The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office released information Monday, regarding a domestic disturbance investigation opened last Friday (April 22). A caller reported gunshots had been fired at a home in the area of 326 E. Webster Street in Louisville, the suspect having fled the scene. The sheriff’s office along with officers from the Wamego Police Department then began a search. Jarvis Clark, 26, was apprehended in the 300 block of Webster that afternoon. Clark was arrested for domestic battery, aggravated, assault, and criminal discharge of a firearm into an occupied dwelling, aggravated endangering a child, criminal damage to property, aggravated battery…
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Manhattan officials are putting a speakers’ bureau together to make presentations on the city’s proposed street maintenance sales tax–and City Public Works Director Rob Ott was serving in that role Monday before intergovernmental leaders. Ott adds the measure will be on the November general election ballot… Ott told the group need versus want is one area they’re looking at closely with prioritization suggested by some in attendance. Ott says the ballot language has two components–one involving the street maintenance repair program including the cost and rebuilding rehab of existing city streets. The second component is the Safe Route to schools–with gaps…
GIRARD — Authorities say two inmates have escaped from a southeast Kansas jail. The Pittsburg Morning Sun reports that Steven Ray Barnes and Shaun Steven Simpson broke out of the Crawford County Jail on Saturday. The Crawford County Sheriff’s Office says they were last seen traveling south on foot from the jail in Girard. Authorities say they escaped by breaking a clamp on the outdoor recreation fence and then climbing the outer fence using a sweatshirt to cover the razor wire. Barnes was being held on parole violation on a theft conviction. Simpson was being held on kidnapping and driving with a…
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady must serve his four game suspension from “Deflategate” imposed by the league. A federal appeals court made the ruling, overturning a lower judge siding with the league in a battle with the NFL players association. If the suspension holds true, Brady would miss the first four games of the 2016 season against the Cardinals, Dolphins, Texans and Bills. He would be eligible to return in week five against the Browns.
As K-MAN has been reporting, a 20-year-old Salina man was arrested on a warrant for indecent liberties with a child and solicitation to commit aggravated indecent liberties with a child. Haydyn Best’s bond was set at $100,000. Best was arrested on a warrant from Saline county stemming from a 2015 case. ### Alsp as K-MAN has been reporting since Saturday, a Chapman man was arrested in Manhattan on Friday afternoon. Travis Moreland, 24, was taken into custody on a warrant for aggravated robbery. His bond was set at $50,000. Moreland was arrested on a warrant stemming from December of 2015.…
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WICHITA — A Wichita aircraft company has won a $14 million Air Force contract. The Wichita Eagle reports the Air Force has awarded Textron Aviation Cessna the $14 million contract to supply the Pakistan army with six aircraft, as well as support and training. Two of the aircraft are to be modified for aeromedical uses. The Department of Defense says the Cessna work will be done in Wichita and is expected to be completed by Dec. 30.
TOPEKA — Authorities say four federal agents suffered non-life-threatening injuries after being shot while trying to make an arrest at a Topeka motel. Police say two U.S. marshals and an FBI agent were shot and suffered non-life-threatening injuries Saturday night in Topeka. A fourth federal agent also suffered the same injuries, but it was not immediately clear to which agency the officer is assigned. All four were taken to hospitals. WIBW-TV reports that the four agents descended on the Country Club Motel shortly before 10 p.m. Saturday and were trying to locate an unidentified suspect. Authorities say gunshots were exchanged with the agents.…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A 24-year-old Topeka man faces charges accusing him of dragging a police officer during a traffic stop. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Dyllon Alan Tucker is charged with aggravated kidnapping and other charges stemming from the incident April 14. Authorities said the officer stopped an SUV driven by Tucker, who then assaulted the officer and drove away, dragging the officer who had her arm in the car. As she was pulled down the street, the officer opened fire and wounded Tucker. The officer was treated at a hospital and released. The charges against Tucker were filed late…
JOHNSON, Kan. (AP) A 45-year-old Colorado woman has died in a crash in southwestern Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says Brenda Lasley of Springfield, Colorado, died Friday afternoon in the two-vehicle head-on crash in Stanton County. The patrol says the accident occurred when the vehicle Lasley was in crossed the center line and collided with a semi pulling a trailer. The Hutchinson News reports the semi driver was taken to a hospital for injuries sustained in the crash.