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Lithium battery fire causes fiery emergency on Johnson County street
OLATHE, Kan. (KCTV) - A battery someone tossed in the trash caused an emergency in an Olathe neighborhood last week. City leaders said someone tossed a lithium battery into the trash. A trash truck unknowingly started hauling it to the landfill. On the way the lithium battery caught fire and started burning the rest of the trash in the truck.
See a fox and their pups? Learn what it means to share a neighborhood with them
GARDNER, Kan. (KCTV) — April is when many female foxes give birth to their pups, according to the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks. KCTV5′s Samantha Boring recently caught video and photos of a family of foxes in Gardner. KCTV5 reached out to the Kansas Department of Wildlife...
Kansas game warden's K9 finds hidden turkey poacher
MIAMI COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating three suspects on multiple allegations after a weekend arrest. Just after 6.m. Saturday, a landowner reported turkeys being poached off his property in rural Miami County, according to a social media report from the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Game Wardens.
Lightning strike knocks out Bucyrus storm siren
It could cost Miami County more than $30,000 to replace a storm siren in Bucyrus that recently was fried by a lightning strike. Undersheriff Matt Kelly said the damage was discovered during the county’s monthly storm siren test earlier this month.
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