MANHATTAN—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a reported theft.
Just after 11p.m. Wednesday, police filed the report for theft of an air conditioner in the 400 block of Bluemont Ave. in Manhattan, according to the Riley County Police Department activity report.
A male and female suspect known to the victim took the air conditioner, according to police. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $800.00.
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.
ANTHONY JULES NYGRAHAM, 21, Manhattan, BURGLARY;VEHICLE TO STEAL GUN; Bond $3000
Lucas has previous convictions for robbery and drugs, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections
HAL DEAN LUCAS, 52, Ogden, AGG ESCAPE FROM CUSTODY;HELD FOR FELONY; Bond $2500
EVAN JOHN HAVERKAMP, 22, Manhattan, DOMESTIC BATTERY;KNOWING/RECKLESS BODILY H; Bond $1000
KIMBERLY DAWN OBRECHT, 31, Manhattan, CRUELTY TO ANIMALS; ABANDON W/O CARE FAILURE TO APPEAR, CRUELTY TO ANIMALS; ABANDON W/O CARE CRUELTY TO ANIMALS; ABANDON W/O CARE; Bond $500
ENRIQUE MIRANDA MUNOZ, 20, Topeka, STALKING;AFTER SERVED PROTECTION ORDER VIO PROTECTION ORDER; UNK CIRC;Bond $7000
JOHN LOGAN LEROY GALLOWAY, 25, Manhattan, $2500CRIM USE OF FINANCIAL CARD- <$1000; Bond and Failure to Appear; Bond $500
JENNIFER MARIE KIRWIN, 39, Topeka, Probation Violation; Bond $5000
NATHANAEL THOMAS KORDYAK, 20, Manhattan, Probation Violation; Bond $3000
JERAH BELL GASSER, 25, Belvue, POSS OPIATES,OPIUM,NARCOTIC OR CERTAIN STIMUL, USE/POSS PARA;INTO HUMAN BODY; Bond $3000
GEARY COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating three suspects on conspiracy to commit capital murder and violation of a no contact order, according to Police Captain Trish Giordano.
Rodriguez-photo Kansas Dept. of Corrections
The KBI and Junction City / Geary County Drug Operations Group in a joint investigation arrested Amanda Lynn Edison, 34, Grandview Plaza, Samuel Ibarra-Chu, 28, Grandview Plaza and Gregory Elias Rodriguez, 48, Junction City.
They are all being held without bond at the Geary County Detention Center, pending a first court appearance.
Rodriguez has a previous conviction for theft, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.
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.
LUKE BOSTON NAPIER, 24, Manhattan, DUI; 1ST CONV; COMPETENT EVIDENCE OF BLOOD/; Bond $750
BETTY JOYCE WRIGHT, 64, Ogden, DOMESTIC BATTERY;RUDE PHYSICAL CONTACT; Bond $1000
EVAN JOHN HAVERKAMP, 22, Manhattan, VIO PROTECTION ORDER; UNK CIRC; Bond $2000
YIFAN LYU, 23, Manhattan, Failure to Appear; Bond $500
MOHAMMAD AL-HUZAIMI; 43, Manhattan,AGGRAVATED ASSAULT;USE DEADLY WEAPON, CRIMINAL DAMAGE PROPERTY; <$1000, CRIMINAL RESTRAINT, DOMESTIC BATTERY;KNOWING/RECKLESS BODILY; Bond $10,000
PAUL ANDREW BILSON, 25, Wichita, FORGERY;POSS W/INTENT DIST WRITTEN INST – 1ST, THEFT BY DECEPTION; <$1,500, Bond $3000
JOSHUA OWEN CORNELL, 23, Clay Center, Failure to Appear; Clay County Sheriff
ZACHARIAH SAMUEL WINTER LAKE, 22, Topeka, THEFT OF PROP/SERVICES; <$1500; Douglas County Sheriff
By STEPHEN KORANDA
Do you need a babysitter to watch your kids while you campaign for public office? That’s now considered a valid campaign expense in Kansas.
State Rep. Eileen Horn being sworn into office last year. She says being able to use campaign funds for occasional child care will make it easier for parents like her to run for, and hold, public office.
FILE PHOTO / KANSAS NEWS SERVICE
The Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission said in an 8-1 vote this week that campaign funds, such as donations, may be used to pay for child care. However, that child care must be directly related to campaigning or serving in office.
Commission member Jerome Hellmer said the change could help level the playing field and make it easier for parents to run for office.
“If we make it more difficult for someone to seek a public office and to serve simply because they are a parent,” he said, “that is a concern.”
It’s a situation Democratic state Rep. Eileen Horn has dealt with. Running and holding office includes many of the challenges working parents face. Horn said serving as a lawmaker also requires working early mornings and late evenings.
“That’s when a lot of community events happen, especially evenings and weekends,” she said. “In order to connect with your constituents and be a good public servant, you attend those events.”
Horn and her husband have two boys, a baby and a 3-year-old.
“Often, I can bring my kids, and that helps a little bit, but the 10-month-old doesn’t like to sit still for very long at all,” Horn said. “So we have a list of about a half a dozen babysitters on constant rotation.”
She said the long hours are already a barrier for some people to run for and serve in public office. The cost of child care can be another barrier, considering the salary lawmakers make.
Legislators in Kansas make $88 per day of the session, plus another $144 per day to cover expenses. They also have a retirement package. In a normal 90-day session, the salary and expenses allowance would total just under $21,000.
Horn welcomed the ethics commission decision and said she may look into using campaign funds for child care in the future.
“I’m thrilled,” she said. “I think we really need to work hard to make public service something that young people and that families can do more easily.”
Horn replaced another lawmaker, John Wilson, who has two children and stepped down last year because he said his time was being divided between the Legislature, his career and his family.
Ethics Commission Executive Director Mark Skoglund said staff drafted the change after receiving multiple inquiries about the issue, including from women running or holding office.
The Federal Election Commission issued a similar decision earlier this year.
“We utilized that as our guide in writing the opinion,” Skoglund said.
Skoglund said Wednesday’s decision is narrow and doesn’t open the door to other uses of campaign funding.
“Legitimate campaign expenditures,” Skoglund said, “is a fairly strictly limited area.”
Corrected: This story originally listed the wrong vote total for the ethics commission.
Stephen Koranda is Statehouse reporter for KPR, a partner in the Kansas News Service. Follow him on Twitter @kprkoranda.
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.
DREW JAMELLE HORCHEM, 27, Manhattan, DUI; 1ST CONV; COMPETENT EVIDENCE OF BLOOD; Bond $750
BREANNA MARIE CAROLINE JACKSON, 18, Junction City, DOMESTIC BATTERY;KNOWING/RECKLESS BODILY; Bond $1000
JEFFREY WILLIAM SWART, 29, Manhattan, CRIMINAL RESTRAINT, ASSAULT, DOMESTIC BATTERY;KNOWING/RECKLESS BODILY, ENDANGERING A CHILD < 18 YOA; Bond $4000
DALTON MICHAEL LUND, 20, Gladstone, Mo., POSSESSION MARIJUANA; 1 PRIOR, LIQUOR; PURCHASE BY MINOR 18-20 YRS; UNKNOW; Bond $1500
Photo courtesy Kansas State University
MANHATTAN — For the third year in a row, Money magazine is recognizing Kansas State University as the top university value in Kansas. The ranking is the second in recent months that highlights the university’s position as the best educational investment in the state.
Quality of education, affordability and various student outcome factors are used to determine the magazine’s best colleges, with Kansas State University taking the top spot among the schools in Kansas that met Money’s ranking criteria. Among the areas where the university leads in Kansas is the average starting salary of new graduates. The $50,000 average for a new alumnus of K-State is $500 higher than that for new graduates of the second-place school on the magazine’s state list, the University of Kansas.
In May, SmartAsset, a financial services company, rated Kansas State University as the state’s best education value for the fourth year in a row.
“As the new provost of Kansas State University, these strong national rankings show me that this university’s academic programs are among its many strengths,” said Charles Taber. “When our new graduates are commanding the highest average starting salary in the state, it shows they are in demand and are graduating with the education and skills that employers seek. I look forward to doing all I can to help K-State continue as the best educational value in the state and to help further build its brand as a national educational value.”
The No. 1 choice of Kansas high school graduates, Kansas State University’s most recent postgraduation survey shows a 95-percent placement rate in students securing a job or continuing their education. The university, which offers more than 250 majors and options, makes affordability a priority, awarding more than $248 million in student aid last year, including more than $38 million in scholarships.
Award-winning faculty and key student services, such as K-State First, the university’s first-year student success program, and the Career Center, which last year brought more than 800 employers to campus to interview students about jobs and internships, are just a few of the ways K-State helps students stay on track to degree completion and be career ready once they graduate.
K-State also ranks highly with its students, according to the latest survey by The Princeton Review, which rates K-State No. 4 for best quality of life, No. 6 for best athletic facilities, No. 7 for best health services and No. 8 for happiest students. Students also love the university’s home, in Manhattan, rating K-State No. 3 in the nation for great town-gown relations.
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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.
JOSE MANUEL BARRIENTOS, 22, Manhattan, Failure to Appear; Bond $172.50
LAQUINTA RAE BROWN, 29, Junction City, Probation Violation (2x); Bond $100
By JIM MCLEAN
Plenty of pundits are speculating that a Democratic takeover of the U.S. House would trigger impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.
President Trump -courtesy image
But the Democrats attempting to flip three Republican-held congressional districts in Kansas aren’t at all eager to talk about the issue.
Paul Davis, Sharice Davids and James Thompson — Democrats running in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Congressional Districts, respectively — haven’t hesitated to criticize the president for championing tax cuts they charge mainly benefitted wealthy Americans and corporations, or the tariffs Trump imposed over objections from Kansas farmers.
But they’ve had relatively little to say about recent revelations concerning the president’s involvement in illegal hush money payments to two women who claimed to have had affairs with him.
And what they have said echoes the talking points of cautious Republicans.
“You know, we have a special prosecutor who is widely respected by Republicans and Democrats and I think we’ve got to see what he’s going to present and let him do his job,” said Paul Davis, the former minority leader in the Kansas House now running for the open seat in Kansas’ 2nd Congressional District.
Compare that to what U.S. Sen. Lindsay Graham, a South Carolina Republican, said to reporters when pressed on the issue this week.
“I’m not saying (the latest developments are) not serious. I just don’t believe we’re going to know enough until Mueller issues his report,” Graham said, referring, like Davis, to the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, from Missouri, recently used similar talking points in dispatching impeachment questions.
“There’s a respected federal prosecutor running an investigation and everybody should leave him alone and let him finish his work. That’s all I’ve got to say about that,” said McCaskill, who is facing a strong challenge from Republican Josh Hawley.
Ten other Democrats locked in tight Senate races have said nothing on the impeachment issue, according to a Thursday story from McClatchy’s Washington, D.C. bureau.
Davis, who won the 2nd District while narrowly losing a 2014 bid to unseat then Republican Gov. Sam Brownback, is more emphatic when talking about the need to protect the Mueller investigation.
While he has concerns about Republicans unwillingness so far to “speak up,” Davis said he believes they would join with Democrats in stopping any attempt by the president to impede or end the inquiry.
“I think that is a pressure point when you’re going to see a bipartisan backlash,” Davis said.
Steve Watkins, the political newcomer who won a crowded race for the GOP nomination in the 2nd District, remains firmly behind the president. He said he would vote against impeachment and challenged Davis to take a definitive stand on the issue.
“It’s time for Davis to answer on the record because right now,” Watkins said in an email to the Kansas News Service. “Second District voters deserve to know if Paul Davis will vote to impeach President Trump.”
Meanwhile, Steve Bannon, Trump’s exiled senior strategist, is using the issue to energize Republicans.
In a midweek interview with Bloomberg News, Bannon called the midterm election “a referendum on impeachment.”
“Every Trump supporter needs to get with the program,” he said.
Earlier this month, Davids, the Democrat attempting to unseat 4-term Republican Congressman Kevin Yoder in the 3rd District, said she wanted to see whether Mueller’s investigation and those being conducted by congressional committees turned up “definitive evidence” that impeachment was warranted.
Thompson, the Democratic civil rights attorney challenging first-term Republican Congressman Ron Estes in the 4th District, said impeachment “is a legal question and not a political one.”
“We must make sure to look at the evidence and hear the testimony before making any judgment,” he said. “Our nation is built upon the foundation of innocence until proven guilty and I would not feel comfortable making a judgement one way or another until I could see these things.”
Thompson lost a closer-than-expected race to Estes in 2016 to fill the Wichita-area seat vacated by Mike Pompeo when he joined the Trump administration as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Pompeo is now the U.S. secretary of state.
Jim McLean is managing director of the Kansas News Service, a statewide collaboration between KCUR, Kansas Public Radio, KMUW and High Plains Public Radio covering health, education and politics. Follow him on Twitter @jmcleanks.
GEARY COUNTY — One person was injured in an accident just before 6:30p.m. Monday in Geardy County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2018 Chevy Silverado driven by Matthew H. Soderstrom, 33, Pasco, WA, was westbound on Interstate 70 just east of the Manhattan exit.
The pickup was traveling in the right lane, came upon slower traffic and rear ended a 1993 Toyota Corolla driven by Joyce C. Lovin, 79, Manhattan. The collision pushed the Toyota into north ditch and it overturned.
Lovin was transported to the hospital in Manhattan. Soderstrom was not injured. Both drivers were properly restrained 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.
DANIEL DAVID SHERRADEN, 23, Manhattan, Probation Violation; Bond $5,000
Jason Ward -photo Geary Co.
OSCAR TOMAS ZAPATA JR, 22, Manhattan, Failure to Appear; Bond $1500
ROBERT ANDREW MOORE, 31, Manhattan, Failure to Appear (2X) ; Bond $220
BETHANY ROSE LOPEZ, 34, Manhattan, DUI; INCAPABLE OF SAFELY DRIVING – 1ST CONV; Bond $750
DONDI DION WALKER, 49, Manhattan, Failure to Appear; Bond $10,000
LEONA ALICE CRAVEN, 43, Manhattan, Probation Violation; Held without Bond
JASON ALAN WARD, 47, Manhattan, Failure to Appear; Held without Bond
DENAAL LATRESS THOMPSON, 34, Manhattan, CRIMINAL DEPRIVATION-MOTOR VEHICLE; Bond $1000
MARCUS ALEXANDER DICE, 22, Topeka, DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED; 3RD OR + DRIVING WHILE HABITUAL VIOLATOR; Bond $3000
DAVID ALLEN OVERBY, 26, Manhattan, Failure to Appear; Pottawatomie County Sheriff
SCHERRY REHNETT BRADLEY, 48, Kansas City, Failure to Appear; Leavenworth County Sheriff
CITATION REPORT
CLAYTON VANMETER, 20, MANHATTAN, KS WAS CITED WHILE AT RATONE ST & N 8TH ST IN MANHATTAN FOR WHEN LIGHTED LAMPS REQUIRED (17-144) AND FOR NO PROOF OF MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY (19-200) ON AUGUST 24, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY10:58 PM.
SPENCER NETHERCOT, 19, MANHATTAN, KS WAS CITED WHILE IN THE 1100 BLK BLUEMONT AVE IN MANHATTAN FOR FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY (8-47) ON AUGUST 18, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30 PM.
JODI COOPER, 34, MANHATTAN, KS WAS CITED WHILE IN THE 200 BLK MCCALL RD IN MANHATTAN FOR INATTENTIVE DRIVING (14-104) ON AUGUST 18, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 5:40 PM.
DIONE HOSIER, 45, MANHATTAN, KS WAS CITED WHILE IN THE 2200 BLK TUTTLE CREEK BLVD IN MANHATTAN FOR FTY RIGHT OF WAY LEFT TURN (158) ON AUGUST 17, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 9:38 PM.
NICOLE CRUZ, 37, MANHATTAN, KS WAS CITED WHILE AT ANDERSON AVE & N MANHATTAN AVE IN MANHATTAN FOR VEHICLE TAGS-EXPIRE/ILLEGBLE (19-198) ON AUGUST 24, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 7:54 PM.
CAMERON VIKANDER, 18, MANHATTAN, KS WAS CITED WHILE AT KIMBALL AVE & N MANHATTAN AVE IN MANHATTAN FOR VEHICLE TAGS-EXPIRE/ILLEGBLE (19-198) ON AUGUST 24, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 1:08 PM.
RICHARD OETINGER, 72, MANHATTAN, KS WAS CITED WHILE IN THE 100 BLK E BLUEMONT AVE IN MANHATTAN FOR IMPROPER TURNING (9-49) ON AUGUST 25, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY10:42 AM.
WAYNE RYAN, 41, MANHATTAN, KS WAS CITED WHILE IN THE 1000 BLK LEAVENWORTH ST IN MANHATTAN FOR UNAUTHORIZED MINORS (19-197) ON AUGUST 17, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 3:08 PM.
JUSTIN HUGHES, 22, MANHATTAN, KS WAS CITED WHILE IN THE 1500 BLK COLLEGE AVE IN MANHATTAN FOR SPEEDING (7-33) ON AUGUST 25, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 5:48 PM.
KESHAWN NESMITH, 22, FT RILEY, KS WAS CITED WHILE IN THE 2800 BLK FORT RILEY BLVD IN MANHATTAN FOR SPEEDING (7-33) ON AUGUST 26, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 1:22 PM.
KEVIN SELDON, 21, FT RILEY, KS WAS CITED WHILE IN THE 2800 BLK FORT RILEY BLVD IN MANHATTAN FOR SPEEDING (7-33) ON AUGUST 26, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 1:59 PM.
EMILY TRANSUE, 20, MANHATTAN, KS WAS CITED WHILE AT 1815 HUMBOLDT ST IN MANHATTAN FOR UNNECESSARY NOISE STANDARD (22-55) ON AUGUST 24, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY10:16 PM.
DANIELLE MANSFIELD, 19, MANHATTAN, KS WAS CITED WHILE AT 1815 HUMBOLDT ST IN MANHATTAN FOR POSSESSION OR CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL BY MINOR (4-3(B)) ON AUGUST 24, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY10:16 PM.
LAURA FLOREZ, 20, MANHATTAN, KS WAS CITED WHILE AT 1815 HUMBOLDT ST IN MANHATTAN FOR POSSESSION OR CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL BY MINOR (4-3(B)) AND FOR UNNECESSARY NOISE STANDARD (22-55) ON AUGUST 24, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY10:16 PM.
ADELA RAHMAN, 19, MANHATTAN, KS WAS CITED WHILE AT 1815 HUMBOLDT ST IN MANHATTAN FOR POSSESSION OR CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL BY MINOR (4-3(B)) AND FOR UNNECESSARY NOISE STANDARD (22-55) ON AUGUST 24, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY10:16 PM.
WILLIAM BRONDELL, 82, MANHATTAN, KS WAS CITED WHILE IN THE 1300 BLK TUTTLE CREEK BLVD IN MANHATTAN FOR FAILURE TO RENDER AID (5-25) ON AUGUST 16, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 1:53 PM.
MICHAEL HEDKE, 64, MANHATTAN, KS WAS CITED WHILE AT LEAVENWORTH ST & N 11TH ST IN MANHATTAN FOR FTY RIGHT OF WAY STOP/YIELD (159) ON AUGUST 24, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY11:29 AM.
DELANEY SPOONEMORE, 18, MANHATTAN, KS WAS CITED WHILE IN THE 2000 BLK ANDERSON AVE IN MANHATTAN FOR SPEEDING (7-33) ON AUGUST 24, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 4:17 PM.
AMBER BACON, 22, COUNCIL GROVE, KS WAS CITED WHILE AT LEAVENWORTH ST & N 14TH ST IN MANHATTAN FOR FTY RIGHT OF WAY STOP/YIELD (159) ON AUGUST 26, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 9 AM.
DREW BORMANN, 22, STILWELL, KS WAS CITED WHILE IN THE 100 BLK S 4TH ST IN MANHATTAN FOR IMPROPER BACKING (14-117) ON AUGUST 19, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY12:39 PM.
TAYLOR VARNER, 21, MANHATTAN, KS WAS CITED WHILE IN THE 800 BLK BLUEMONT AVE IN MANHATTAN FOR FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY (8-47) ON AUGUST 25, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 1:50 PM.
MAX NAGER, 25, MANHATTAN, KS WAS CITED WHILE IN THE 2600 BLK KIMBALL AVE IN MANHATTAN FOR SPEEDING (7-33) ON AUGUST 26, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 4 PM.
PO YU LAI, 21, MANHATTAN, KS WAS CITED WHILE IN THE 200 BLK N 5TH ST IN MANHATTAN FOR IMPROPER BACKING (14-117) ON AUGUST 20, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 4:45 PM.
GRACI BUCHHOLZ, 18, MANHATTAN, KS WAS CITED WHILE IN THE 500 BLK TUTTLE CREEK BLVD IN MANHATTAN FOR INATTENTIVE DRIVING (14-104) AND FOR NO PROOF OF MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY (19-200) ON AUGUST 20, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 5:42 PM.
STEWART KELLER, 43, OF 10394 CONSER ST #1N, OVERLAND PARK, KS WAS CITED WHILE IN THE 700 BLK N MANHATTAN AVE IN MANHATTAN FOR NO PROOF OF MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY (19-200) ON AUGUST 26, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 2:55 PM.
CHLOE BROOKS, 25, MANHATTAN, KS WAS CITED WHILE IN THE 2300 BLK ANDERSON AVE IN MANHATTAN FOR SPEEDING (7-33) ON AUGUST 24, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 7:40 AM.
SHAWN THIELE, 36, RILEY, KS WAS CITED WHILE IN THE 2100 BLK ANDERSON AVE IN MANHATTAN FOR SPEEDING (7-33) ON AUGUST 24, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 8:17 AM.
NICHOLAS BLAND, 19, WICHITA, KS WAS CITED WHILE AT 1442 FAIRCHILD AVE; KENOYER HALL IN MANHATTAN FOR EMERGING FROM ALLEY OR PRIVATE DRIVE (12-80) ON AUGUST 24, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 9:45 AM.
CAMDEN, Mo. (AP) — Authorities are blaming excessive speed for a boat crash that killed three people from Kansas at Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks.
Ashley Lamb and Hailey Marie Hochanadel- photo courtesy GoFundMe
The Missouri State Highway Patrol released its crash reconstruction report more than three months after a 1991 Regal Runabout slammed into a rock bluff in the early morning hours of May 19. The report also said the “nighttime conditions” played a role, and noted that the boat lacked navigation aids, such as a chart plotter or GPS unit.
First responders working the fatal accident -photo courtesy Missouri State Highway Patrol
The crash killed 23-year-old Joseph LeMark, 24-year-old Daniel Lewis, and 21-year-old Hailey Hochanadel. LeMark and Lewis were from Overland Park, Kansas; and Hochanadel was from Olathe, Kansas. Two others including Ashley Lamb, 22, a senior at Kansas State University were injured.
Toxicology and autopsy reports have not yet been released.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to 58 years and two months in prison for a deadly Manhattan shooting.
Harris-photo Riley Co. Police
Steven Harris was sentenced Monday for second-degree murder in the death of 39-year-old German Gonzalez-Garcia, of Manhattan and attempted second-degree murder in the wounding of a second victim.
Prosecutors say Harris shot the two victims in May 2017. Gonzalez-Garcia died at the scene.
Harris was arrested along with his girlfriend in Wichita four days after the shooting when they tried to check into a Wichita hotel.
Harris had previously been convicted of attempted second-degree murder in Franklin County and was released from prison in 2015. In the 2017 shooting, Harris also was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
GEARY COUNTY— One person was injured in an accident just before 6p.m. Tuesday in Geary County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1999 Ford Taurus driven by Blake Dean Wingert, 22, Lecompton, was southbound on Kansas 177 eleven miles south of Manhattan.
The vehicle rear-ended a 2015 Jeep Wrangler driven by Charmin Adele Miller, 49, Alma, that had slowed to make a left turn onto Old Kansas 18.
Wingert was transported to the hospital in Manhattan.
Miller was not injured. Both drivers were properly restrained 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.
Christopher Clark-photo courtesy Shawnee County
CHRISTOPHER EDWARD GENE CLARK, 38, Manhattan, BURGLARY;NON DWELLING FELONY,THEFT,SEX BURGLARY;DWELLING FELONY,THEFT,SEX THEFT OF PROP/SERVICES; $1500K-$25K, THEFT OF PROP/SERVICES; $1500K-$25KTHEFT OF PROP/SERVICES; $1500K-$25K CRIMINAL DAMAGE PROPERTY; <$1000; Bond $7500
DERMOT LEE MOREY, 21, Manhattan, Failure to Appear; Bond $172. 50
JACOB MORGAN CANADY, 26, Manhattan, Failure to Appear; Bond $10,000
COREY MICHAEL POORE, 19, Newton, Failure to Appear; Bond $750
Enrique Munoz has previous convictions for burglary, criminal use of a financial card and making false writing, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections
DERRICK DAVID LASHAWN SMITH, 18, Manhattan, Probation Violation; Held without Bond
ENRIQUE MIRANDA MUNOZ, 20, Topeka, Probation Violation; Bond $5,000
CHRISTINE NICOLE LUNDBERG, 33, Manhattan, Failure to Appear; Exceptionally Cleared
YACU ROYSHEEN HARNAGE, 38, Longview, Texas; FORGERY; MAKE/ALTER WRITTEN INSTRUMENT, THEFT BY DECEPTION; $150$25K; Exceptionally Cleared
RILEY COUNTY— Authorities are investigating the cause of a fire early Wednesday in Manhattan.
Photos courtesy Manhattan Fire Department
Just after 2:15 a. m, the Manhattan Fire Department was dispatched to 2711 Amherst Avenue, the Living Word Church, for a report of an alarm sounding, according to a media release.
Upon arrival at the building which is directly adjacent to Firehouse 3, crews found a large one-story building with smoke showing. The fire was contained within 20 minutes, with ventilation taking several hours due to the size of the building.
The building is a one-story commercial building that contains the Living Word Church and Habitat for Humanity ReStore. The building was formerly a manufactured home factory. The church is currently undergoing an alteration. Loss is unknown at this time. The owner is listed as Living Word Fellowship Church Inc.
Image courtesy Kansas State University
MANHATTAN — Celebrate Kansas State University’s fight against cancer with a Bill Snyder commemorative Fighting for a Cure shirt, and wear it to the home football game or anywhere Saturday, October 13, for the university’s fifth annual Fighting for a Cure Day.
Join Sharon Snyder, first lady of Wildcat football, and the Snyder family; Eric Stonestreet, Emmy Award-winning actor and Kansas State University alumnus; Kevin Lockett, former Wildcat and Kansas City Chiefs football player; and many others who have shown their pride by wearing a Fighting for a Cure shirt in honor of the university’s cancer survivors and researchers.
The Fighting for a Cure Day celebration will include a halftime tribute by the Pride of Wildcat Land Marching Band and a tailgate party in Cat Town at Bill Snyder Family Stadium.
Fighting for a Cure shirts raise funds and awareness for the university’s Johnson Cancer Research Center. Since 2014, shirt sales have raised $35,000 for cancer research and education at Kansas State University.
This year’s shirts are purple with the phrase “Fighting ever fighting for a cure” written in big block letters that contain an image of Willie the Wildcat. The phrase is inspired by the university’s fight song, “Wildcat Victory.” Near it are Coach Snyder’s signature and a Powercat. The shirts are made of soft, lightweight, ring-spun cotton and available in unisex, ladies’ and youth sizes.
The shirts are available for $25 in Manhattan at G. Thomas Jewelers, 419 Poyntz Ave.; 1419 Mercantile, 3039 Anderson Ave.; the Johnson Cancer Research Center, 1711 Claflin Road; and online. They also will be available at Purple Power Play in Manhattan City Park between 5 and 8 p.m. Aug. 30 and 31 at Manhattan Broadcasting’s booth.
Supporters are asked to join the social media campaign to publicize K-State Fighting for a Cure Day by posting photos of themselves and friends wearing the shirt, along with the hashtag #HelpKStateFightCancer. Photos from 2017 and earlier campaigns are on the center’s Facebook page.
The Johnson Cancer Research Center’s programs to advance Kansas State University cancer research and education are made possible by private donations.
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POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY — A small plane made an emergency landing just after 8:30a.m. Wednesday in rural Pottawatomie County
Location of the emergency landing in rural Pottawatomie County -google map
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1976 Beech Bonanza piloted by Jensen, Drew J. Jensen, Lincoln, Nebraska, had a defective fuel selector and the aircraft ran out of fuel. The pilot made an emergency landing in a grass meadow near just west of Lake Elbo and Noel Road, approximately twelve miles east of Manhattan.
Jensen and two passengers were not injured. The KHP also reported no damage to the aircraft from the incident.
MANHATTAN — The Cats’ Cupboard, Kansas State University’s food pantry, is celebrating a milestone in supporting students facing food insecurity: 2,000 visits in less than 11 months of being open.
“A majority of students who visit the Cats’ Cupboard are undergraduates from every single college on campus, and many of them have experienced food insecurity well before their arrival to K-State,” said Sarah Barrett, Clery Act federal compliance coordinator and food pantry supervisor.
Food insecurity is a lack of access to consistent healthy food, a problem for about 13.2 percent of Kansas families, Barrett said. Even as children move away to college seeking a better future, it remains a problem during those college years, she said.
According to statistics from the Wisconsin Hope Lab in April, the national average for food insecurity among college and university students is 36 percent, which is in alignment with Kansas State University’s food insecurity rate of 39.4 percent.
“It is vital for K-State to holistically respond to student needs — academically and on a personal level,” Barrett said. “When students are hungry, they can’t focus and when they can’t focus, they can’t be academically successful.”
With the exception of Erin Bishop, food pantry coordinator, and a graduate student, the pantry is staffed by student volunteers, who have contributed more than 500 hours to make sure that the shelves are stocked and students feel welcome. Since the pantry only has the capability to stock nonperishable foods right now, Bishop and Barrett have established a few partnerships for the 2018-2019 school year that will help students get access to fresher products.
“The animal sciences and industry department will be donating $20 for 80 students each month to purchase fresh ground beef, eggs, milk and cheese from the Call Hall Dairy Bar for a nutritious diet,” Bishop said. “We also will continue to pair with a horticulture class that is growing hydroponic lettuce.”
To celebrate the 2,000th-visit milestone, the pantry’s first birthday and World Food Day, the Cats’ Cupboard will host an open cupboard event Oct. 15-19. Volunteers will be available to increase awareness of the pantry’s services, give tours and host a donation drive to stock the shelves.
“Most of the items on our shelves come from student, staff and community food drives, our KSU Foundation account or our Amazon wish list — we love when we get food packages from there,” Bishop said. “We also are starting our second year of a three-year grant but we are looking for long-term funding sources to make this self-sustaining. We are always grateful to receive donations of any kind, and we continuously update our website,k-state.edu/cats-cupboard/pantry-needs/index.html, with our immediate needs and ways to donate.”
The Cats’ Cupboard is in 009 Fairchild Hall and is open six days a week: 5-7 p.m. Sundays; noon to 7 p.m. Mondays; 9 a.m. to noon and 1-5 p.m. Tuesdays; 1-5 p.m. Wednesdays; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays; and 9 a.m. to noon Fridays.
TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has updated and expanded a high-risk warning for West Nile virus infections in Kansas.
Only northeast is at moderate risk for WNV infections, according to a media release.
West Nile virus can be spread to people through mosquito bites, but it is not spread from person to person. About one in five people who are infected develop a fever and other symptoms. About one out of 150 infected people develop swelling of the brain or brain tissue, that in some cases, can result in death. There are no vaccines or medications to treat WNV. People who have had WNV before are considered immune.
“Know your risk and take action to prevent mosquito bites to protect yourself and your family against West Nile virus”, said Dr. Greg Lakin, State Health Officer.”
KDHE recommends the following prevention measures:
Most WNV infections occur in the late summer and early fall. Although there have been no cases of WNV reported to KDHE in 2018 there have been more than 600 cases of the most severe form of WNV and 30 deaths in Kansas from 1999-2017.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides this webpage with additional information about West Nile virus and preventing mosquito bites: http://www.cdc.gov/features/StopMosquitoes/. For questions about West Nile virus or other Arboviral diseases contact the KDHE Epidemiology hotline at 877-427-7317.
