12 years ago
The Beloit City Council has fired the town's police chief. Brenon Odle led the department for two years. The Salina Journal reports the council fired Police Chief Brenon Odle on Tuesday. The council members, who met in executive session Tuesday, did not offer reasons for firing Odle. Odle says he was "shell-shocked" about the decision and said there ...

12 years ago
An escaped emu has been captured after causing a flap at a Johnson County park. Reports that the flightless bird was found running loose Wednesday morning at Kill Creek Park in the western part of the county. Johnson County Park & Recreation District field biologist Matt Garrett says park staff managed to herd the creature into a ...

12 years ago
A motorcyclist is in critical condition after hitting two deer south of Garden Plain. It happened Tuesday evening. The 43-year-old Cheney man was transported via EagleMed to St. Francis Hospital. Officials say as we enter fall you want to be extra careful. “As the deer start moving around, it gets dark earlier. People are still out and the deer ...

12 years ago
A southeast Kansas man is accused of falsely claiming more than $3.8 million in federal tax refunds. An indictment unsealed Wednesday in U.S. District Court charges Jerold D. Fisher, of Arma, with two counts of filing false claims. The indictment was initially returned in May. Prosecutors allege Fisher filed fictitious tax forms claiming an alfalfa farm in ...

12 years ago
On Tuesday regarding the investigation into missing person David Welch, the Riley County Police Department conducted a search of areas both in and outside of their jurisdiction. Twenty law enforcement personnel, including several members of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks spent the day conducting searches of areas that would be accessible to Welch. These searches ...

12 years ago
More than 100 current and former University of Kansas faculty and staff are publicly affirming the free-speech rights of a professor whose Twitter post against the National Rifle Association sparked a political firestorm. The statement issued Wednesday described the tweet by associate professor of journalism David Guth as "intemperate" but said the signers support his ...

12 years ago
Most Kansas National Guard soldiers and airmen will not be attending their monthly drill this weekend as a result of the current shutdown of the federal government. One exception to this is Company G, 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation, headquartered in Topeka, which is beginning premobilization training. The decision to cancel was made prior to the weekend because ...

12 years ago
A Wichita businessman is trying to find the owner of a small bag of cremated remains labeled "Grandma." A customer left the bag about two weeks ago at Charlie's Liquor and Smoke Shop near downtown Wichita. Owner Charlie Nguyen reviewed security tapes but couldn't identify the customer. This week, he placed an ad on Craigslist ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has issued a boil water advisory for the City of Delphos located in Ottawa County. The city water supply has experienced a loss of pressure in the water system due to a water main break. When such a loss of pressure occurs, it is possible for contaminants to enter ...

12 years ago
A special event to bless the animals at Rolling Hills Zoo is planned for this weekend. According to the zoo, on Saturday the Very Rev. Benjamin Thomas, Th.D. of Christ Episcopal Cathedral, will perform a blessing of the animals at Rolling Hills Zoo. Father Thomas will visit the tigers, primates, giraffes, and rhinos, and finish with ...

12 years ago
Services have been curtailed, including the closing of post commissaries as the partial federal government shutdown takes effect at Kansas military installations. Maj. Martin O'Donnell, spokesman for the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, says Wednesday that initially the impact isn't being noticed on the northeast Kansas post, though the effects will be felt the ...