JOHNSON COUNTY — Overland Park police have arrested a suspect in a hit-and-run collision that killed two students.
Fatal Saturday crash scene-photo courtesy KCTV
According to booking records, Bradley Edwin Woodworth, 45, Olathe, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of failing to stop after an accident resulting in death.
Police say the crash on Saturday killed 18-year-old Matthew Bloskey, of Overland Park, and 20-year-old Samuel Siebuhr, of Kansas City, Kansas.
Overland Park police say a van belonging to the suspect may have hit Siebuhr’s car as both vehicles were driving east.
Siebuhr apparently lost control, clipped another vehicle, then crashed head-on into a vehicle driven by Bloskey. Both drivers died at the scene.
Siebuhr was studying Kansas City Kansas Community College. Bloskey was a senior at Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, Missouri.
Today A 50 percent chance of rain before 2pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 57. East wind 5 to 11 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.
Tonight Mostly clear, with a low around 37. North wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light and variable.
Saturday A 20 percent chance of rain after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. South southwest wind 8 to 13 mph.
Saturday NightA 50 percent chance of rain, mainly after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. East southeast wind 6 to 11 mph becoming north 12 to 17 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph.
SundayRain likely, possibly mixed with snow before 10am, then snow likely between 10am and 4pm, then rain and snow likely after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Sunday NightSnow likely before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
SMITH CENTER, Kan. – The TMP-Marian volleyball team opened pool play at the Mid-Continent League Tournament 1-1. The Monarchs were swept by Phillipsburg 23-25 and 20-25 then swept Hill City 25-20, 25-14.
Emilee Lane led TMP in kills with 14. Emilee Augustine and Jillian Lowe both had 16 digs. Augustine added five service saces and Kassidi Yost 22 assists.
The Moanrchs will close out pool play Saturday against Trego and Oakley. The top two teams from the two pools advance to the semifinals which will follow pool play.
Phillipsburg, Smith Center and Norton both went 2-0. The Monarchs and Plainville are both 1-1. Stockton, Ellis, Hill City and Oakley both finished 0-2.
TOPEKA — The Department of Revenue is giving Kansas corporations more time to file returns due to the late passage and complexity of the 2017 Federal Tax Reform legislation.
Corporations filing Kansas tax returns will have an additional 30 days with no penalty, making the new deadline November 15. While the extension applies to filing corporate returns, it does not correspond to the deadline for corporate tax payments, which are required to be submitted on the 15th day of the fourth month following the end of the corporation’s tax year.
“The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act significantly changed the landscape of tax law for corporations, and the extra time is designed to give corporate filers more time to ensure accuracy and compliance with the new law,” Division of Taxation Director David Clauser said.
The extension applies to 2017 corporate income tax returns filed by November 15, or within an additional month for an extended 2017 corporate income tax return for corporations that file on a fiscal year basis.
For more information, please see the notice published on the KDOR website. For questions, please call (785) 368-8222 option 5.
To see the official tax notice, please visit KSRevenue.org.
Hays High finished a three game home stand with a Thursday night game against the Buhler Crusaders. The night also marked senior night for 17 players.
Maybe it was the short week with lots of rain. Maybe it was thoughts of the Dodge City. It could have been emotions of senior night. Hays High after one quarter trailed Buhler by a 7-0 score. The Indians lost the ball on down on their own side of the field to start the game and Buhler scored just four plays later on a 4th and 2 run of 19 yards.
The Indians punted on their next two possessions in the first quarter but the Hays High defense forced fumbles on back to back plays to end quarter number one. The first play of the second quarter, Hayden Brown sprinted 20 yards for a touchdown to tie the score. The Indians recovered another fumble on the next Buhler possession, however Hays had to punt once again.
Following a short Buhler punt, Brown scored from 46 yards away on third down to give the Indians their first lead. Palmer Hutchison score from 43 yards on third down to put Hays up 21-7. Late in the second quarter Tavian Creamer intercepted a pass at the end zone and three plays later, Hutchison found freshman Jaren Kanak for a 97 yard score and a 28-7 lead.
Buhler ended the half getting the ball all the way to the Indian one yard line with no time remaining.
Highlights
Palmer Hutchison opened the second half with an interception on defense and then scored one play later from eight yards away from the end zone to give the Indians a commanding 34-7 lead.
Buhler closed gap down to 34-14 but Hays capped off a 70 yard drive on the first play of the fourth quarter when Hayden Brown scored a third rushing touchdown. The extra point put Hays up 41-14. Buhler scored one more time and the game came to a close with Hays taking a 41-21 win.
Coach Tony Crough
Both teams are 3-4 on the season. Hays heads to Salina to play the Central Mustangs next Friday.
RENO COUNTY— After nearly two hours of deliberations on Wednesday, a jury found a Kansas man guilty in a series of robberies that occurred over two years.
Howell – photo KDOC
Jeffrey Howell, 60, who according to the Kansas Department of Corrections has previous convictions for burglary, theft, aggravated robbery, aggravated assault, criminal threat, aggravated escape from custody and contributing to a child’s misconduct can add kidnaping and multiple counts of aggravated robbery to his criminal record.
The the latest convictions were for the robbery of Hutchinson area businesses in October of 2016 and in August and September of 2017.
Howell declined to participate in his trial. His attorney sat alone at the defense table.
HAYS – For a 13th straight year, the Hays High girls’ golf team has qualified for state. The Indians shot a 398 and finished second at their own 5A Regional Thursday at Smoky Hill Country Club.
The Indians were 33 shots behind first place Maize South.
Taleia McCrae led the way with a 95 and finished seventh. Molly Eikenberry fired a 98 to finish ninth and Emily McGuire was 10th after a 100. The 5A State Tournament is Monday in Hesston.
Team Results
1. Maize South 366
2. Hays High 398
3. Maize 400
4. Salina South 422
5. Great Bend 455
6. Goddard 457
Top 10 Medalists
1. Britney Wessley Maize South 90
2. Lexie Ridder Maize 90
3. Hannah Shaver Maize South 91
4. London Love Maize South 91
5. Riley Hunter Maize 94
6. Morgan Wilson Maize South 94
7. Taleia McCrae Hays High 95
8. Tatum Forrester Salina South 97
9. Molly Eikenberry Hays High 98
10. Zoe Norton Salina South 100
SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect for attempted murder after an altercation
Hutcherson -photo Sedgwick Co.
Just after 5p.m. Wednesday, police responded to reported of a wanted suspect at the Union Rescue Mission in the 2800 Block of North Hillside Street in Wichita, according to officer Paul Cruz.
Officers made contact with a suspect with an active warrant from the Kansas Department of Corrections identified as 53-year-old Darren Hutcherson. As officers approached, Hutcherson grabbed a butter knife from a nearby table and stabbed the officer in the chest just below his neck, according to Cruz.
The suspect dropped the knife and ran. Police arrested him after a brief foot pursuit.
The knife did not penetrate the officer’s vest and he was not injured, according to Cruz.
Hutcherson was booked for attempted murder of an officer, aggravated assault, resisting arrest and the KDOC warrant.
Hutcherson has two dozen previous convictions for burglary, theft, aggravated assault and DUI, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita school’s officials are raising concerns about trains stalling for long periods of time on nearby tracks, which is leading students to crawl under boxcars and across the couplings to get home.
Railroad crossing near Hamilton Elementary -google map
Hamilton Middle School Principal Justin Kasel says that trains traveling just north of the school sometimes are stopped for up to an hour, tying up traffic.
“It can be stuck there between five and even over 60 minutes,” Kasel said.
More than two-thirds of the school’s 600 students don’t qualify for a bus, so they either walk or get rides.
Kasel said stalled trains blocked several intersections both before and after school on Tuesday, which led to at least 150 students being a half-hour late for school. But he said that children crawling through or underneath stalled trains are far more worrisome than the delays.
Kasel held assemblies Wednesday to warn students about the dangers of crossing railroad tracks. He also planned to send a notice to parents about the issue.
Tom Wilcox, a school employee, posted a video to Facebook after witnessing students taking dangerous risks Tuesday when a train stalled. The video was later taken down but prompted the school to issue a warning.
“It was terrifying. The train would move back and forth all of a sudden, and one of those couplings could crush a kid,” Wilcox said. “That could have been a tragedy.”
The tracks and crossing near Hamilton Middle School belong to Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad, which didn’t return a request for comment Wednesday. It’s unclear what caused the hour-long delay on Tuesday.
A Texas-based railroad company, BNSF Railway, is currently challenging a Kansas law that bars railroads from blocking a crossing for more than 10 minutes.
TOPEKA, Kan. – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) is investigating after two officer involved shooting incidents occurred Thursday morning in Topeka.
According to a media release, just before 10a.m., the Topeka Police Department requested the KBI conduct an officer involved shooting investigation. It was the second shooting incident that occurred on Thursday involving officers of the Topeka Police Department and a male subject. However, the subject is believed to have only suffered injuries during the second shooting incident.
Preliminary information indicates that at approximately 9:45 a.m. officers from the Topeka Police Department, and a KBI agent, were investigating the initial shooting scene at SW 32nd St. and SW MacVicar Ave. when a subject appeared matching the description of the suspect who had fired at officers at around 3 a.m. When officers attempted to question him, he ran away which prompted them to pursue him on foot nearby Jardine Elementary and Middle School property.
As officers chased the subject, gunfire was exchanged between the subject and three officers in a parking lot of the Briarwood Condominiums, located west of the intersection of SW MacVicar Ave. and SW Briarwood Plaza. The subject was struck multiple times by gunfire. Officers secured the subject’s gun. No law enforcement officers were injured during the shooting.
EMS responded and transported the subject to a local hospital where he underwent surgery. He is expected to recover. The subject has now been identified as 23-year-old Trevon L. Brown of Topeka.
The KBI will complete a thorough and independent investigation into this incident. Once completed, the findings will be turned over to the Shawnee County District Attorney for review.
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SHAWNEE COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Thursday morning officer-involved shooting and have a suspect in custody.
Police on the scene of Thursday’s officer-involved shooting photo courtesy WIBW TV
While officers were on scene investigating the earlier aggravated assault and officer-involved shooting, a male subject, matching the description of the subject in the overnight shooting, approached officers guarding the crime scene near the 3200 block of SW MacVicar in Topeka, according to police spokesperson Gretchen Koenen.
While officers were talking with the subject, his behavior became suspicious. He then fled from officers on foot.
After a brief foot-pursuit near Jardine Elementary and Middle School, the suspect produced a handgun and shot at officers.
Three officers returned fire, striking the suspect multiple times. The officers were then able to safely take the suspect into custody, recover the suspect’s firearm and call for medical response. No police officers were injured in this event.
Officers also notified officials at Jardine to take safety precautions because of the close proximity to the school.
The suspect was then transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The three officers who fired at the suspect have been placed on Administrative Leave, per department policy, until the internal administrative investigation is completed.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is handling the investigation. Authorities have not released the suspect’s name.
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SHAWNEE COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating and searching for a suspect who shot at officers.
Just before 3a.m. Thursday, police were working on an assignment to address vehicle burglaries in the 2000 Block of SW 33rd in Topeka, according to Lt. Andrew Beightel
Officers saw a subject wearing a white coat, baseball hat and a back pack walking down the sidewalk around the area of 33rd and SW Briarwood.
The initial officer went to turn around in his marked patrol car to try and make a consensual contact with the subject but the suspect fled into the neighborhood to the north.
A few minutes later, other officers spotted the same subject running into the apartment complex at 32nd and Macvicar.
Officers tried to make contact with the subject to investigate his behavior and for lurking and prowling at which point the suspect fled from the officers on foot again. Officers told the suspect to stop but he refused and continued to flee.
The officers pursued the suspect and as they closed in on him he shot at the officers. Two oficers returned fire and took cover. As the suspect fled he continued to shoot at the officers. The suspect was last seen running west bound through the neighborhood near SW 32nd and SW Macvicar. Both Officers are uninjured and at this time it is unknown if the suspect was struck or injured.
Other responding officers quickly set up a perimeter around the area and began looking for the suspect for multiple counts of Aggravated Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer.
As of 11a.m. Thursday, the suspect was still outstanding but officers are continuing to search the area with the assistance of the KHP helicopter and other area law enforcement agencies/assets.
The suspect is described as a male in his twenties with a baseball hat with slightly longer hair that stuck out from his hat.
Per procedure both the involved officers have been placed on administrative leave until the administrative investigation is completed. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation will be assisting in the investigative efforts related to this incident.
Week seven of the high school football season is here! On Thursday night, Hays Post and Eagle Communications will live stream the Hays High Indians as the play host to the Buhler Crusaders at Lewis Field Stadium in Hays.
On Friday Hays Post will live stream Plainville and Ellis. That game can also be heard on 101.9 The Bull.
The Thomas More Prep-Marian Monarchs can be heard on 99.5KHAZ as they host the Minneapolis Lions at Lewis Field Stadium in Hays.
Kickoff for all three games is scheduled for 7 p.m.
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Two men have been charged in a string of suburban Kansas City robberies that led to one of the suspects exchanging gunfire with an officer.
Jimenez -photo Johnson Co.
23-year-old Pedro Antonio Torres and 18-year-old Mario Jimenez were charged Wednesday with five counts of aggravated robbery. Jimenez also was charged with aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer. Torres had an additional felony theft charge. Their attorneys didn’t immediately return phone messages.
Olathe, Kansas, police say officers stopped a vehicle after four convenience stores were held up early Monday.
Police say Torres was arrested after a short chase. But Jimenez is accused of firing at an officer before he was arrested hours later after a manhunt that caused some schools to be locked down. No one was hurt.
