KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Police have identified two suspects in a Kansas bar shooting that left four people dead and five others wounded. Police in Kansas City, Kansas, announced early Monday that 23-year-old Javier Alatorre was arrested Sunday afternoon in Kansas City, Missouri, while 29-year-old Hugo Villanueva-Morales is still at large. Both men have been charged with four counts of first-degree murder. Authorities had said the two men had apparently gotten into some sort of disagreement with people inside Tequila KC Bar, left, then returned with handguns early Sunday. Around 40 people were inside the small bar when gunfire…
Author: KMAN Staff
Manhattan Virtual Academy Principal Brooke Blanck joined us to highlight the online learning program at USD 383 Manhattan/Ogden Schools which is now in its 13th year with an enrollment of more than 160 students this fall. Manhattan Parks and Recreation, Sunset Zoo and the T. Russell Reitz Animal Shelter was the focus of the second half of our program. Guests included Erin Pennington, Communication Coordinator for the Vice President of Research for Kansas State University highlighting Science in Communication Week activities; Sunset Zoo Marketing and Development Officer Melissa Kirkwood previewing Spooktacular Oct. 26-27 at the zoo; and Animal Shelter Director…
Members of the public were able to hear from some of the Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 school board candidates on Sunday. The other two candidates running for school board who were not present are Brandy Santos and Joseph Dasenbrock. Hosted by the League of Women Voters at the Manhattan Public Library, Candidates Kristin Brighton, Darell Edie, and Curt Herrman. Edie and Herrman are currently on the board running for re-election while Brighton is running for one of the seats. The full audio can be found below. The first question asked by the league was about the three biggest challenges facing the…
Economic development, representation and the pending sales tax ballot question were among multiple topics discussed by Manhattan City Commission candidates at a Sunday Forum. Eight candidates vying for three seats on the commission took part in the forum, hosted by the nonpartisan League of Women Voters of Manhattan/Riley County with support from the American Association of University Women, Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce and News Radio KMAN. Two of the seats have four-year terms while the candidate receiving the third most votes will serve for two. The seats are currently held by Mike Dodson, Jerred McKee and Linda Morse –…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has joined a legal battle to save a federal program that shields young immigrants from deportation. Kelly’s move Friday puts the Democratic governor and Republican Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt on opposite sides of a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Kelly signed onto written legal arguments opposing President Donald Trump’s attempt to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Kelly joined Democratic Montana Gov. Steve Bullock and the Democratic attorneys general of Michigan and Nevada. Schmidt has joined 11 other GOP state attorneys general and Mississippi’s Republican Gov. Phil Bryant…
A change order for the Riley County emergency services radio system upgrade was approved by the Riley County commissioners on Thursday. One of the items included in the change order was an expansion to the timeline for completion. Emergency Management Director Pat Collins explained why the project’s completion is being pushed from June 2020 to October 2020. “One was that initial six months that they didn’t do anything. The other was the time it took them once we found out the towers indicated in the bid weren’t going to work. We had to go find other towers and locations,” Collins…
On Friday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Research and Extension Riley County 4H Agent John Jobe and Pott County 4H Agent Daniel Skucius. We also spoke with Manhattan CVB Director Karen Hibbard. We also previewed OZtoberfest 2019 with Wamego Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Daryn Soldan, Wizard of Oz historian John Fricke and actress Hannah Emery who plays Dorothy in the stage production at The Columbian Theatre this weekend.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Aircraft parts maker Spirit AeroSystems has seen its stock price decline by 20 percent since the Boeing 737 Max jet was grounded but continues to churn out fuselages in anticipation of a rebound when the plane flies again. Spirit’s president and CEO Tom Gentile says the Wichita-based company is building 52 fuselages a month, although Boeing reduced its production to 42 completed planes per month after two deadly crashes. The Wichita Eagle reports that he says it would take “a very long time to come back” if production was reduced. For now the extra fuselages are…
The Manhattan Fairy Godmothers Hand Up Grant Committee recently awarded $3,000 financial assistance grants to two Manhattan Area Technical College students from the area. Chelsea Smith, who is enrolled in the Associate Degree of Nursing program and Bethany Johnson, who is also working toward a career in the nursing field were each presented with the grants in early September. The hand-up grant (or HUG grant as it’s more commonly known) is a financial assistance award for a program that will lead to employment or job advancement. Candidates must be a woman 18 years or older enrolled or accepted in a…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Sedgwick County District Attorney is investigating Wichita Mayor Jeff Longwell’s actions regarding a city contract for a new water plant. District Attorney Marc Bennett said Thursday in a news release that his office received several concerns from one individual after The Wichita Eagle reported Sunday that Longwell steered the contract to a partnership that included friends of his. Bennett’s spokeswoman, Georgia Webb, said the office would not release details about the concerns. The Eagle’s report said Longwell persuaded the City Council to give the nearly $524 million contract away from a nationally known design team…