4+ day, 3+ min ago   (142+ words) JACKSON COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect on multiple allegations after a traffic stop. Just after 2a.m. September 6, a sheriff's deputy initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle for allegedly speeding on U.S. Highway 75 near the Shawnee County…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (189+ words) SHAWNEE COUNTY— Authorities investigating a fatal Labor Day house fire have identified the victim as 9-year-old Alexander Honea of Topeka, according to a statment from the Topeka Fire Deparatment. In addition to the boy's death, six others were injured in…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (139+ words) EL DORADO, KAN. – El Dorado Correctional Facility (EDCF) resident Eddie Holmes Jr., 67, died Tuesday, according to a media release from the Kansas Department of Correctxions. Holmes was found unresponsive in his cell Tuesday. Staff began life-saving measures immediately and continued…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (154+ words) JC Post KC fire crews make emergency river rescue KANSAS CITY —Emergency crews made a dramatic rescue during Labor day Weekend. In the early morning hours Saturday, Kansas City Fire Department companies were dispatched to the 200 block of Grand Avenue…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (197+ words) BARTON COUNTY —The family of Erin Smith, 17, has established a Gofundme page after the teenager was murdered early Saturday morning in Great Bend. Smith was a student at Hoisington High School and wanted to pursue a career in cosmetology. According…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (97+ words) JC Post Sheriff: Seat belts saved a Kansas driver from serious injuries ALLEN COUNTY — Seat belts made a difference in a crash last week in Allen County. According to the Allen County Sheriff, swerving to miss a deer, the driver…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (146+ words) JC Post Security camera shows suspect using stolen financial card in Salina SALINA—On August 21, 2026, a financial card was reported stolen along with the reporting party’s wallet. The individual checked their account and determined the financial card had been used…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (144+ words) JC Post Police rescue 41 animals, arrest two in Kansas cruelty case LYON COUNTY —Law enforcement are investigating a case of alleged animal cruelty. On September 2, 2026, Animal Control Officers and Patrol Officers of the Emporia Police Department executed a search warrant…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (157+ words) JOHNSON COUNTY —A man is going to prison for killing his mother. Last week, a Johnson County judge sentenced 34-year-old Luke Howard to618 months for count 1 and 165 months for count 2 intentional second degree murder. The sentences are to be served consecutively…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (351+ words) SEDGWICK COUNTY — A mother and her son accused in the drug overdose death of a 15-year-old Kansas girl were back in court Tuesday. Danielle Wheeler, 53 and Isaac L. Hord, 24, both of Wichita attended an arraignment hearing in Judge Jeffrey Syrios…...