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 1700 block of Fair Ln in Manhattan on September 24, 2020, at approximately 6:53 am. Officers listed a 35-year-old male as the victim when it was…
Author: KMAN Staff
On Friday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Riley County Police Department Capt. Josh Kyle.
A Kansas man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a man during a drug deal, and authorities say the Tinder dating app played a key role in tracking him down. The Wichita Eagle reports that 27-year-old Tanner Mora of Wichita was sentenced Wednesday for the killing in a health club parking lot. Lorenzo Wade’s body was found by a plastic bag of marijuana on Feb. 6, 2019. Prosecutors say Wade was killed during a drug deal that went wrong and turned into a robbery. A cellphone found with Wade included information from a Tinder account that helped…
SALINA, Kan. — Police in central Kansas say a 91-year-old man was hit and killed this week as he stood in the middle of a street in Salina. Police say the crash happened Monday afternoon, when a sport utility vehicle hit another vehicle, pushing it into 91-year-old James Price. Salina police say the 82-year-old driver of the SUV may have lost consciousness before hitting the vehicle. Police say Price was in the street standing next to the vehicle that was hit. He died from his injuries.
WICHITA, Kan. — Police have announced an arrest in the shooting death of a man earlier this week on Wichita’s east side. Television station KAKE reports that the shooting happened just before 3:30 a.m. Tuesday. Arriving officers found 42-year-old Jeremy Hutchens in a car with a gunshot wound. Hutchens died at the scene. Police said an investigation revealed that Hutchens had met another man, 22-year-old Christian Wohlford, for a property transaction when an argument ensued. Police say Wohlford shot Hutchens. A woman in the car was not injured. Police arrested Wohlford several hours after the shooting during a traffic stop.
TOPEKA, Kan. — Nearly half of the places reported by Kansas as linked to active coronavirus clusters of five or more cases are nursing homes. A state official has told legislators some homes still are struggling to find testing supplies despite heightened federal testing requirements. The state Department of Health and Environment’s latest weekly report on places linked to coronavirus clusters was issued Wednesday and named 29 with 14 tied to nursing homes. Meanwhile, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported that a Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services administrator told a legislative committee Wednesday that some nursing homes are struggling to…
A federal judge has dismissed a wrongful termination case brought on by a former Riley County employee. Olsburg resident Steven DeHart and the Riley County Commission agreed to a settlement Monday. DeHart worked as an environmental health specialist, but was fired in 2017. He had alleged the county commission violated his First Amendment rights after speaking up about a private sewer hookup on the property of Commissioner Ron Wells, who earlier this year began a repayment plan with the city after receiving years of free sewer service. DeHart also he alleged he blew the whistle on supposed public water environmental…
Kansas has set another record for its biggest seven-day spike in new coronavirus cases. The state’s top public health official said Wednesday that it’s a sign the state is seeing community spread of the virus even in “frontier” counties. The state health department reported 1,267 new confirmed and probable coronavirus cases since Monday, an increase of 2.3%, to bring the total to 55,226. The average number of new cases per day was 622 for the seven days ending Wednesday, beating the previous record average of 615 for the first seven days of September. The state also reported another 21 COVID-19-related…
Police in central Kansas say a 91-year-old man was hit and killed this week as he stood in the middle of a street in Salina. Police say the crash happened Monday afternoon, when a sport utility vehicle hit another vehicle, pushing it into 91-year-old James Price. Salina police say the 82-year-old driver of the SUV may have lost consciousness before hitting the vehicle. Police say Price was in the street standing next to the vehicle that was hit. He died from his injuries.
Whether it is finding a new hobby or learning something new, the UFM Community Learning Center has options. Linda Teener, director at the UFM Community Learning Center, tells KMAN there are several classes coming up. She says that one class that she is excited for is the upcoming book discussion over the book “How to Be an Anti-Racist”. She mentions that this is a perfect time for this class. “I think there’s need for somebody just to have some civil discourse around a lot of what’s going on with the protests in the world and in the United States. UFM…