Suspect arrested, stolen vehicle recovered in Franklin County

NORTH PLATTE, Neb.-A motorcyclist was injured in a crash in North Platte over the weekend. According to police, on Saturday at around 5:16 p.m., officers responded to a vehicle accident in the area of N. Silber Ave. and E. 4th St. Officers arrived and found a two-vehicle accident involving a...

SHAWNEE COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating two suspects on multiple charges after an incident in northeast Kansas. Just before 10a.m. Friday, the Shawnee County Emergency Communications Center broadcasted information regarding a woman attempting to jump out of a vehicle near SE 22nd Street and SE California Avenue, according to Deputy Abigail Christian.

BROKEN BOW, Neb.-The Nebraska State Patrol, with assistance from the Custer County Sheriff’s Office and Broken Bow Police Department, is investigating a suspected murder-suicide that occurred overnight. At approximately 1:45 a.m. Friday, NSP was requested by local law enforcement to investigate a homicide in Broken Bow. The victim, Angie...

SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a crash that fatally injured a 40-year-old motorcyclist near Kellogg and Woodlawn in Wichita. Just before 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Wichita Accident Follow Up detectives along with the Critical Accident Team were completing work on another fatal collision on Kellogg and were allowing traffic to proceed east, according to Officer Trevor Macy.

BARTON COUNTY—Two people were injured in an accident just afternoon Friday in Barton County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Peterbilt semi driven by Clarence Ray Messick, 60, Saint John, was was following a 2022 John Deere 410R Sprayer driven by Jacob Tinsley, 30, Larned, eastbound on Kansas 96 four miles northwest of Great Bend.

At approximately 3:04 a.m. on May 11, the Sandhills Fire Protection District and Grant County Sheriff's Office were called to Highway 61, near Hyannis for a car fire. "Investigation disclosed a 33-year-old Rapid City, South Dakota man was traveling south on Hwy 61," Grant County Sheriff Mike Rath said. "He became distracted and left the roadway getting stuck in the sand. While attempting to get out, the over-heated exhaust system started the grass on fire."

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska has agreed to pay $479,000 to the family of a “talkative” Scottsbluff man who was strangled to death in 2017 by a fellow inmate who didn’t want a cellmate. The lawsuit filed by Terry Berry Jr.’s family against prison officials they...

CHILLICOTHE, Mo. (AP) — A former respiratory therapist charged with first-degree murder in the death of a patient in Missouri 20 years ago has been arrested in northeastern Kansas, authorities said. Jennifer Hall, 41, was arrested in Johnson County, Kansas, on Thursday evening under the name Jennifer Semaboye, of...

NELIGH, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska prosecutor has identified an officer who shot a driver accused of dragging the officer with her car as Neligh Police Chief Michael Wright. Antelope County Attorney Joseph Abler also identified the woman shot as 38-year-old Josie Auld of Norfolk. The shooting happened Sunday...

TRENTON, S.C. (AP) — A 60-year-old man who strangled his girlfriend died of a heart attack while burying her body in their South Carolina backyard, investigators said. Deputies found Joseph Anthony McKinnon’s body Saturday after neighbors called and reported an unconscious man in a yard in Trenton, the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say the crew of a South Dakota Air National Guard F-16 fighter jet that slid off the runway while landing at a Sioux Falls airport is safe. The jet from the 114th Fighter Wing slid off the runway at Joe Foss Field about...

Never attempt to apprehend a wanted individual, contact law enforcement. Some warrants may no longer be active. 1 warrant: Possession of controlled substance; methamphetamine. 2 warrants: Failure to appear (2 counts) possession of controlled substance; Suboxone, Obstruct a Peace Officer, Driving under revocation, DUI, refusal, no valid registration, possess or use drug paraphernalia.

SEWARD COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect following an incident at USD 480 in Liberal. Just before 1p.m. Wednesday, police were notified that the Liberal High School, 1611 West 2nd Street, had been placed in lock down, according to a media release. While investigating the incident it...

PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Two men who participated in an elaborate phone scam that cheated people from across the nation have agreed to repay their victims but avoided time behind bars, Massachusetts prosecutors said. Ajaykumar Chaudhari, 26, of Pownal, Vermont, and Jitendra Chaudhari, 29, of Williamstown, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty...

KANSAS CITY—Law enforcement authorities investigating two separate homicides that occurred in Kansas City, Kansas on Mother's Day have identified the victims. Just before 9p.m. Sunday, police responded to a shooting in the 200 Block of North 27th Street. They found 33-year-old Marcus M. Johnson with gunshot wounds, according to a media release. EMS transported him to a local hospital where he died.

Craig Dean Howell, 46, North Platte and Kimberlee Marie Meyer, 48, North Platte. Marcus Lloyd Miller, 24, North Platte and Alyssa Elizabeth Vedder, 25, North Platte. Brandon David Fimple, 31, North Platte and Kirsten Rachelle Soncksen, 28, North Platte. James William Holtz, 79, North Platte and Glenda Sue Stevenson, 76,...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nurses traveled from around the country to protest on Friday outside the courthouse where a former Tennessee nurse faced up to eight years in prison for mistakenly causing the death of a patient. RaDonda Vaught was found guilty in March of criminally negligent homicide and...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Strong winds and a tornado caused widespread damage in parts of the Midwest, where officials said another round of severe weather during a stormy week left three more people dead. Authorities say a grain bin fell onto a car Thursday in Minnesota and killed...

LEMOYNE, Neb.-Our fire departments need our support maybe more than ever after wildfires have ravaged parts of Nebraska. You have an opportunity to support Keystone-Lemoyne Fire & Rescue in a tasty way this weekend. The department will host their Annual Roast Beef feed May 15 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30...