POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY- A Kansas woman died in an accident just after 6:30a.m. Wednesday in Pottawatomie County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1997 Dodge Ram driven by Nicole Lynn Chilcott, 34, Westmoreland, was southbound on Kansas 99 just south of Marten Road.
The truck went left of center into the northbound lane and left the roadway with no sign of braking or evasive maneuver.
The truck jumped a culvert and struck a tree.
Chilcott was transported to a hospital in Topeka where she died.
She was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.
Police: Three dead after Tuesday night shooting-photo courtesy KC
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A man is under arrest after a shooting victim summoned police to a Kansas home where three bodies were found.
Kansas City, Kansas, police say the surviving victim was struck in the head and shot in the back late Tuesday at the home. Officers later found two men and a woman who had been shot to death there.
Police say officers found the suspect about 7 miles (11 kilometers) from the shooting scene. He was taken into custody but no charges have been filed.
Officer Patrick McCallop says the suspect and victims knew each other, but he did not elaborate.
Police on Wednesday identified those killed as 47-year-olds Bernadette Gosserand and Vincent Rocha, and 26-year-old Jeremy Rocha.
SEDGWICK COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities continue the investigating into the cause of Tuesday’s fatal accident in Sedgwick County.
A GMC Sierra pickup driven by 58-year-old Gary Wolf Wichita, was southbound in the 600 Block of north Rock Road in Wichita, according to Sgt. Nikki Woodrow during Wednesday’s police briefing.
The vehicle crossed over to the opposite lanes of traffic, left the road and hit a tree.
Wolf was the only occupant of the pickup. He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Woodrow.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has blocked an effort to overturn an Obama-era regulation restricting harmful methane emissions that escape from oil and gas wells on federal land.
The measure failed on a vote of 51-to-49 in the Republican-led chamber.
Republican leaders were seeking to overturn the Interior Department rule under the Congressional Review Act.
President Barack Obama finalized a rule in November that would force energy companies to capture methane that’s burned off or “flared” at drilling sites because it earns less money than oil.
Democrats and environmental groups say the rule protects the public health and generates millions in revenue for state, local and tribal governments.
Republicans and industry groups call the rule an example of federal overreach under Obama and say it duplicates state rules in place throughout the West.
Location of Tuesday’s search for burglary suspect-google image
ELLSWORTH COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Ellsworth County are investigating a suspect following an alleged burglary and chase.
Just before 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, deputies responded to reported of a burglary in progress at a rural home in the 800 Block of Kansas Highway 156 in Ellsworth County, according to a Sheriff Murray Marston.
The suspect fled the scene on foot before deputies arrived.
With the help of the Kansas Highway Patrol K-9 and aircraft along with wardens from the Kansas
Department of Wildlife and Parks, deputies found the suspect in a pasture north of the residence.
He is being held in the Ellsworth County Jail. Name of the suspect and possible charges were not released early Wednesday.
Fire at the motel during gun battle -photo courtesy WIBW -TV
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty to lying about the whereabouts of a robbery suspect who later killed himself during a shootout that injured three federal agents at a Kansas motel.
The U.S. attorney’s office says 37-year-old Quentin Kirk Lawton, of Topeka, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of making a false statement to a federal officer.
He admitted that he denied having seen 28-year-old fugitive Orlando Collins last year at the Country Club Motel in Topeka. However, surveillance cameras showed Lawton left the motel shortly before fugitive task force members tried to contact Collins at the hotel.
Authorities say Collins shot two U.S. Marshals and an FBI agent. He started a fire that caused $350,000 in damage and his body was found when the fire was extinguished.
SUMNER COUNTY –Another earthquake rattled portions of Kansas on Wednesday morning.
The 2.7 magnitude quake hit just before 6 a.m. and was centered approximately 10 miles northwest of Conway Springs, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
This is the second quake in Kansas this month.
The agency reported a 3.5 magnitude quake in Harper County on May 5.
The USGS recorded nearly a dozen Kansas earthquakes in April, seven in March and six in February. They measured from 2.5. to 3.3.
There are no reports of damage or injury from Wednesday’s earthquake, according to the Sumner County Sheriff’s Department.
In April, voters in USD 265 Goddard approved a $52-million-dollar bond for security enhancements and storm shelters. USD 264 Coldwater also passed a $15 million dollar bond for school safety upgrades.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has fired FBI Director James Comey.In a statement, Trump says Comey’s firing “will mark a new beginning” for the FBI.
Kansas Senator Jerry Moran in an email did not support or condemn the President’s action.
“The American people deserve more information about the circumstances of Mr. Comey’s dismissal. The next FBI Director must be an impartial law enforcement professional dedicated to carrying out the Bureau’s critical mission of protecting the United States and its citizens.”
Kansas Senator Pat Roberts and First District Congressman Roger Marshall did not comment on the firing.
The White House says the search for a new FBI director will begin immediately.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has fired FBI Director James Comey.
In a statement, Trump says Comey’s firing “will mark a new beginning” for the FBI. The White House says the search for a new FBI director will begin immediately.”
Comey’s firing comes days after he testified on Capitol Hill about the FBI’s investigation into Russia’s
election meddling and possible connections between Russia and Trump’s campaign.
SEWARD COUNTY- Law enforcement authorities in Seward County are investigating a suspect on drug violatons.
Just before 1 a.m. Thursday, May 4, deputies stopped a vehicle in the 300 Block of West Pancake Boulevard in Liberal, according to Undersheriff Gene Ward.
The deputies requested K-9 officer Niko. The dog indicated there were illegal drugs in the vehicle and deputies found over 28 pounds of marijuana in the trunk.
No details were available on an arrest, according to Ward.
WICHITA – A Kansas man was sentenced Monday to five years in federal prison for carrying a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, according to U.S. Attorney Tom Beall.
Daniel Christian Thomas, 32, Wichita, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. In his plea, he admitted he was driving a PT Cruiser that had been reported stolen when the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s office stopped him.
A search of the car turned up a .45 caliber Bond Arms Snake Slayer derringer and .410 shotgun shells as well three baggies containing methamphetamine, two digital scales and approximately $1,000 in cash.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A research group that supports abortion rights says more than half of women of reproductive age live in states with unneeded restrictions on abortion facilities.
The analysis released Tuesday by the Guttmacher Institute comes after a U.S. Supreme Court decision last year striking down a widely replicated Texas law on abortion clinics. The court held the regulations were medically unnecessary and unconstitutionally limit a woman’s right to an abortion.
That ruling prompted Guttmacher to look at laws it says are not based in science.
Abortion opponents say such restrictions protect women’s health.
Guttmacher analyzed laws that mandate standards for abortion providers, require waiting periods and ban abortions after 20 weeks.
It found Kansas and Texas have the most such restrictions, followed by Louisiana, Oklahoma and South Dakota.
