A Trenton man was transported to the hospital Wednesday for moderate injuries after a rollover crash in Grundy County.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 35-year-old Kevin Berry was driving a 2006 International 92I southbound on SE 9th Rd around 11 a.m. when the truck went off the road and overturned. Berry was transported to Wright Memorial Hospital for treatment of what was described as a moderate injury. He was not reported to be wearing a seat belt.
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State University officials say they are developing a plan to cut $12 million because of a drop in enrollment.
Fall enrollment at the university fell by nearly 1,000 students — or 4.1 percent — compared to last fall. It was the first time in 15 years Kansas State enrollment fell below 23,000 students.
University officials said Wednesday the $12 million budget reduction would come from administrative and academic units.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Kansas State President Richard Myers said an enrollment management consultant will be hired to review current operations and make recommendations to increase enrollment.
Pat Bosco, the school’s dean of students, said aggressive recruiting of out-of-state students didn’t compensate this fall for fewer international students. And he said the in-state pool of potential students had declined.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Mo. (AP) – Authorities have confirmed that remains found in March in southern Missouri are a woman who has been missing since September 2015.
The remains were identified as Elisabeth Hornbeck of Mountain View, Missouri. The remains were found about two miles west of Mountain View by a person searching for scrap metal.
The West Plains Daily Quill reported Hornbeck’s mother, Lisa, was notified Monday that the remains were her daughter’s.
Howell County authorities say Elisabeth Hornbeck was last seen by her mother on September 2015 at a home in Mountain View. Witnesses said they saw Elisabeth arguing with two men at a park. Police say she was forced into a car and disappeared.
No one has been arrested in the case. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the investigation is continuing.
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A University of Missouri graduate has been charged with driving onto the school’s basketball court this summer and causing more than $100,000 in damage.
The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the four property damage counts were filed earlier this month against 23-year-old Nathaniel Conant. His attorney didn’t immediately return a phone message from The Associated Press.
Court records say video shows a car being driven through several gates, a garage door and striking two golf carts on June 25. The car was leaking coolant and left skid marks on the court. Police say the driver fled after smashing through a gate near the stadium.
Investigators found a cell phone they say belonged to Conant as well as a license plate to a car registered to him at the scene.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a train has struck and killed a pedestrian in Topeka.
Police were called Wednesday morning after the body was found. The discovery was made in a southern part of the city, just west of the Landon Nature Trail and Betty Phillips Park.
The identity of the person who was hit wasn’t immediately released.
A Chillicothe man has been arrested for investigation of driving while intoxicated after an ATV crash in Livingston County.
According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 36-year-old Matthew Curtis was operating a 2004 Honda ATV with a 14-year-old passenger shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday on east 10th Street, just east of Chillicothe. The Patrol said Curtis failed to slow reasonably to navigate the corner onto Missouri Avenue and the ATV overturned. Both Curtis and his passenger were thrown from the 4-wheeler. Curtis and the 14-year-old boy were transported to Hedrick Medical Center for treatment of what was described as moderate injuries.
An arrest report from the MSHP, shows Curtis was arrested for investigative charges of driving while intoxicated causing serious physical injury to another, operating an ATV on a highway, unlawfully operating an all-terrain vehicle carrying a passenger when not designed to do so and driving while suspended. As of 9:30 a.m. Wednesday charges were not filed on online court documents.
DETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling about 1.3 million 2015-17 F-150 and 2017 Super Duty vehicles in North America because of potential door problems.
The company said Wednesday that in some vehicles a frozen door latch or bent or kinked actuation cable may cause a door to not open or close. If consumers are able to open and close such doors, the door may appear closed, but the latch may not fully engage, increasing the risk for a possible injury.
Ford said it’s not aware of any accidents or injuries related to the issue.
The company’s dealers will install water shields over door latches and inspect and repair door latch actuation cables if necessary free of charge to customers.
The weather through the end of the traditional work week will continue to be benign, with temperatures slowly but steadily rising into the mid to upper 70s by Friday. With the start of the weekend, the next weather maker will be approaching the local area, triggering the next chance for showers and thunderstorms. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:
Today: Sunny, with a high near 75. South southwest wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Tonight: Clear, with a low around 47. South wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 79. Calm wind becoming south southeast 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 55. South wind around 7 mph.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. South wind 7 to 12 mph increasing to 13 to 18 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph.
Friday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1 p.m. High near 73. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Saturday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 1 a.m, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 69.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 47.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 63.
TOPEKA —Two years ago, the Kansas State Board of Education launched a new vision for Kansas education — Kansas leads the world in the success of each student. Board members on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, received an update on the progress the state has made toward that goal.
Kansas Commissioner of Education Dr. Randy Watson presented the update and the 2016-2017 Annual Report, according to a media release from the Kansas State Department of Education.
The report is a look back at the past, as well as a look forward to the future, Watson told board members during his presentation.
US. Rep. Kevin Yoder, center, listens to @KsCommissioner Randy Watson talk about the vision for education in Kansas during the board meeting pic.twitter.com/YG7rXAfopr
— KS Dept of Education (@ksdehq) October 17, 2017
The work that has taken place during the past two years is moving the focus away from a single measure, such as assessment scores, to measuring items like postsecondary success and effective rates — what happens to Kansas students once they leave high school. Focusing solely on state assessment results isn’t going to move Kansas forward, Watson said. As a state, we need to ensure that we are preparing students with the skills needed to meet Kansas’ workforce education requirements.
“The board’s vision for Kansas education has set the state on a new, bold path, and we are grateful to our schools and educators who are working even harder to accommodate the changes needed to achieve this vision,” Watson said. “Student success data, as measured by postsecondary effective rates, are 25 to 30 percent below where we want to be by 2026. This ambitious goal sets the bar high and is what Kansans told us they wanted from their schools. Student success encompasses academic and nonacademic skills alike. By moving our focus toward the whole child, Kansas is moving in the right direction.”
Watson on Tuesday also discussed Kansas assessment data, which was released as part of the web-based 2016-2017 Kansas Report Card. The report card can be found on the Kansas State Department of Education’s website.
Watson cautioned that assessments in Kansas are a mixed bag that can’t be viewed in isolation. The 2017 Kansas state assessment results are relatively flat, and in some cases, decreased modestly. At the same time, data show an increase in the number of Kansas students taking Advanced Placement (AP) courses and an increase in the percent of those students earning a 3, 4 or 5 on AP exams. Additionally dual-credit enrollment has nearly doubled in the past year and the number of college course credits earned while in high school has increased by 20,000. Watson posed the question, “How can this be?”
“We can speculate all we want,” Watson said. “But if we stop here, we’re going to miss something.”
Focusing solely on state assessment results won’t move Kansas closer toward its vision goal, Watson said. It will simply ensure that educators focus solely on test-preparation. Instead, he said, we need to focus on the whole child — from kindergarten readiness to social-emotional growth and postsecondary success.
KSDE has put several initiatives into place and collaborated on others to help move the state closer to its vision goal.
KSDE and the State Board of Education are working with districts across the state to redesign schools and the way students are taught. The Kansans Can School Redesign Project kicked off in August when seven Kansas school districts — each representing one of the Mercury 7 astronauts — were named to take part in the project. KSDE received 29 applications for the project. Twenty-one of the schools that applied accepted the challenge of becoming a Gemini district.
Kansas school districts also are being accredited under the new Kansas Education Systems Accreditation (KESA) model. This new five-year model accredit systems, such as school districts, instead of individual schools. KESA replaces the old system, Quality Performance Accreditation (QPA).
In order to help improve graduation rates in the state and help students become successful after high school, KSDE has implemented several initiatives, such as kindergarten readiness, family engagement, civic engagement and social-emotional growth, to help improve graduation rates in the state.
KSDE also has placed a special focus on chronic absenteeism. The agency is encouraging districts to support students with attendance issues. KSDE also is putting an emphasis on personalized learning to help retain students so they will become successful graduates.
DOUGLAS COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating the October 1 fatal shooting on Massachusetts Street in Lawrence. The two suspects in custody made court appearances on Tuesday.
On October 1, 2017, at approximately 1:39 a.m., Lawrence Police Officers were near the intersection of 11th Street and Massachusetts Street when they heard multiple gunshots.
At the scene, officers encountered a large crowd and several victims suffering from gunshot wounds. In total five victims were identified from the shooting.
Three of the victims sustained fatal injuries: Leah Elizabeth Brown, a 22-year-old female Shawnee, Kansas resident; Colwin Lynn Henderson, a 20-year-old male Topeka resident; and Tremel Dupree Dean, a 24-year-old male Topeka resident. Two victims were treated at area hospitals for non-life threatening injuries and later released.
They are identified as Royelle Hunt, a 28 year old male Topeka resident, and Tahzay Rayton, a 19 year old male Topeka resident. Authorities believe one or more individuals were specifically targeted in the incident while other individuals were bystanders in the area.
The initial response was followed by two weeks of intensive investigation. Detectives and Officers have worked over 200 leads to date, and this investigation is still ongoing.
On Monday, with the assistance of the Topeka Police Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office, multiple search and arrest warrants were served in Topeka, Kansas. At the end of the day, two subjects, Ahmad Rayton and Dominique McMillon, were taken into custody and booked into the Douglas County Jail on multiple charges. Authorities say they will continue to investigate until all responsible are brought to justice.
Authorities say they do anticipate further arrests on the case, but for investigative reasons they are unable to provide a number of anticipated arrests or a timeline for when they might occur. Again, this continues to be an ongoing, active investigation. If you have any information that could help with this investigation please contact the Lawrence Police Department or Crime Stoppers of Lawrence and Douglas County at (785)843-TIPS.
———–
DOUGLAS COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating the October 1 fatal shooting on Massachusetts Street in Lawrence and have two suspects in custody.
In a media release the police reported the suspects are identified as Ahmad Malik Rayton, 22, and Dominique Jaques Mcmillan, 19, both of Topeka.
Rayton is charged with Attempted Second Degree Murder and Criminal Possession of a Firearm by a Felon. McMillon is charged with Aggravated Assault and Battery, according to Officer Drew Fennelly.
Rayton has previous convictions for child endangerment and aggravated assault, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.
Three people died in the October 1, shooting including Leah Elizabeth Brown, 22, Shawnee, Colwin Lynn Henderson, 20, and Tremel Dupree Dean 24, both of Topeka. Two victims were treated at area hospitals for non-life threatening injuries.
A joint press conference with the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office will provide additional information in the case on Tuesday afternoon.
