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Police know how a homeless man died in east Topeka crash
TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Topeka Police Department (TPD) knows how a homeless man died in a vehicle and pedestrian crash in November. According to TPD records, Emmett Leatherwood, 72, of Topeka, was walking east across the street in the 1900 block of Southeast Adams Street without a crosswalk, when a woman was driving south on the same road. The vehicle hit Leatherwood, then drove west on Southeast Adams Street until it hit a curb and came to a stop.
JC Post
JCPD announces a graduate from the KS Law Enforcement Training Center
The Junction City Police Department announced that Officer Vincent graduated from the 334th Basic Training Class at the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center. In addition to completing the academy training, Officer Vincent earned recognition as a member of the prestigious 200 Mile Club. This achievement requires:. 30 pushups in under...
WIBW
Car-bicycle collison reported Tuesday morning in Emporia
EMPORIA, Kan. (WIBW) - A car-bicycle crash was reported Tuesday morning in Emporia. No serious injuries were reported in the collision, which was reported around 8:40 a.m. Tuesday at 4th Avenue and Neosho Street. Emporia police officials said Shawn Wade, 38 years old was westbound on 4th Avenue on an...
KCTV
Firefighters put out flames as ‘Splash of Life’ building partially collapses
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Douglas Co. Sheriff’s Office remains on scene of shooting, standoff
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Deputies with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office are remaining on the scene of a shooting and standoff that occurred Thursday night and is continuing into Friday afternoon at a property south of Eudora, Kansas. According to Douglas County Sheriff Jay Armbrister, police were dispatched...
McClatchy - Kansas City Star
Body cam shows fatal shooting of Amaree’ya Henderson by Kansas City, Kansas, officer
KCTV 5
Gyms, daycares, parks: Car burglaries on the rise in Lenexa, other metro cities
LENEXA, Kan. (KCTV) — As many finish their holiday shopping this weekend, criminals are taking the opportunity to do their own ‘shopping’ in your vehicle; police are seeing a rise in car break-ins throughout the Kansas City metro. In Lenexa, police said they’ve seen about 25-30 car...
KAKE TV
Salvation Army bellringer shot by stray bullet in Topeka
TOPEKA, Kan. (KAKE) - The Salvation Army in Topeka says one of its bellringers was hit by what is believed to be a stray bullet. According to KTKA-TV, Salvation Army Major Tom McDowell says a homeless man who works as a bellringer was shot in the shoulder Monday night as he was walking near 13th and Polk.
mscnews.net
Two injured in Atchison Co rollover crashes
(KAIR)--Four separate rollover wrecks occurred in recent days in Atchison County, with two of them leaving injuries in their wake. According to a release from Atchison County Sheriff Jack Laurie, the first of the four happened Thursday morning, shortly before 8:00 at Edwards Road, between 222nd and 214 Roads, when a semi-truck and trailer, belonging to Martin's Construction, ran off the right side of the roadway, ran into the ditch, and rolled onto its right side.
newsfromthestates.com
Quantrill’s Massacre scarred Lawrence and the memories of survivors
Author Pat Kehde stands outside Lawrence's Eldridge Hotel, which was destroyed twice by Missouri forces during the border war. (Frank Barthell) There’s no single engagement in the Kansas-Missouri Border War quite like Quantrill’s Massacre, which took place Aug. 21, 1863. I am not referencing the notoriety of the event, the one-sided brutality, or the torching of entire blocks of buildings. From one perspective, these have just been talking points in a longstanding border war debate whose time has come and gone.
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Salina Post
Kan. offender accused of multiple registry violations
JACKSON COUNTY—Law enforcement are investigating a registered Kansas offender on new allegations after a traffic stop. Just after 9:30p.m. Dec. 16, a sheriff's deputy stopped a Toyota Corolla for a traffic violation on U.S. Hwy 75 near 118th Road, according to Sheriff Tim Morse. The driver of the vehicle,...
KSNT News
Man hospitalized in south Topeka shooting
TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Topeka Police Department reports one person was hospitalized Wednesday night in a shooting. The TPD announced in a press release that at around 10 p.m. on Dec. 18 multiple gunshots were reported in the 2900 block of Southwest Topeka Boulevard. Officers arriving at the area found one man suffering from a […]
KWCH
Preliminary skeletal examination advances effort to identify remains