OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Police in Overland Park are investigating the shooting death of a man early Monday in the parking lot of a condominium building across the street from City Hall. Police say officers were called to the area around 5:20 a.m. for reports of gunshots. Arriving officers found a man on the ground who had been shot and was already dead. He was identified as 35-year-old Jeren Hinton of Overland Park. Witnesses tell police that they saw two to three people run to vehicles in the parking lot following the shooting and flee the area.
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WICHITA, Kan. — A jury convicted a 25-year-old Wichita woman of first-degree felony murder after her 2-year-old son died from ingesting methadone. A Sedgwick County jury deliberated about two hours Monday before finding Kimberly Compass guilty in the death of Zayden JayNesahkluah. Zayden died of a methadone overdose in a Wichita motel on May 31, 2019. Prosecutors accused Compass of mishandling three bottles of methadone, which had been prescribed to help her kick a heroin habit. It remains unclear exactly how the boy got ahold of the methadone. Her defense attorney argued throughout the trial that Compass didn’t know the…
MISSION, Kan. — A Kansas woman who alleges consensual sex with a friend in his college dorm room turned into a terrifying sexual assault took matters into her own hands when prosecutors declined to file a rape charge. She called a citizen grand jury, relying on a 134-year-old state law. Twenty-two-year-old Madison Smith collected hundreds of signatures to call the grand jury to bring more serious charges against Jared Stolzenburg, her classmate at Bethany College in Lindsborg. He had pleaded guilty to aggravated battery and received two years’ probation. Kansas is one of six states that allow citizens to petition…
Riley County and City of Manhattan officials are in very early talks about a new RCPD substation in Aggieville. Commissioner Kathryn Focke questioned Commission Chair John Ford Monday about a rumor involving the city negotiating with a member of the county. Ford says there has been some discussion with the city and Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce about using some market tax credits to build a station and entrepreneurial center. “There’s a security factor that goes along with it, but we don’t know if we can get those tax credits yet so there is not a definitive anything at this time,”…
LENEXA, Kan. — Police in suburban Kansas City, Kansas, say a man has been killed in an early-morning shootout with officers at a Lenexa hotel. Police say the shooting happened shortly after 5 a.m. Tuesday, when officers were called to the Extended Stay America hotel for reports of a man and woman arguing loudly in one of the rooms. Police say arriving officers went to the room to question the people inside when gunfire erupted. Police say a man fired at the officers, who also fired their weapons at the man. Police say the man was later declared dead at…
SELDEN, Kan. — The National Weather Service says a tornado has caused lots of property damage, but no serious injuries, in the northwestern Kansas town of Selden as strong storms raked the area. Sheridan County officials reported the tornado hit around 6:30 p.m. Monday, tearing off roofs, crumbling the stone and brick walls of downtown buildings, uprooting trees and crumpling at least one farm silo. One firefighter suffered minor injuries when a utility pole crashed into the back window of his truck. Sheridan County Sheriff Brandon Carver says 38 properties in and around town suffered major damage from the storm,…
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 two reports for criminal damage to property in the 3300 block of Robinson Dr. and two reports for criminal damage to property in the 1600 block of Cedar Crest Dr., and a…
On Tuesday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Pottawatomie County Commission Chair Greg Riat and County Planner Stephan Metzger.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A federal judge has ruled that a federal prosecutor in Kansas with a history of questionable conduct committed misconduct in a drug case. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree ruled last week that Terra Morehead did not provide important evidence to the defense in a drug case. The judge reduced the defendant’s sentence from 20 years to nine years because of Morehead’s actions. Morehead was the prosecutor when Lamont McIntyre was wrongly convicted in a double murder and spent 23 years in prison before he was released. She recently was moved from criminal to civil cases in…
WICHITA, Kan. — A preliminary estimates says more than half of the homes in the small north-central Kansas town of Natoma were damaged by flash flooding during last weekend’s heavy rains. The Wichita Eagle reports the town of about 350 residents has about 250 homes. Mayor Rick Dunlap says about 120 homes had moderate to severe damage and another 15 are probably a total loss. About 22 businesses also had water damage, and one is possibly a total loss. Heavy rain caused Paradise Creek to flood on May 16. Water levels reached as high as 2 feet in some homes.