WELLINGTON, Kan. — Police say the suspect in a shooting death in Wellington turned himself into authorities. Twenty-one-year-old Walter Edward Taylor III, of Wellington, was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder. Wellington police chief Tracy Heath says Taylor is a suspect in the death of 34-year-old Travis Schneider, also of Wellington. Heath says Taylor was a passenger in a car driving next to a truck driven by Schneider Wednesday in Wellington. The two men got into an argument and Taylor fired one shot, which hit Schneider, who died at the scene. Taylor was arrested after he turned himself in. Heath…
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan — A 26-year-old Kansas man is charged with battery of a law enforcement officer during a protest against racism and police violence in Overland Park. Darrien Richmond, of Shawnee, was charged Saturday and was released on $2,500 bail. Overland Park spokesman Sean Reilly said Richmond caused scrapes and bruises on an officer’s hands during the protest. Reilly did not have details about how the officer was injured. Organizers of the protest say Richmond was running to protect his wife when he was arrested. Richmond was one of four people arrested after a protest involving about 30 people.…
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Leaders of a city in Kansas say addressing systemic racism will be a key budget priority in the coming years. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the Lawrence City Commission on Saturday outlined the goal as part of the city’s new strategic plan. The plan will be used to guide city budget decisions for the next three years. Protesters in Kansas and across the U.S. have been taking to the streets to speak out against the death of George Floyd in Minnesota police custody. Lawrence Commissioner Lisa Larsen Larsen says the city now needs to take bold action…
Manhattan PIO Vivienne Uccello joined us Friday for our three-time a week Riley County COVID-19 update.
The Kansas Department of Agriculture is asking the public to report receipt of any unsolicited packages of seeds. The KDA has been notified that several Kansas residents have received unsolicited packages containing seeds that appear to have originated from China. The types of seeds in the packages are unknown at this time. The packages were sent by mail; some have been labeled as jewelry and they may have Chinese writing on them. Unsolicited packages of seeds have been received by people in several other states across the United States over the last several days. If you receive a package of…
*Updated 9:30 a.m. Saturday The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has confirmed one new death related to COVID-19 in Riley County. The death involved a 96-year-old woman who was a resident of Leonardville Nursing Home. The woman died on June 26 after testing positive for COVID-19 on June 10, although she was not showing symptoms at the time of the test. KDHE notified the health department and the Office of Vital Statistics classified her cause of death as COVID-19. She is the second Leonardville Nursing Home resident and fourth Riley County resident to die from COVID-19. The nursing home…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ open Senate race has generated close to $14 million worth of ads, with two-thirds of the spending coming from political action committees as establishment Republicans fight to keep hard-right conservative Kris Kobach from winning the GOP nomination. The Senate Leadership Fund, aligned with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, launched television and radio spots this week praising western Kansas Rep. Roger Marshall, the GOP establishment’s pick in an 11-person field in the Aug. 4 primary. The American Bankers Association’s PAC also began running a pro-Marshall television ad featuring the Kansas Bankers Association’s CEO. Political committees are spending more than $9.3 million so far on…
Release from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Warning in effect for Milford Lake, Zone B and C. TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), in cooperation with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will initiate treatment for blue-green algae at Milford Reservoir in Geary County on Tuesday, July 28, using a hydrogen peroxide-based algaecide. This project is part of the KDHE’s efforts to investigate and demonstrate in-lake treatment options to reduce the frequency and duration of Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) events on public waters. Milford Reservoir…
The Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 school board voted to push back the school start date to Aug 26. The vote came during a special meeting due to the state school board’s rejection of the governor’s school delay order. The original calendar approved by the board in March had a start date of Aug 12. Superintendent Dr. Marvin Wade says they haven’t yet made a commitment to how they will reopen as to give the public enough time to see the detailed plan. The reason is that he and the reopening teams will bring draft number two of the reopening plan to…