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Tornado causes extensive damage to City of Westmoreland, Grantville
WESTMORELAND, Kan. (WIBW) - A tornado caused extensive damage to the City of Westmoreland at 4:41 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30. Pottawatomie County officials confirmed the City of Westmoreland has extensive damage from a tornado. At this time, there is damage to multiple structures and Highway 99 is closed between...
Topeka, Lawrence in path of severe thunderstorms expected to develop after 4 p.m. Tuesday
The National Weather Service on Tuesday morning upgraded from “slight” to “enhanced” the chance that Topeka would see severe weather after 4 p.m. that day. Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible in an area where chances are slight while numerous severe storms are possible in an area where chances are enhanced, says the weather service website. ...
They couldn't break into school for a senior prank, so these Kansas high school students found the next best thing...
TONGANOXIE, Kan. — The 2024 senior class at Tonganoxie High School in Tonganoxie, Kansas, was told explicitly: Breaking into the high school for a senior prank will result in disciplinary consequences. So, these seniors found the next best thing. With a little bit of help, they "broke into" Principal...
Elle Evans Transfers to Kansas
FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Former North Dakota State Women’s Basketball star, Elle Evans has announced her commitment to the Kansas on social media. The sophomore guard tweeted out a phot of herself in a Kansas Jayhawks uniform with the caption “the next chapter”. Evans helped lead...
Kansas man sentenced to 10 years for crash that killed officer, pedestrian and K-9 last February
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man who sped through a red light in Kansas City and crashed into a patrol car has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of an officer and a bystander. Jerron Lightfoot, 20, of Tonganoxie, Kansas, said he was “truly sorry and never intended to hurt anyone” before he was sentenced Wednesday. The Feb. 15, 2023, crash killed Officer James Muhlbauer, who was 42, Jesse Eckes, who was 52, and Muhlbauer’s police dog, Champ. Police determined that Lightfoot sped up to nearly 90 mph just two seconds before hitting Muhlbauer’s car on the driver’s side. The impact sent the car crashing into Eckes, who was sitting on a concrete barrier.
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