ASHLAND, Kan. — Authorities are investigating the shooting death of a 13-year-old girl while she was at a friend’s house in southwest Kansas. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says the Clark County Sheriff’s Office was called to a home in Ashland Friday afternoon. Officers found the teenager suffering from a gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at a hospital. The KBI says the girl was at a friend’s house with four other juveniles when the shooting occurred. No other information is being released.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. — Lawrence police say a 29-year-old woman died after she was trapped under her car while it was being towed. Police spokesman Patrick Compton said the vehicle was being placed on the tow truck at the woman’s home Monday when it began to roll. Compton said the car was in neutral and it’s unclear why it rolled. The woman was behind it and became trapped underneath. She was pulled from underneath the car but lifesaving measures failed and she was pronounced dead at the scene. Compton said the death appeared to be a “tragic accident.”
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas has reported another record seven-day spike in coronavirus cases to push the state past 100,000 as officials wrestle with getting more residents to wear masks. The state health department on Monday added 5,920 new confirmed and probable cases to the state’s tally since Friday, bringing the total to 103,553 since the pandemic began. The state averaged 2,047 new cases a day for the seven days ending Monday. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s staff, legislative leaders and local officials have launched discussions about encouraging mask use before last week’s elections. There’s still resistance to mask mandates from many…
EASTON, Kan. — Authorities in northeastern Kansas say a volunteer firefighter died in a crash while on his way to a fire over the weekend. The Leavenworth Times reports the crash happened Sunday in Leavenworth County near Easton. The Easton Township Fire Department announced on its Facebook page that one of its volunteers “was killed in the line of duty in a traffic accident while responding to the fire.” The sheriff’s office says 23-year-old Johnny Ivison Jr. died in the crash after his pickup truck went off the road and rolled several times. His family says Ivison was the father…
Even among the pandemic, the Flint Hills Veterans Coalition has worked hard to ensure Veteran’s Day events still happen. The Flint Hills Coalition will still hold the Veteran’s Day Parade and indoor ceremony this year, with minor adjustments. One major change is the streaming availability of the events due to the virus. Both the parade and indoor ceremony will be streamed online. President of the FHVC, Chuck Sexton, talks about the importance of being able to stream the events. “People stay safe as they possibly can and are healthy as they possibly can,” Sexton says. “Which is why the streaming…
Riley County is reporting 126 new COVID-19 cases and 60 recoveries. This brings the number of active cases in the county to 258 and recoveries to 2,253. Ascension Via Christi Hospital is currently caring for six COVID-19 positive patients and one person under investigation. Four of the patients under the hospital’s care are in the Intensive Care Unit. The Alpha of Clovia Scholarship House has been identified as the most recent outbreak location, bringing the number of outbreaks in Riley County to seven. The other outbreak locations in Riley County include a fraternity, two K-State athletics teams, a nursing home,…
On Monday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Brad Crauer with KSU Vet Med. We also had Chuck Sexton, Melody Sexton, and Janet Nichols from the Flint Hills Veteran’s Collation on the program.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Police said a teenage driver was fatally shot Sunday morning in Kansas City, Kansas. The shooting was discovered after the victim’s vehicle crashed into a parked vehicle around 6 a.m. Sunday. The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department said the driver, who was in his late teens, was shot while he was driving in eastern Kansas City, Kansas. The victim wasn’t immediately identified and no arrests were reported Sunday morning. The Kansas City Star reports that this shooting was the 47th homicide of the year in Kansas City, Kansas. At the same time last year, 28 homicides…
MISSION, Kan. — In ordinary times, the airy convention center on a 61-acre site in Hesston, Kansas, hosts weddings, corporate retreats and church events. During the pandemic, it has become a schoolhouse for the district’s seventh- and eighth-graders. Megan Kohlman teaches literature and writing inside one of the rooms, separated from a math teacher’s space by only a plastic sheet. It’s hardly ideal, but for her it’s an upgrade from distance learning in the spring, when she juggled instruction with care of her own young children. “Everyone just really believes in the power of having kids with us as much…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas man has been charged with shooting three teenagers he believed stole Donald Trump campaign signs. Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay said Robert Sinner, 39, turned himself into police Saturday. Sinner is charged with criminal discharge of a firearm and two counts of aggravated battery in connection with the Oct. 31 incident in Topeka. One of the teenagers has been charged with aggravated assault because prosecutors say Jose Garcia tried to hit Sinner with the car he was driving. Police have said the shooting happened after Sinner confronted the teens because he believed they had…