting at officers while escaping from a Kansas jail with another inmate. The Wichita Eagle reports that 31-year-old Matson Zane Hatfield was sentenced Tuesday for attempted murder and other charges for the October 2017 escape from the Marshall County jail, near the state’s border with Nebraska. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says Hatfield fled to a nearby home and later surrendered. A pickup truck also was stolen at gunpoint from a county employee. The KBI says 47-year-old Jeffrey Guenther was arrested after rolling…
WICHITA — The mother of a 3-year-old Kansas boy whose body was found encased in concrete says she wants new legal representation because her attorney “has it in his mind that I’m guilty” and “has not helped me fight my case.” The Wichita Eagle reports that Miranda Miller’s hand-written motion is dated Nov. 13. A hearing in her case is scheduled for Wednesday. Miller previously testified against her boyfriend, 41-year-old Stephen Bodine, in exchange for the chance to plead guilty to a less serious charge in the death of her son, Evan Brewer. Prosecutors say the couple tortured Evan for…
Employee accidents at K-State will no longer be reported on paper forms. Human Capital Services unveiled a new electronic incident report site on November 19th for employees to report accidents or injuries that occurred while working at the university. K-State hopes the new process will “provide a better user experience for the employee, department and administration.” The new site will also help speed up reporting of work-related incidents to be assessed by the State Self Insurance Fund. The new report site can be found at K-State.edu/hcs/incident.
Tuesday’s guests on In Focus were Pottawatomie County Administrator Robert Reece, Emergency Manager Chris Trudo, Fire Supervisor Jared Barnes, EMS Director Hal Bumgarner.
WICHITA — The upcoming trial over the Kansas derailment of an Amtrak passenger train has been cancelled after Cimarron Crossing Feeders admitted its runaway feed truck damaged the railroad track. Trial had been scheduled to start next week to determine who is responsible for the March 2016 derailment of Amtrak’s Southwest Chief City near Cimarron, about 20 miles west of Dodge. More than two dozen people were injured. A federal judge summarily found earlier this month that there was no legal fault on the part of Amtrak or BNSF, which owns the track. That left only Cimarron as potentially liable…
WICHITA — A new government snapshot show mostly adequate topsoil and subsoil moisture supplies for Kansas crops. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that about 87 percent of the winter wheat planted in the state this fall has now emerged. The agency rated winter wheat condition as 9 percent excellent, 37 percent good and 38 percent fair. Just 16 percent was rated as poor or very poor. Meanwhile, the harvest for other Kansas farm crops is rapidly drawing to a close. About 94 percent of the corn has been harvested in the state, along with 92 percent of the…