A Dodge Dakota pickup that was stolen in Barton County in connection with a federal manhunt was found in Wichita, Tuesday.

It is believed that federal fugitive, Michael Aaron Jayne, stole the truck just days after fleeing a traffic stop in Rooks County and  stealing a vehicle there.

Jayne was convicted in 2009 for attempting to run over a police officer at 75 mph during a traffic stop in Oregon.

Authorities said Jayne should be considered armed and dangerous

ORIGINAL July 8th: Authorities have searched in central Kansas for a man wanted for a parole violation in Oregon.

Barton County Undersheriff Larry Holliday says 30-year-old Michael Aaron Jayne is wanted by U.S. Marshals. Barton County officials have alerted residents around the Cheyenne Bottoms area to keep their eyes out for Jayne.

He is accused of leading officers on a high-speed chase in Rooks County Thursday night. On Friday night, a vehicle reported stolen from Rooks County was recovered in the Cheyenne Bottoms area.

Multiple law enforcement agencies have been involved in the search, bringing in aircraft and even police dogs. Authorities are urging anyone with information to call 911.

A 44-year-old Wichita woman has died after being shot by police officers.

Wichita police Capt. Jeff Easter says the woman was shot after she ignored several commands to put down a knife and lunged at officers.

The officers went to the woman’s home Tuesday night to investigate a domestic dispute.

Easter says the woman was distraught when officers arrived. When she came out of the house, she lunged at the officers with a knife and was shot. She died at a Wichita hospital.

KFDI reports it is still unclear how many times the woman was shot, and if she died from the gunshots or from injuries she suffered in the domestic dispute.

Police believe that at least one officer fired at the woman. The officers were not hurt.

Wichita authorities say a woman has survived a fall from a fifth-story window at Wichita State University after landing on a first-floor awning.

The Wichita Eagle reports that Sedgwick County emergency dispatchers say the woman’s fall was reported Tuesday afternoon. When emergency crews arrived they found the woman suffering from potentially serious injuries and took her to a hospital.

Dispatchers said police at Wichita State are investigating the cause of the fall.

The situation on the east side of Hutchinson is under control and those residents evacuated as a precaution were allowed to go home just after 5:30 p-m.

For most of the day, the area just east of K-61, 3rd Street was closed to Porter. Hoagland was also blocked south of 4th Street after Hutchinson Haz-Mat crews had to respond to a situation in which 46-year-old Michael Ahlstedt mixed several chemicals together creating a dangerous situation inside his residence. He also indicated that there may be explosive devices inside the residence leading to the Wichita Bomb Squad being brought in.

Hutchinson Fire Inspector, L-D Peevyhouse says the bomb squad didn’t locate any devices, however did find a package of some sort that they checked, but turned it to be nothing. Once the bomb squad was done, then it was simple enough for the Haz-Mat crew to get rid of the chemicals. Peevyhouse says they were using lime, and we’re done around 5:30 p-m, allowing those who had been evacuated from that immediate area to go back home.

Police say it started around 9 p-m, Monday night when Michael Ahlstedt of 1415 East 3rd, was taken into custody for possession of stolen property regarding a stolen vehicle out of Wichita. He bonded out and later called police and reported that someone entered his residence and poured chemicals throughout the house and on a vehicle parked in the front yard. Police then entered the home around 2 a-m Tuesday morning, and discovered the chemicals. The Haz-mat team of the Hutchinson Fire Department was then called in, that was around 8 a-m. It was at that point, the it was decided that residents of the immediate area needed to be evacuated.

Then came another concern when Ahlstedt told investigators that he may have explosive devices inside the residence. Out of concern for the fireman and neighborhood safety, the Wichita Bomb Squad was called in. But, again after a search lasting a good part of the afternoon, nothing was found.

Ahlstedt was taken to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center for observation, after he had bonded on the felony theft charge.

No word on what Ahlstedt’s intentions may have been or if he intended to harm anyone with the chemicals.

District Attorney Keith Schroeder says he will have to see what the reports from Police and Fire say before he decides what, if any additional charges will be filed.

By Dewey Terrill ~ Junction City Post

I-70 has been closed at a location approximately 11 miles east of Junction City.

Geary County Undersheriff Tony Wolf reports that a semi-truck carrying nuts and bolts pulled into the median on fire. “And as the witnesses put it, exploded on us out here.” Wolf said the semi was fully engulfed and there is debris on both sides of the interstate. The driver and two passengers got out of the truck. Wolf noted they are not injured but are being checked out by Junction City fire / ambulance services.

Traffic is being diverted into Manhattan via  the 303 exit on the interstate west of the accident and via exit 313 on I-70 east of the accident scene. It was reported to law enforcement authorities just after 3 p.m.

Geary County Rural Fire, Junction City Fire, and Fort Riley Fire Departments have sent firefighters to the scene.

A 68-year-old southeast Kansas man has died after being struck by lightning.

Coffey County Sheriff Randy Rogers says in a news release that Ronald Nicholas was attending a family gathering in the rural Waverly area when he was hit by lightning.

The death occurred Saturday night. Rogers says Nicholas was pronounced dead at the scene.

by Randy Picking ~ Salina Post

A Salina woman has fallen victim to a theft by deception.

The 74-year-old woman received a letter on July 2nd from a Coast Capital Financial Services of Los Angeles, saying she had won $245,000.

Enclosed in the letter was a check for $4,685 for processing fees. The letter told the woman to cash the check and wire the money to two people in Ireland, which she did.

One wire was for $1,915 and the second was for $1,950.

The woman contacted police when her bank said the check she had received was a fake.

Total loss is $3,865.

The body of a man who was missing at Lake Afton has been recovered.

KFDI reports Sedgwick County authorities recovered the body about 6 a.m. Monday at the lake in south-central Kansas.

The man’s identity has not been released. Further details were not immediately available.

Sedgwick County authorities say witnesses saw the man go under the water and not resurface on Saturday evening.

Dive teams from the Wichita and Sedgwick County fire departments searched the lake for several hours Saturday and most of Sunday.