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Suspicious package reroutes Shrine Bowl parade

(AP) — A suspicious package that turned out to be trash caused a scare at a Topeka parade.
The Kansas Shrine Bowl Parade was rerouted Saturday morning after a paper bag was discovered inside a bin cokansas shrine bowl logontaining rental property ads.

Police Sgt. Byron Endsley says the person who found the neatly folded brown bag flagged down an officer. Authorities shut down a one-block area around the box while a bomb robot retrieved the package. Authorities suspect someone threw the trash in the rental property bin by mistake.

Endsley says it’s better to be safe than sorry.

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