Kansas will follow new federal guidance that people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will no longer need to wear masks or socially distance, with some exceptions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the new guidelines Thursday. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said the state will adopt the policy, effective immediately. The CDC said fully vaccinated people can stop wearing masks in outdoors in crowds and indoors, except in crowded settings like buses, planes, hospitals, prisons and homeless shelters. Kelly announced Wednesday the state will offer the Pfizer vaccine to children 12 and older, after the CDC approved the change.
Author: Troy Coverdale
Troy Coverdale
Currently the host of "KMAN's Morning News", Troy is a 30 year veteran of radio, nearly 20 in northern Colorado, where he served as the "Voice of the UNC Bears" while serving as the news and sports director for one of the oldest AM stations in the country. No stranger to Manhattan nor Kansas, Troy is an alum of K-State in broadcast journalism and grew up near Circleville. He began his broadcast career with KSDB-FM on campus while working part time at another radio station in town. He's married to the former Monica Haugsness of Seneca, who has patiently put up with his schedule for more than 25 years.
With the likely approval of the Pfizer version of the coronavirus vaccine expected by the CDC this morning (WED), local pediatricians are trying to ease concerns parents may have over the potential of long-term effects. Dr. Mark Duff with Pediatric Associates says what people view as quickness in the development of the vaccines was actually tremendous efficiency. As for youngsters who have coronavirus antibodies in their systems, Duff still suggests they get vaccinated. The Riley County Health Department is scheduling a May 20th event to give doses to those between the ages of 12 and 15 and should receive a…
Kansas State University has named what they term as a “national voice on the future of land-grant universities” to the post of vice president for research. David Rosowski comes to Manhattan from the University of Vermont where he is currently serving as a professor of civil engineering. He had previously served and senior vice president there, after stints at RPI, Texas A&M and Oregon State. Rosowski will be a member of President Richard Myers’ cabinet and is to begin his duties at K-State in July. Myers stated in a news release Tuesday that Rosowski is “an innovator and accomplished communicator”…
A Kansas priest who died in a prisoner of war camp during the Korean War will be buried in Wichita on Sept. 29. The family of the Rev. Emil Kapaun and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita announced Tuesday that Kapaun’s remains will be flown from Hawaii on Sept. 25. His body will be taken to his hometown of Pilsen, where it remain until Sept. 27, when the remains will be returned to Wichita. A vigil and funeral Mass will be held at Hartman Arena on Sept. 28 and 29. Kapaun’s remains were identified in March. The Roman Catholic Church…
A mural depicting a number of scenes tied to the Douglass community in Manhattan is being painted at the new Activity Center there by a Wichita native. EuGene V. Byrd III returned to his home state from Atlanta to paint the piece that has the man who led the Exodusters to Kansas, Benjamin “Pap” Singleton, at its center. Byrd credits high school friend Lee McFarley, who now lives in Manhattan, with tipping him off about the city’s request for proposals on the project. He says he spent two weeks learning of the history the mural depicts before putting his proposal…
Top Republican legislators and Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly are negotiating over funding for Kansas public schools and proposals aimed at helping some parents send their children to private schools. Conservative Republicans have tried to tie an increase in aid to the state’s 286 local public school districts to “school choice” initiatives but have been unable to pass a bill with that combination. Democrats and education groups would prefer to provide the dollars with no new strings. Kelly’s office and GOP leaders hadn’t reached a deal Thursday. However, the Republican-controlled Legislature cannot wrap up its business for the year without resolving…
The board that oversees Kansas’ higher education system has appointed Richard Muma as the new Wichita State University president. The decision Thursday by the Kansas Board of Regents to make Muma the university’s 15th president is effective immediately. Muma had been serving as interim president since September, when former president Jay Golden resigned after less than a year on the job. Muma’s deep ties to the university span 25 years during which he twice served as interim president and has been a professor, department chair, executive vice president and provost.
Ford County authorities say a 23-year-old Garden City man has died from injuries he suffered in a crash during a law enforcement pursuit. Sheriff Bill Carr said Wednesday that Luis Salgado was injured when he was thrown from his vehicle after it rolled on Sunday. Authorities say Salgado was a suspect in a stabbing in Garden City. The chase began in Gray County, when deputies saw his vehicle near Cimarron on Highway 50. The chase went into Ford County and Dodge City, and ended when Salgado’s vehicle hit a power pole and rolled several times.
A 31-year-old Kansas City man has been convicted of participating in a conspiracy to steal more than 1,400 cell phones in several states. Federal prosecutors say the phones were resold. The total loss in the thefts was more than $1 million. Bryan Kirkendoll II was found guilty of eight counts in federal court on Wednesday. Prosecutors say Kirkendoll and Victor Chernetskiy, also of Kansas City, stole electronic devices – primarily cell phones – from stores in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, and Oklahoma, and then resold them. They committed 48 burglaries from November 2018 to June 2019. Chernetskiy pleaded guilty last year…
St. George police have taken a man wanted on five different warrants from two counties into custody after finding him driving a vehicle stolen from Wichita. Jeffrey Keith Mendez faces a total of 12 charges including felony theft and four counts of failure to appear. He initially gave police a false name and was driving with a fake license plate on the vehicle. Mendez was wanted on three warrants from Sedgwick County and two from Shawnee County when police arrested him Tuesday morning near Saint George Elementary.