WICHITA, Kan. — A former Kansas mayor who resigned abruptly before being charged with making fake tickets to attend a zoo fundraiser has entered into a diversion agreement with prosecutors. Former Goddard Mayor Jamey Lee Blubaugh signed his diversion packet in court on Monday. Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett said in a written statement that under the agreement Blubaugh must follow the law, perform 50 hours of community service and pay $980 in restitution plus other costs. Prosecutors charged Blubaugh and his wife, Elizabeth, each with one misdemeanor count of counterfeiting in August. The Wichita Eagle reports the announcement…
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GARDNER, Kan. — Authorities in suburban Kansas City, Kansas, say a four-vehicle crash has left a child dead and three others injured. The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office says the crash happened Monday morning at a rural intersection west of Gardner. Investigators say a roofing truck crashed into a sport utility vehicle driven by a woman and carrying her three children. The impact of the crash sent the SUV into another truck, which then hit a van. Authorities say one child in the SUV was killed. The woman and other two children were taken to a hospital with injuries, but are…
Riley County commissioners have given consensus for the EMS and Emergency Management to move forward with a land study for possible new facilities. EMS Director David Adams discussed Monday the long standing facility needs for both entities. Adams says the current headquarter facility for the EMS is over 40 years old and does not meet current standards. “When the facility was built, our call volume was around 1,500 calls a year. We’re now at 4,600 to 4,800 calls a year,” says Adams. The department was also not designed for full time employees originally. Adams says because of this, the facility…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Police have arrested two men in connection to the shooting of two other men in Hutchinson that left one dead. Television station KAKE reports that officers arrested 64-year-old Sandral Wade and 71-year-old Robert Lagrange, both of Hutchinson, on Monday. Police say both men have been charged in a warrant with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. Detectives say Wade and Lagrange are suspected in the shooting happened just after 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Police say a 46-year-old man was killed in the attack and a 42-year-old man was hospitalized, but in stable condition. Police have not released the…
LANSING, Kan. — A 47-year-old man with terminal cancer was freed from a Kansas prison after officials agreed his medical condition is so severe he is not a danger to public safety. The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas says Christopher McIntyre was released Monday from the Lansing Correctional Facility in Leavenworth County where he was serving time for aggravated burglary. The Kansas City Star reports that McIntyre is among 105 ACLU clients who requested clemency from Gov. Laura Kelly. McIntyre was originally scheduled to be released in 2024. His attorneys have said he could die before then. McIntyre said…
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 burglary and criminal damage to property in the 200 block of N. Elm St. in Ogden on April 12, 2021, at approximately 1:42 p.m. Officers listed an 82-year-old male…
U.S. Senator Jerry Moran joined us at 8:05 a.m. to discuss a new federal grant to help construct a new elementary school to replace Jefferson Elementary at Fort Riley in the USD 475 school district.
The Konza Student Table has officially served over 10,000 meals to K-State students and their families. The organization began last September as a way to fight hunger among Manhattan’s college-student population. Ericka Bauer, a K-State hospitality management instructor who is in charge of the meals the Konza Student Table provides, credits the success to the nutritious food being served. “We offer a variety of meals,” Bauer said. “I have yet to repeat an item that we have served and I try to maintain it towards the international component of our campus.” Despite the accomplishment, Bauer says she has mixed feelings…
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — A Johnson County judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a county commissioner over a school district’s face mask mandate. Commissioner Charlotte O’Hara sued the Blue Valley school district after she was told she couldn’t attend a hearing last week because she wouldn’t wear a mask. O’Hara says she has a medical exemption from wearing masks. Blue Valley officials filed a motion Friday to have the lawsuit dismissed. They argued O’Hara did not have standing to sue the district. Johnson County District Judge Robert Wonnell agreed and dismissed the lawsuit. The district said Thursday it plans…