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.
Tyler T route has a previous drug conviction, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections
DAVID BRIAN WILSON, 51, Manhattan, Burglary; Vehicle to commit felony, theft or
sexually motivated crime
Theft by deception; Value less than $1,500
Making false information; Bond $5000
DEON MONTEL PETERSON, 23, Manhattan, Domestic battery; Knowing or reckless bodily
harm to family/person in dating relationship; Bond $2000
TYLER MICHAEL CAMERON TROUTE, 23, Manhattan, Failure to Appear; Bond $4000
DAVID NELSON PAIGE VOTER, 49, Manhattan, Probation Violation; Bond $500
ROBERT LEE JOHNSON JR, 54, Junction City, Probation Violation; Bond $1500
DEJA MARIE WHATLEY, 20, Junction City,Battery on LEO; Physical contact with county or
city officer on duty
Disorderly conduct; Brawling or fighting; Bond $2000
ANTHONY TAK HENDERSON, 34, Junction City, Driving under the influence of drugs/alcohol; 1st
conv; blood/breath .08 or >; Bond $1500
JON CARLOS MARTE, 21, Manhattan, Driving under the influence of drug or combination
of drugs; 2nd conv; Bond $1500
ELIJAH KADE FYLER, 21, Kansas City, Failure to Appear; Bond $2000
CITATION REPORT
KYRIA BOMAN, 21, KANSAS CITY, KS WAS CITED WHILE AT BLUEMONT AVE & TUTTLE CREEK BLVD IN MANHATTAN FOR CELL PHONE-TEXTING VIOL (14-126.2) ON JANUARY 9, 2,020 AT APPROXIMATELY12:21 PM.
SYDNEY CARLIN, 75, MANHATTAN, KS WAS CITED WHILE IN THE 1000 BLK N 12TH ST IN MANHATTAN FOR INATTENTIVE DRIVING ABD FAILURE TO PERFORM DUTY (5-26) ON JANUARY 7, 2,020 AT APPROXIMATELY11:20 AM.
MARK ANDERSON, 22, MANHATTAN, KS WAS CITED WHILE AT CLAFLIN RD & CAMBRIDGE PL IN MANHATTAN FOR FTY RIGHT OF WAY LEFT TURN (158) ON JANUARY 6, 2,020 AT APPROXIMATELY 7:20 AM.
JACOBY REEVES, 20, MANHATTAN, KS WAS CITED WHILE AT 4620 EUREKA DR; FLINT HILLS JOB CORP IN MANHATTAN FOR CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY (22-27) ON JANUARY 7, 2,020 AT APPROXIMATELY 4:32 PM.
SHAUDRIEK CRINER, 23, WICHITA, KS WAS CITED WHILE AT 4620 EUREKA DR; FLINT HILLS JOB CORP IN MANHATTAN FOR BATTERY AND FOR CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY (22-27) ON JANUARY 7, 2,020 AT APPROXIMATELY 4:29 PM.
ANDREW BEUGELSDIJK, 30, MANHATTAN, KS WAS CITED WHILE IN THE 100 BLK E BLUEMONT AVE IN MANHATTAN FOR ADULT SEAT BELT (17-182.1) ON JANUARY 8, 2,020 AT APPROXIMATELY 1:12 PM.
READE WOHLER, 22, MANHATTAN, KS WAS CITED WHILE IN THE 700 BLK ALLEN RD IN MANHATTAN FOR VEHICLE TAGS-EXPIRE/ILLEGBLE (19-198) ON JANUARY 8, 2,020 AT APPROXIMATELY 1:29 PM.
Kansas’ decline is largely due to the rapid adoption of wind energy
and a slow move away from coal powered electricity. That is to say:
Kansas produces less carbon dioxide, or CO2, the powerful greenhouse gas
that’s released into the atmosphere when we burn fossil fuels and is a
major driver of climate change.
While
it’s below the national average, on a global scale: “Kansas, if it were
its own country, would be one of the top 60 CO2 emitters,” said Joe
Daniel, an energy analyst at the Union of Concerned Scientists.
So, when Kansas sees a reduction in emissions like it has in the past decade, it matters, he said.
The decline began in 2007, when total CO2 emissions in Kansas peaked at nearly 80 million metric tons.
First,
it’s helpful to know the source of Kansas’ CO2 emissions. In 2017,
about half of total CO2 emissions came from burning fossil fuels, such
as coal and natural gas, to create electricity. The rest was mostly from
burning gasoline and diesel in our cars and trucks.
The recent
reductions aren’t transportation-related, because, despite more
efficient and cleaner burning engines, additional people and cars have
offset the difference. In fact, total transportation emissions in Kansas
have barely changed in the past 40 years.
That leaves electric power generation.
The decline of coal
As the graph shows, energy-related CO2 emissions began to plummet in
the mid-2000s. Specifically, it’s emissions from coal-fired power
plants.
While some of the reductions are likely due to plant
upgrades and federal environmental regulations that forced coal plants
to clean up what was coming out of their smoke stacks, it’s mostly
because plants burned less coal.
Coal plants in Kansas only produced about 20,000 gigawatt hours of
electricity in 2018, compared to an average of about 35,000 gigawatt
hours during the 2000s.
Daniel said the decline is largely due to
economics. With the fast growth of cheap wind-generated electricity in
Kansas, it’s become less profitable to run coal plants.
“I don’t
think a month has gone by where I haven’t read a study about the poor
economics of either coal plants, or coal mines, or the companies that
invest in those properties,” Daniel said.
The rise of wind
About 36% of all electricity produced in Kansas is from wind, the highest percentage of any U.S. state.
Twenty years ago, there was no such thing.
Part
of the rapid growth of the industry is obvious: You wouldn’t put a wind
turbine in a place with no wind, and there’s a lot of wind in Kansas.
Plus, federal and state tax incentives encouraged developers to jump into the market.
And it’s increasingly cheaper to build a wind farm.
Just this year, Kansas saw four new wind farms come online, adding enough capacity to power 190,000 homes for a year.
“Will
we see four wind projects come online every year for the next five
years? No,” said Kimberly Gencur-Svaty, director of public policy at the
Kansas Power Alliance. “But I do think we’ll probably continue at a
pace of where we’ve averaged the last 20 years, which is a project or
two.”
How low can it go?
Ashok Gupta with
the Natural Resources Defence Council said the move to renewable energy
and subsequent decrease in CO2 emissions will be vital to reducing the
impacts of climate change.
But, he wondered if it will be fast enough, especially in states that have a lot of wind.”
“We should be going by 2030 to pretty much carbon-free electricity,” he said.
While
some states like Colorado have begun to adopt 100% renewable energy
goals, Kansas has not. Even if Kansas were to get to 100% renewable
energy, there’s still the nearly 20 million metric tons of
transportation emissions to worry about.
Achieving a clean
electrical grid will also be key to reducing those emissions, Gupta
said, even if it also means another, different shift in the way things
are currently done.
“We have to start making sure that our
transportation and our buildings are moving to all electric,” he said.
“That’s the strategy for the next 10 years.”
Editor's note:
This story was corrected on Dec. 30 to show the coal plants produced
gigawatt hours of electricity, not megawatt, and that there are 20
million metric tons of transportation emissions, not 20 metric tons.
Brian
Grimmett reports on the environment, energy and natural resources for
KMUW in Wichita and the Kansas News Service. You can follow him on
Twitter @briangrimmett
or email him at [email protected] The Kansas News Service
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