WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, he said Friday. The positive test comes a month until the election and after the president has spent the year largely downplaying the threat of the virus. Trump’s positive test comes just hours after the White House announced that senior aide Hope Hicks had come down with the virus after traveling with the president several times this week. Trump was last seen by reporters returning to the White House on Thursday evening and looked to be in good health. Trump is 74 years…
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Kansas State University continues to show importance of diversity and inclusion. In light of the recent ruling in the Breonna Taylor case in Kentucky, on Wednesday, the K-State President for Student Life along with the Multicultural Diversity and Inclusion Officer and others hosted a Day of Remembrance event. The event included a come-and-go vigil as well as a viewing of the documentary “The Killing of Breonna Taylor”, followed by a discussion. During the discussion, one attendee spoke about how important events like these are to furthering community engagement. Day of Remembrance Event (Steven Shaffur/KMAN) “It’s incredibly important to continue to…
Leslie Campbell, Pottawatomie County health director, spoke to KMAN Wednesday about the federal government’s COVID-19 vaccine operation. While the goal of the operation, known as Operation Warp Speed, is to have the first what will eventually be about 300 million COVID-19 vaccine doses available by January of 2021, local residents may not have access right away. “So much will go to each state and then will trickle down to the counties and different territories depending on what is available,” Campbell said. Who is able to receive the first doses will also vary and could be based on demographics such as…
WICHITA, Kan. — The paternal grandparents of a 10-year-old Kansas girl killed in a crash last week are suing the truck driver involved in the collision, along with his employer. The Wichita Eagle reports that Mark and Carrie Brady are seeking damages in excess of $75,000 from the driver and L.B. White Trucking Inc. of Wellington. The Bradys’ granddaughter, Anaiah Brady, along with her mother and three young siblings, all died in the accident on Friday when the family’s Ford Expedition collided with a loaded grain truck between Cheney and Clearwater. An investigation of the accident continues and no charges…
TOPEKA, Kan. — One person is hospitalized after a pre-dawn fire damaged an apartment building in Topeka. KSNT-TV reports that firefighters were called to the apartment complex around 2:30 a.m. Thursday. One occupant initially refused to leave. Once the fire was out, crews coaxed that person out. That person is hospitalized. Authorities didn’t immediately have a condition report but the injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. Damage to the complex is estimated at $125,000. Police believe the fire began in a kitchen on the second floor.
TOPEKA, Kan. — A 19-year-old Topeka man is now in custody and facing charges for a killing that happened more than three years ago. Authorities on Thursday announced that Javon A. Smith has been charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery. Police say Smith was arrested Thursday. It wasn’t immediately clear if he had an attorney. On March 4, 2017, Topeka police found five people injured in a shooting. One of them, 18-year-old Kianna C. Hodge, was found in a vehicle. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The other four victims survived.
TOPEKA, Kan. — An Ohio man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges after more than $1 million in plastic-wrapped bundles were found in his pickup truck during a traffic stop in Kansas. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Topeka on Thursday announced the guilty plea by 41-year-old Joseph Michael Martin of Euclid, Ohio. He faces sentencing in January. A Kansas Highway Patrol trooper stopped Martin for speeding on Interstate 70 in Ellsworth County on Sept. 20, 2018. A search of Martin’s 2016 GM pickup found $1.1 million in bundles hidden in metal pipes with welded caps that were in…
One person was sent to the hospital with serious injuries following a single-vehicle rollover accident near St. George Wednesday evening. The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office says a driver was headed westbound in a maroon Nissan Xterra on Elm Slough Rd. east of Vineyard Rd. when the accident occurred. Officers arrived on seen after receiving a 911 call about the incident to discover the driver had already been removed from the vehicle. The driver, who was the only person involved in the accident, was then sent Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. Officials are still investigating the accident and are not…
TOPEKA, Kan. — The top public health official in Kansas says the state has yet to see its biggest wave of coronavirus cases, suggesting the pandemic could spawn an average of 800 or even 900 new cases a day in coming months. State health department head and Dr. Lee Norman said Wednesday that Kansas is likely to surpass the record numbers of new cases it has seen recently. The state had an average of 646 new cases a day for the seven days ending Wednesday, second only to the 667 cases per day for the seven days ending Monday. Kansas…
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 theft in the 3100 block of Heritage Ct. in Manhattan on September 30, 2020, at approximately 11:22 a.m. Officers listed Heritage Ridge Apartments as the victim when it was…