The following is a summary of arrests, citations by the Riley County Police Department. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Mark Anthony Koch has previous convictions for theft, burglary battery and drugs, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections

DEJANEARA JEANNETTE MAY CARTER, 22, Manhattan, DUI; 1ST CONV; COMPETENT EVIDENCE OF BLOOD/; Bond $750

ANGEL NICOLE CARNE DAVIS, 44, Ogden, UNLAWFUL POSS OF STIMULANTS POSSESSION MARIJUANA, POSS OF PARA INTENT TO MANF C/S, USE/POSS PARA;INTO HUMAN BODY 1 UNLAWFUL POSS OF DEPRESSANTS; Bond $32,500

CHRISTOPHER EDWARD GENE CLARK, 38, Leonardville, BURGLARY;VEHICLE FOR FELONY,THEFT,SEX, DIST MARIJUANA; <30KGM, POSS OPIATES,OPIUM,NARCOTIC OR CERTAIN STIM, POSS OF PARA INTENT TO MANF C/S THEFT OF PROP/SERVICES; $1500K-$25K USE/POSS PARA;INTO HUMAN BODY; Exceptionally Cleared

MARK ANTHONY KOCH SR, 50, Wamego, Probation Violation; No Bond Reported

ADAM MICHAEL HOLLINGSWORTH, 26, Overland Park, Failure to Appear; Kansas Highway Patrol

JASON LOIS HARRIS, 34, Manhattan, DRIVING WHILE HABITUAL VIOLATOR; Bond $2000

DAVID ALLEN OVERBY, 26, Manhattan, DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED; 1ST CONVICTION FAILURE TO APPEAR; Bond $1250

HAL DEAN LUCAS, 51, Ogden, FAILURE TO APPEAR, AGG FAILURE TO APPEAR, Exceptionally Cleared

DESTINY RYAN ARNOLD, 17, St. George, THEFT OF PROP/SERVICES; <$1500; No Bond

ERICA ROSE ARNOLD, 15, St. George, THEFT OF PROP/SERVICES; <$1500; No Bond

MANHATTAN — Kansas State University’s McCain Performance Series is rolling out a star-studded lineup for 2018-2019 and making it easy to save while enjoying some of your favorite Hollywood, Broadway, music and dance headliners.

It’s Super Saver Sunday on July 29 at the McCain Open House and Single Ticket Sales Launch Party at McCain Auditorium. Everyone’s invited to save 15 percent off of single tickets to most McCain shows for the coming year, which include jazz great Chick Corea, blues/rock legends The Fabulous Thunderbirds, country artists Emmylou Harris and Wynonna, Strat Cat Lee Rocker, Manhattan Transfer with Take 6, and Sir James Galway. The performance series also offers Broadway shows, including “Legally Blonde,” “Monty Python’s Spamalot” and “The King and I,” and much more in theatre, music and dance.

The doors open at 1 p.m. Enjoy refreshments and watch a video preview of the upcoming McCain season. Show your completed ticket order form — download in advance atk-state.edu/mccain or get a copy at the open house — to get your number for McCain’s “take-a-number” ticket-ordering system. The box office opens at 2 p.m. and the last “take-a-number” will be given out at 3:30 p.m. Online sales of single tickets will also begin at 2 p.m. on July 29, but you must be present at the event to get the 15 percent discount. Phone orders will not be taken on July 29. This discount is only available for regularly priced adult tickets and cannot be combined with any other discount. The 15 percent discount is only available at the Super Saver Sunday Open House, and applies to most shows but not all. A complete list of the 2018-2019 McCain Performance Series is online at k-state.edu/mccain. The discount will not apply to Trevor Noah, Black Violin, Diana Krall, Judy Collins, “Stomp,” Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn, “Potted Potter” and Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox.

Remaining single tickets will be available at the McCain box office and by phone at 785-532-6428 from noon-4 p.m. Monday, July 30, and then Tuesdays through Friday from noon-4 p.m. for the rest of the season. Tickets also can be purchased online at k-state.edu/mccain anytime beginning 2 p.m. July 29; please note that the Super Saver Sunday discount is not available online.

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The following is a summary of arrests, citations by the Riley County Police Department. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Blake Graham -photo Johnson Co.

SHELBIE NICOLE SIZEMORE, 22, Manhattan, DUI; 1ST CONV; COMPETENT EVIDENCE OF BLOOD; Bond $1500

LUIS MIGUEL CAPO ROLON, 26, Manhattan, AGG DOMESTIC BATTERY; IMPEDE BREATHING/CH, CRIMINAL DAMAGE PROPERTY; <$1000, DOMESTIC BATTERY;KNOWING/RECKLESS BODILY; Bond $7000

COREY LEE WATKINS, 33, Manhattan, DOMESTIC BATTERY;KNOWING/RECKLESS BODILY, CRIMINAL DAMAGE PROPERTY; <$1000; Bond $2000

SHERUN ALLYSON REXRODE, 54, Junction City, DUI; 1ST CONV; COMPETENT EVIDENCE OF BLOOD, IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE;OPERATE W/O; Bond; $1000

BLAKE JAMES GRAHAM, 40, Overland Park, Failure to Appear; Overland Park Police

DICKINSON COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating two suspects on multiple drug charges as the result of law enforcement search in Chapman on Tuesday.

Matthew Schoettle. Photo courtesy Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office

The Dickinson County Drug Enforcement Unit with the assistance of officers with the Riley County Police Department and deputies from Dickinson County conducted a search warrant at 2998 Sage Road, Lot 8 in Chapman.

During the search of the residence, officers located more than 400 grams of marijuana, 336 hydrocodone pills, 40 grams of methamphetamine, one gram of cocaine, and drug paraphernalia.

Deputies arrested Matthew Good, 26, Manhattan and Matthew Schoettle, 28, Chap,man. They are being held in the Dickinson County jai.

Matthew Good. Photo courtesy Dickinson County Sheriff’s Department

Good faces two counts of possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance, three counts of possession of a controlled substance, felony possession of drug paraphernalia, no drug tax stamp, and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.

Schoettle faces three counts of possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance, four counts of possession of a controlled substance, felony possession of drug paraphernalia, no drug tax stamp, and unlawful to acquire drug proceeds, and possession of marijuana.

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The following is a summary of arrests, citations by the Riley County Police Department. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

David Overby-photo Shawnee Co.

DAVID ALLEN OVERBY, 26, Manhattan, CRIMINAL TRESPASS; DEFIANCE OF OWNER;Bond $1000

CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL BROCK, 25, Manhattan, THEFT OF PROP/SERVICES; $1500K-$25K;Bond $2000

RICHARD GAVIN BRUSK, 36, Manhattan, CRIMINAL RESTRAINT; Bond $1000

MARLIN STUART WIITA, 32, Hays,COMPUTER CRIME; UNAUTH ACCESS FAILURE TO APPEAR; Bond $1545

RANDALL ANTHONY FLANAGAN, 24, Ogden, Failure to Appear; Bond $4000

CHASITY LEANNE TRIPLETT, 36, Ogden, Probation Violation; $3000

DEVON TYLER PIZARRAS, 24, Ruth, MS, DUI; 1ST CONV; COMPETENT EVIDENCE OF BLOOD/; Bond $1500

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court announced the two cases it will hear in a special session Monday, September 24, at Manhattan High School, the next destination in the court’s ongoing outreach to familiarize Kansans with the high court, its work, and the overall role of the Kansas judiciary.

The court will be in session from 6:30 p.m. to about 8 p.m. in the auditorium at Manhattan High School, 2100 Poyntz Ave.

After the session concludes, the justices will greet the public in an informal reception outside the auditorium.

“The Supreme Court extends a personal invitation to the people of Manhattan and surrounding communities to come see your state’s highest court in action,” said Chief Justice Lawton Nuss. “It’s a much more personal experience than watching the online broadcasts we’ve provided of all our court sessions since 2012. Plus, we get the pleasure of visiting with you afterward.”

The docket for the September 24 special session includes two cases:

Appeal No. 116,690: State of Kansas v. Lee Edward Williams

Wyandotte County: (Criminal Appeal) Williams was charged and convicted of first-degree murder and criminal possession of a firearm in the 2013 killing of his child’s mother. Witnesses testified he shot the victim multiple times, then fled. In 2016, the district court sentenced Williams to life imprisonment with a minimum of 25 years served before parole eligibility for the first-degree murder conviction and a consecutive term of 20 months for criminal possession of a firearm. Issues on appeal include whether: 1) the State committed prosecutorial error in closing argument by stating Williams had lied; 2) the trial court erred in denying Williams’ Batson challenge; 3) the trial court erred in admitting autopsy photographs of the victim; and 4) the cumulative error denied Williams a fair trial.

Appeal No. 113,933: Carl B. Davis, Bankruptcy Trustee, in the Matter of Cheryl A. Harrell v. Mark A. Judd, O.D., and Mark A. Judd, O.D., P.A.

Barton County: (Petition for Review) Harrell, as administrator of her late husband’s estate, sold his optometry practice to Judd in 2006. The agreement obligated Judd to pay Harrell a percentage of the practice’s yearly gross revenues through 2015, provided those revenues exceeded a certain amount. Later, Judd decided the payments violated Kansas optometry law and stopped payment. Harrell sued Judd for breach of contract; she later declared bankruptcy. The district court entered summary judgment in favor of the bankruptcy trustee in 2015, one month after Harrell’s death. In 2016, the Court of Appeals held the purchase agreement was enforceable but reversed the district court’s denial of the bankruptcy trustee’s request for prejudgment interest and remanded with directions to award prejudgment interest. Issues on review are whether: 1) the payments made to Harrell were legal under Kansas optometry law; and 2) prejudgment interest should be awarded.

Summaries of the cases and briefs filed by the attorneys involved are available online by following the Manhattan Special Session link under What’s New on the Kansas judicial branch website at www.kscourts.org.

Anyone who wants to attend the special session should plan to arrive early to allow time to get through security screening. Doors open at 6 p.m. Court security offers these guidelines to ease the process:

• Do not bring food or drink.
• Do not bring large bags, large purses, backpacks, computer cases, or briefcases.
• Do not bring knives, pepper spray, firearms, or weapons.
• Do not bring electronic devices like laptop computers, handheld games, personal digital assistants, or tablets. If you must carry a cell phone, turn it off and store it out of sight while court is in session.

Audience members are prohibited from talking during oral arguments because it interferes with the attorneys’ remarks and questions asked by the justices. If someone arrives after proceedings start, or must leave the auditorium before it ends, he or she should be as quiet as possible entering and exiting the auditorium. Talking immediately outside the auditorium is also discouraged.

The special session will also be broadcast live over the Internet. The livestream may be accessed selecting the Watch Supreme Court Live! link on the judicial branch home page at www.kscourts.org.

Manhattan High School is the court’s 15th destination since 2011, when it first convened outside of the Kansas Judicial Center to mark the state’s 150th anniversary.

Stops in 2011 included the historic Supreme Court courtroom in the Capitol, and locations in Salina, Greensburg, and Wichita. The court visited Overland Park in 2012; Pittsburg in 2013; Kansas City, Kan., in 2014; Hays and Garden City in 2015; Topeka, Hiawatha, and Hutchinson in 2016; Winfield and Emporia in 2017; and Colby in 2018.

The court started conducting evening sessions when it visited Fort Hays State University in April 2015. That event drew a crowd of nearly 700 people. Subsequent evening sessions have also drawn crowds numbering in the hundreds.

By JIM MCLEAN

Several members of a task force formed by Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer to address the opioid crisis claim his refusal to consider Medicaid expansion undermines their work.

Sen. Barbara Bollier, left, a Mission Hills Republican, and Rep. Elizabeth Bishop, a Wichita Democrat, talking strategy after a meeting of the Substance Use Disorder Task Force on Thursday.
JIM MCLEAN / KANSAS NEWS SERVICE

State Sen. Barbara Bollier, a moderate Republican and retired physician from Mission Hills, called expansion and the increased federal funding it would trigger critical to implementing many of the recommendations being considered by the group.

“Everybody in that room, with possible exception of two or three, knows that expanding Medicaid would help us pay for the services we need to deal with this crisis,” Bollier said Thursday after the group’s most recent meeting.

But she said Greg Lakin, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment official leading the task force, has made expansion off limits for discussion.

“Because the governor doesn’t support it … we’re essentially not allowed to make that recommendation,” Bollier said. She said “it’s very possible” that members who disagree will issue a competing set of recommendations that include expansion.

Sheldon Weisgrau, a policy advisor to the pro-Medicaid expansion advocacy group Alliance for a Healthy Kansas, called the task force “a farce” in a series of tweets sent during Thursday’s meeting.

Honest minutes? Why would anyone care about that? (smh) https://t.co/FQ6YeuJzPT

— Bryan Thompson (@KSNewsBryan) July 26, 2018

At Gov’s Task Force on Substance Use Disorder. Rep. Bishop asks why discussion of #ExpandKanCare is not reflected in minutes. Chair Dr. Greg Lakin replies that they will only record and recommend policies the Gov will approve.

— (((Sheldon Weisgrau))) (@ACAResource) July 26, 2018

Lakin, the state’s chief medical officer, bristled at the contention that he imposed what amounts to a gag order. He insisted the directives were necessary to keep members focused on developing a targeted set of affordable and politically viable policy recommendations.

“There are a million different subjects and everybody’s got their own agenda,” Lakin said. For instance, he said also discouraged discussion of medical marijuana.

“I’m just trying to keep us on task,” he said.

After years of fruitless advocacy, the Kansas Hospital Association and organizations belonging to the alliance pushed an expansion bill through the Legislature in 2016. But then-Gov. Sam Brownback vetoed the measure and lawmakers failed by a few votes to override him.

Expansion advocates hoped that Colyer’s desire for a fresh start after serving for seven years as Brownback’s lieutenant governor would make him open to compromise on the issue.

That didn’t happen. Instead, Colyer, a Republican running to keep the office, quickly reiterated his opposition and lawmakers backed away from plans to force another showdown on the issue.

Current eligibility for KanCare, the state’s privatized Medicaid program, is limited to children, pregnant women, people with disabilities and low-income seniors in need of nursing home care.

Single adults without children aren’t eligible for KanCare regardless of income. Parents can qualify, but only if they earn less than a third of the federal poverty level, which for a family of four is less than $10,000 a year.

Expansion would make all Kansans who earn up to 138 percent of the poverty level eligible. That’s about $17,000 for an individual and roughly $34,000 for a family of four.

About 150,000 Kansans — mostly low-income adults — currently fall in what is known as the “Medicaid gap.” They’re ineligible for KanCare but unable to afford private coverage.

Colyer has said he favors helping low-income Kansans get better jobs rather than increasing their dependency on government.

The task force, officially known as the Substance Use Disorder Task Force,  is scheduled to deliver its recommendations to the governor by Sept. 1.

Jim McLean is managing director of the Kansas News Service. You can reach him on Twitter @jmcleanks. 

The following is a summary of arrests, citations by the Riley County Police Department. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

By MADELINE FOX

The number of children in foster care in Kansas went down in May and June, the first such two-month drop in more than a year.

The Department for Children and Families reported fewer kids in foster care in the past two months, its first consecutive drop in more than a year.
MADELINE FOX / KANSAS NEWS SERVICE

The Department for Children and Families reported 7,588 children in its custody at the end of June. Though the number of kids in care has dipped several times in the last year, it usually bumps back up. This is the first time DCF has had a two-month drop since December 2016.

University of Kansas economist Donna Ginther said that foster care numbers are headed in the right direction, that but it’s too early to tell if that indicates real change in Kansas child welfare.

“The fact that they’re removing fewer kids two months in a row is a good thing,” she said. “I don’t think it’s a trend yet.”

Ginther, who’s been leading a study examining the effect of Kansas welfare policies on foster care numbers, said she’d look for six months or more of consistent drops to indicate a turnaround at the agency — though she said DCF’s recent leadership change and the increased scrutiny from lawmakers could be making a dent in the state’s skyrocketing child welfare caseload.

Agency officials take a more optimistic view.

“We have been working diligently to change the landscape of child welfare in Kansas,” DCF spokeswoman Taylor Forrest said in an email.

Forrest said DCF credits the drop to a renewed focus on getting kids to permanency — usually reintegration with their families, adoption by another family, or, if they’re older, a transition to independent living — and opening up some DCF positions to people who aren’t licensed as social workers.

Casting a wider net for people to fill open positions “has allowed staff to spend more time focusing on prevention, keeping youth in their homes when safely possible,” she said.

The number of kids in DCF custody hit 7,048 in March 2017, and hasn’t dropped below 7,000 since.

DCF’s two contractors, St. Francis Community Services and KVC Kansas, have also been working to push down other numbers that indicate the system is overloaded. In September 2017, lawmakers were horrified to learn children in custody were spending the night in the contractors’ offices because beds couldn’t be found.

After hitting a high of 85 children sleeping in offices in April, the two contractors have driven that number down to almost zero. KVC, which handles the eastern half of the state, hasn’t had any children stay overnight in offices since May. St. Francis, in the west, kept the number of overnight stays in the single digits in June and July.

Children end up in offices overnight when there aren’t enough homes for those who are hard to place — often kids who need psychiatric help, children with behavioral issues, or older children.

Both contractors have been actively recruiting foster parents and opening up new group homes for kids needing round-the-clock supervision as they cope with the psychological symptoms of trauma.

Additionally, 85 children in DCF custody are missing or have run away. That puts DCF right around the 2016 national average with 1 percent of the kids in its custody unaccounted for. Forrest said the number of runaways is often higher in the summer because of the warmer weather and time off school.

Madeline Fox is a reporter for the Kansas News Service. You can reach her on Twitter @maddycfox. 

The following is a summary of arrests, citations by the Riley County Police Department. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

No arrests reported

RILEY COUNTY — One person was injured in an accident just after 9p.m. Monday near the intersection of Avery Avenue and Robinson Drive in Riley County, according to the RCPD activity report.

When officers arrived on scene they found a bicyclist, James Baustert, 15, of Manhattan had been struck by a vehicle. Baustert was transported to Via Christi for treatment of minor injuries.

The vehicle described as a dark colored truck fled the scene of the accident, according to RCPD spokesperson Hali Rowland.

The following is a summary of arrests, citations by the Riley County Police Department. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

No arrests reported

CITATION REPORT

RILEY COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a reported theft.

Just after 2p.m. Monday, police filed a report for theft at Casey’s General Store in the 300 block of Riley Avenue in Ogden, according to the Riley County Police Activity report.

A known female suspect took at estimated $1,177.00 from the business.

Police released no additional details.

WABAUNSEE COUNTY— One person was injured in an accident just after 9a.m. Tuesday in Wabaunsee County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Kia Sorento driven by Sara L. Diepenbrock, 47, Alma, was westbound on Kansas 31 Highway just west of Chicken Creek.

The vehicle left the roadway and entered the south ditch.

Diepenbrock was transported to Stormont Vail in Topeka. She was wearing a seat belt, at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

The following is a summary of arrests, citations by the Riley County Police Department. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Melinda Phan -photo courtesy Sumner Co.

CASSANDRA DAWSON, 45, DUI; INCAPABLE OF SAFELY DRIVING – 1ST CONV; Bond $750

WABAUNSEE COUNTY — One person was injured in an accident just before 8:30a.m. Wednesday in Wabaunsee County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Chevy Impala driven by Isaac Rasheed David, 20, Denver, was westbound on Interstate 70 at Snokomo Road.

The car started to leave the roadway to the left. The driver over-corrected and the car left the roadway to the right and struck a tree.

David was transported to Stormont Vail. He was wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

MANHATTAN — A traveling exhibition of works by artist Norma Bassett Hall, the only female founding member of the Prairie Print Makers, the Kansas-based organization established during the Great Depression to promote American artists’ work, will make a stop at Kansas State University’s Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art.

Norma Bassett Hall’s “Village Fountain,” 4 13/16 inches by 5 1/4 inches, is a color block print from 1929 and part of a private collection. The print is in the exhibition “Chipping the Block, Painting the Silk: The Prints of Norma Bassett Hall” that opens Aug. 7 at Kansas State University’s Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art.

“Chipping the Block, Painting the Silk: The Prints of Norma Bassett Hall” will run Aug. 7 through Dec. 15 in the Beach Museum of Art’s Wefald Gallery. Works displayed are from the first solo exhibition of Hall’s work since her death in 1957. Guest curator of the exhibition is Joby Patterson, an art historian based in Eugene, Oregon, and author of a book about the artist.

Born in Halsey, Oregon, in 1888, Hall was a watercolorist and oil painter, but her greatest love was printmaking. After studying at the School of the Portland Art Association and graduating from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she spent two years in Europe where she learned techniques of Japanese color block printing. She returned with husband and fellow printmaker Arthur Hall to live in Kansas, and later New Mexico, where she became part of the pioneer movement in the development of screen printing.

Hall was educated in early 20th-century America when the arts and crafts movement was all the rage. This training is revealed in her Japanese-influenced compositions and printing methods, according to Patterson, who also noted that Hall found inspiration in the diverse landscapes that she encountered in her extensive travels. The artist loved figural representation, particularly of subjects from other countries, and she always explored the possibilities of color. Patterson said many of the prints Hall made are unique in their range of hues.

Patterson has been a scholar of American printmaking for more than 30 years. Her 2002 book “Bertha E. Jaques and the Chicago Society of Etchers” was followed by her 2014 book, “Norma Bassett Hall: Catalogue Raisonné of Block Prints,” which traces the adventurous and creative life of Hall and her husband.

As guest curator of”Chipping the Block, Painting the Silk: The Prints of Norma Bassett Hall”, Patterson will share her decade of adventures researching Hall and organizing an exhibition about her work in a presentation from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, at the Beach Museum of Art. A book signing will follow.

Also related to the exhibition will be the interactive display, “Japanese Woodblock Printing in the West,” from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Beach Museum of Art. The display is part of the Art in Motion festival, a free celebration of art for everyone.

The Beach Museum of Art, at 14th Street and Anderson Avenue, is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free and free parking is available adjacent to the museum.