PAOLA — Authorities have a suspect in custody in a hit-and-run crash that injured a 12-year-old boy in eastern Kansas. Police in Paola said in a Facebook post that the crash happened Tuesday afternoon. The boy was taken to a hospital, but the extent of his injuries weren’t immediately known. The post said the sport utility vehicle that hit the child was leaking fluid as it left the scene. Police announced later in the day that the suspect was in custody. The suspect’s name wasn’t immediately released. The investigation is ongoing.
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HUTCHINSON — Floodwaters are receding in Kansas after several creeks and rivers overflowed in the state. The Hutchinson News reports that water levels on the Cow Creek and the Arkansas River in the Hutchinson area had shown a 2.5 foot (0.75 meter) drop Tuesday from their peaks last week. First responders need the levels to drop even further before the damages can be assessed. Reno County Emergency Management listed 37 road closures on Thursday, but the dangerous situations that led to six water rescue calls last Thursday have diminished. Last week, Gov. Jeff Colyer has issued a state of disaster…
LENEXA — A Democrat running for a suburban Kansas City legislative seat has been cited twice for drunken driving. The Kansas City Star reports that 28-year-old Brandon Woodard, of Lenexa, Kansas, previously acknowledged being arrested in 2012 when he was a 22-year-old senior at the University of Kansas. Because Woodard was then vice president of the university’s student senate, the student newspaper, the Daily Kansan, wrote about it. The Star then asked him about it after he announced his candidacy for the 30th District seat in the Kansas House. Woodard says he wasn’t trying to hide a second 2014 drunken…
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue will deliver the next Landon Lecture, scheduled for November 1st. The series is named for former Kansas Gov. Alf Landon, who was the 1936 Republican nominee for president. The series was established in 1966 to bring in speakers to discuss issues facing business, politics and international relations. Perdue’s speech is titled “Leave it Better than you found it: Lessons in Public Service I learned on the Farm.” Perdue, the former governor of Georgia, grew up on a dairy and crop farm. Perdue is the 11th Secretary of Agriculture to participate and 179th speaker overall…
Today’s guests were Manhattan Mayor Linda Morse and City Manager Ron Fehr.
HUTCHINSON — The director of elections in Kansas says every piece of voting equipment used in the state has been certified at the state and federal level. His comments Friday come a day after The Hutchinson News reported Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s office failed to produce records showing it had certified voting equipment used by hundreds of thousands of Kansans. The newspaper reported it received just two letters of certification in response to an open records request. State Director of Elections Bryan Caskey says that is “just a paperwork situation.” Caskey says he is now in the middle…
LAWRENCE — A court document contends a former Douglas County sheriff’s deputy admitted he had sex with a female inmate in his office at the jail and in his personal car on the streets of Lawrence. The Lawrence Journal-World reported Tuesday it obtained the affidavit detectives prepared in support of the arrest of 47-year-old Mario J. Godinez of Lawrence. Gondinez was charged in August with engaging in consensual sexual activity with the inmate. The deputy told detectives the woman aggressively seduced him before he touched her and that afterward he felt ashamed of himself. The deputy was in charge of…
Officers filed a report for theft in the 3200 block of Kimball Ave. in Manhattan on October 15, 2018 at approximately 9:05 PM. Officers listed Dustin Downie, 46, of Manhattan as the victim when he reported an unknown suspect took his 2004 GMC Canyon Truck. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $5,812.00. Police ask that anyone with information contact RCPD or the Manhattan Riley County Crime Stoppers. Using the Crime Stoppers service can allow you to remain anonymous and could qualify you for a cash reward of up to $1,000.00. Officers filed a report for rape in…
Health officials say Kansas has recorded its first flu deaths of the season. The Wichita Eagle reports that the Kansas Department of Health and Environment says two deaths in the state have already been directly attributed to influenza as of Monday. Pneumonia has been the direct cause of death in another 38 deaths, and the flu or pneumonia has been contributing factors in an additional 132 deaths. In last week’s KDHE flu report for Kansas, there were 101 outpatient visits for influenza-like illnesses. The newborn to 4 years old age group had 29 reported cases for the first week of…
Kansas State Police Department will be offering training on how to respond to active violence and critical incidents to both students and faculty at K-State near the end of the month. The training will be focused on an active shooter response training program called ALiCE — which stands for alert, lock-down, inform, counter, evacuate. Past active shooter situations have been evaluated by agencies to study how law enforcement and potential victims can minimize the risk during such events. The program will explore possible victim responses outside of and in addition to lock-downs in such scenarios. The training will be offered…