With one week until Election Day and the deadline for requesting mail-in ballots being today at 4:30 p.m., a last-minute brush up on advanced voting may just save you some time and hassle. Advanced voting does, in fact, have a few advantages. “You can go ahead and vote if you’re not going to be around on election day,” Nancy McCarter, the clerk for Pottawatomie County, said. “And if the weather is bad on election day, you can go ahead and get that process done and there’s no line. There’s no waiting time” Advanced voting in person can be done at…
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A lack of volunteer firefighters for Riley County could lead to the closure of one of the stations. Emergency Management Director and Fire District 1 Chief Pat Collins spoke to the Riley County commission on Monday on the state of the Peach Grove Fire Station. He says two of the three active volunteers from that station recently told him they were leaving. Currently, volunteers from other stations have to respond to calls from the Peach Grove station. “It’s been a tough station to fill with people because it doesn’t run many calls. There’s 13 total calls over the last 4…
Tuesday’s edition of In Focus was jammed packed with guests starting with Riley County Schools’ Citizens Advisory Committee Chair Joel Garver, Committee Member Karen Schroeder, and Facilities Committee Chair Nathan Mead discussing the USD 378 bond. Next up, we had Kiwanis members previewing the ribbon cutting for the Bluemont overlook sign project. Then on our final segment, we had Kendra Kuhlman previewing the Flint Hills Discovery Center Foundation’s Bison, Beef and Bourbon event.
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 criminal damage to property in the 1800 block of Claflin Road in Manhattan on October 28, 2019, at approximately 8:20 AM. Officers listed a 19-year-old female as the victim…
Flu Vaccine Shortage Residents of Pottawatomie County wanting to get a flu vaccine through the county’s health department may have to wait a little while. Pottawatomie County Health Director Lisa Kenworthy told the Pottawatomie County Commission during their meeting Monday morning that the county currently has a shortage of flu vaccines, but they are not the only ones. “It (the flu vaccine) goes to the CDC after it’s been manufactured,” Kenworthy said. “The CDC, after their testing, then releases the lots and once those lots — numbers are released, then they distribute it. And so there’s kind of been a…
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Police say they are investigating a fatal shooting near an office center in Overland Park. Overland Park Police Department spokesman John Lacy says police responded to the shooting at Deer Creek Office Center at about 8:45 a.m. Monday. The Kansas City Star reports that the victim was in his 60s and worked in one of the businesses in the office park. He has not been identified publicly. Police were investigating the death as a homicide No suspect information has been released.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 46-year-old man is facing several charges after stealing a piece of heavy equipment and driving it through several Topeka yards. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the man stole the construction equipment early Sunday morning and drove it through several yards in northeast Topeka. Topeka police evacuated several homes as a precaution before using bean bag pellets to stop the man driving the loader. Police Capt. Colleen Stuart says the man refused to stop and turned the loader toward police before officers fired the nonlethal rounds at him. The man has been charged with felony theft, criminal…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kris Kobach has acknowledged in a diversion agreement that he failed to properly supervise to his staff while representing himself as the then Kansas secretary of state during federal court proceedings. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the confidential agreement resolves complaints made to the Kansas Disciplinary Administrator’s Office about Kobach’s conduct in a voter registration case. Details of the findings aren’t disclosed under Kansas rules, but a public notice of the agreement says Kobach stipulates he didn’t properly supervise lawyers and non-lawyers during the litigation. The lawsuit involved a challenge to a Kansas law requiring voters to…
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 rape in Manhattan on October 25, 2019. Officers listed a 27-year-old female as the victim and a male known to her as the suspect. Due to the nature of…
On Monday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with K-State Provost Dr. Charles Taber. We also spoke with Cathy Scroggs, Judy Regehr and Lucy Williams with Manhattan Fairy Godmothers.