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MOUND CITY, Kan. — A 67-year-old man is jailed after authorities said he made threats that led to the temporary closing of the Linn County Courthouse in December. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the Linn County sheriff’s office announced that Albert C. Hinds, of Pleasanton, was arrested Wednesday on possible charges of terrorism and criminal threat. He was arrested at a grocery store in Mound City, Kansas. Authorities allege that Hinds made threats against banking personnel and law enforcement officers. He is being held on the Bourbon County Jail. No other information was released.
By Margaret Stafford – AP FORT RILEY, Kan. — A Kansas middle school teacher who was disciplined for refusing to use a student’s preferred first name and gender pronouns is suing the school district. Fort Riley Middle School math teacher Pamela Ricard said in a federal lawsuit filed Monday that the Geary County School District violated her constitutional rights and did not accommodate her Christian beliefs when it suspended her for three days. Attorney Mark Edwards said the district would have no comment on the lawsuit. The school is located in Fort Riley, a U.S. Army base that’s 130 miles…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Republican legislators in Kansas are trying to prohibit state and local mask mandates during disease outbreaks. They advanced such a ban Wednesday along with proposals aimed at discouraging local restrictions on businesses and public gatherings. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a measure that would limit the power of state and local health officials during pandemics and strip them of their power to mandate wearing masks. The committee approved a separate measure to require cities and counties to cut businesses’ property taxes for each day they are forced to close or limit their operations. Both measures go next…
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — A 26-year-old Leavenworth man has been sentenced to nearly 17 years in prison for the shooting death of a 12-year-old boy. Darvon Thomas was sentenced Wednesday for second-degree murder in the April 2021 death of Brian Henderson Jr., of Kansas City, Missouri. Police say the shooting happened in the parking lot of a Leavenworth pharmacy during a gun purchase. Evidence showed the firing occurred when the buyers determined the gun was a BB gun. Henderson was sitting in a car that was shot during the argument. Another man, Jaylen L. Johnson, is scheduled to go to trial…
The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police. Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law as well as in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. MANHATTAN, KAN. – Officers filed a report for criminal damage to property in the 2200 block of College Ave. in Manhattan on March 9, 2022, around 6:01 p.m. Officers listed a 22-year-old female as the victim when…
On Thursday’s edition of In Focus the Hiring Our Heroes event was previewed with Alice Massimi Director of Strategic Communications, Hiring Our Heroes, U.S. Chamber Foundation. Big Red One Year of Family was discussed with Sgt. Major Stephanie Rodriguez. In our final segments we spoke with Manhattan Housing Authority Executive Director Aaron Estabrook, Board Commissioner Brad Claussen and special guest Idrees Khalil an Afghan refugee who has resettled in Manhattan.
Fort Riley and the 1st Infantry Division will be sending additional troops to Europe. An estimated 300 soldiers will be deployed soon as part of the additional seven thousand troops announced a few weeks ago by the Department of Defense. These Soldiers will join the Division’s forward deployed headquarters in Europe, which previously had about 80 Soldiers from 1st Infantry Division Headquarters. Those soldiers were originally deployed in support of the Atlantic Resolve rotation in July 2021. The additional troops will be tasked under U.S. command and control to serve across Europe. 1st Infantry Division soldiers will reinforce European allies…
OLATHE, Kan. — A prosecutor says a student used a “ghost gun” during a shooting at a Kansas high school that left two adults and the student wounded. Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe says the gun 18-year-old Jaylon Elmore allegedly used in the shooting at Olathe East High School on Friday was an illegal firearm made from a kit or individual parts that can be purchased online. The Kansas City Star reports that Howe says such guns have no serial number and are untraceable. Elmore is charged with attempted capital murder after the shooting wounded a school administrator and…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Reno County fire officials say a wildfire that burned in south-central Kansas over the weekend killed one man and destroyed 35 homes. The fire that began Saturday in eastern Reno County also destroyed 92 outbuildings and 110 vehicles as it spread across 12,000 acres. Officials did not yet have an estimated financial damage, or a count of livestock and pet losses. A man was found dead in the fire Sunday. Sheriff Darrian Campbell said authorities won’t release his identity until a forensic center in Johnson County makes a positive identification. The Hutchinson News reports Fire Chief Steve…