LYONS, Kan. — The mother of the man who killed his father and shot two Rice County law officers in 2019 will go to jail for providing a gun to her son. Shirley Loder, who was 67 when she was charged in January, was ordered Friday to serve 60 days in jail before serving probation for the rest of a year after she pleaded no contest. Prosecutors allege Loder gave her son, David Madden, a weapon he used in April 2019. He shot and killed his father and also shot two Rice County Sheriff’s Department officers before killing himself. Madden…
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TOPEKA, Kan. — Topeka police are investigating a fatal weekend shooting at a mobile home park. Police said the shooting was reported around 5 a.m. Saturday in north Topeka. Officers who responded to the area found a victim with a gunshot wound who died at the scene. On Sunday, police identified the victim as 32-year-old Shakeita Young of Topeka. No arrests were reported immediately.
WICHITA, Kan. — Police say a Wichita man has been arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and causing a crash that killed a woman and seriously injured others. The Wichita Eagle reports that the crash happened around 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Wichita. Police say a vehicle driven by 32-year-old Michael Wayne Walker was on the wrong side of the road when the crash occurred, killing 74-year-old Rita Hawkins, of Wichita. Police say Hawkins was among three people injured in the wreck who were taken to hospitals. She later died of her injuries. Police say Walker was later booked into…
On Monday’s edition of In Focus Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks game warden Ben Jedlica and Tuttle Creek State Park acting manager Levi Gantenbein joined us. We also spoke with US Army Corps of Engineers Operations Project Manager Brian McNulty about dam safety awareness.
Recent thunderstorm activity has seen flash flooding concerns take center stage, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are recognizing Memorial Day as National Dam Safety Awareness Day. The operations project manager at Tuttle Creek, Brian McNulty, tells Newsradio KMAN the Corps wants to remind people to be prepared, even though the larger floods are a rarity. McNulty adds that local emergency management agencies are working to be better prepared for large flooding events, as well. In 2019, the flood pool at Tuttle Creek reached 99-ponit-six percent, heightening concerns about the potential release of water from the lake. McNulty, tells…
Memorial Day is not only the official kick off of the summer travel season, but is also one of the busiest travel days of the year, according to a USA Today article from 2017. Dennis Butler, director of the Riley County Police Department, says the occasion is a good opportunity to brush up on travel safety. “It’s just a good time to remind them to wear their seat belt, don’t drink and drive and just be safe and have fun,” Butler said. Butler says the weekend also marks the end of the annual Click It or Ticket safety campaign, which…
SALINA, Kan. — Law enforcement officers say a suspect in a Salina woman’s killing who eluded capture for three months is in custody. Thirty-five-year-old Nelson Gerrod Hull III surrendered to police after a standoff in Salina on Wednesday. He is charged with first-degree murder in the February death of 36-year-old Courtney Ann Hoffman in Salina, who was found shot to death inside a vehicle. Officers determined Wednesday that Hull was at a home in Salina. City, state and federal agents surrounded the home and negotiated with Hull for 2.5 hours. He surrendered after chemical agents were used in the house.…
OKLAHOMA CITY — Remains turned over to the United States by North Korea have been identified as those of a soldier from Oklahoma who disappeared during the Korean War. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Thursday that the remains are those of Army Pfc. Bill Hobbs of South Coffeyville. Hobbs was 20 when he was reported missing in action on Nov. 30, 1950, when his unit was attacked near the Chosin River in North Korea. The remains are among 55 boxes of remains returned in June 2018 and identified using methods like DNA analysis. Burial is scheduled for June 26…
HOLTON, Kan. — Authorities say a 26-year-old woman died and four people were injured in a crash during a police chase in northeast Kansas. Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse says a Holton police officer was pursuing a vehicle Thursday night in Holton when it ran a stop sign at an intersection on Highway 75 and collided with a Jeep. A passenger in the first vehicle, Shai Boyd, of Topeka, died at the scene. The driver and a 19-year-old passenger were taken to a Topeka hospital with serious injuries. The driver and a passenger in the Jeep were treated for minor…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kansas City, Kansas, police say a man has been charged in the death of a neighbor who was hit by a stray bullet while standing in his house. James Edward Merrick Jr., is charged with first-degree murder in the March 31 death of 50-year-old Mark Winner. Police say Merrick was involved in a shooting outside Winner’s home when a stray bullet went through a window and hit Winner, who died at the seen. Merrick fled but was arrested earlier this month in Topeka. The investigation into the shooting is continuing.