A car drove into a newly opened restaurant early Tuesday afternoon in Tonganoxie.Tonganoxie City Fire and Police departments responded to the accident at 12:50 p.m. Tuesday at Mirth Café Too, 1212 E. U.S. Highway 24-40Police said it appeared the female driver was trying to reverse but instead ...
A 38-year-old Basehor man pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to attempting to hire someone to kill his wife, according to a news release issued by the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri.Lee D. Smith in May contacted, then agreed to pay, a man — identified in court ...
A Tonganoxie police officer soon will join a select group of law enforcement officials.Billy Naff has been selected to attend the Federal Bureau of Investigation Academy in Quantico, Va.Roughly 1 percent of law enforcement officials are accepted into the academy, according to Tonganoxie Police ...
Dig deeperMore details about former police officer Jason Cory's lawsuit against the city of Basehor are available in the court documents available for download below: Cory's lawsuit petition, and a response from the city, Police Chief Lloyd Martley and Police Lieutenant Robert Pierce.A former ...
A 47-year-old Tonganoxie man died in a motorcycle accident late Sunday near Tonganoxie.The accident occurred about 11:10 p.m. a mile south of Tonganoxie on U.S. Highway 24-40.The motorcyclist, Elias Velasquez, was heading toward Tonganoxie when he lost control of a 1991 Harley Davidson Sportser ...
A Leavenworth County 10-year-old has died at an area hospital after an accident on a rough terrain vehicle Thursday night.Shelbee Heim, of rural Leavenworth, was operating a Kubota RTV 400 about 8:30 p.m. Thursday on her family’s farm in the 31700 block of 179th Street. She was driving the ...
Burdel Welsh has been back in Kansas for just a few weeks, but he’s no stranger to the Leavenworth County Sheriff’s office.And he’s ready to make a return.Welsh filed for the sheriff’s race and will face Andy Dedeke, the current sheriff’s office captain, in the November general ...
The Tonganoxie Police Department is back to square one for its search for a new home.The Tonganoxie City Council voted at Monday’s meeting to end discussions with Everlasting Specialties for purchase of its building at 725 Laming Rd.Police Chief Jeff Brandau said he viewed negotiations for ...
A 37-year-old Basehor man accused of trying to hire a man to kill his wife pleaded not guilty in federal court Thursday in Kansas City, Mo.According to court records, federal authorities accuse Lee D. Smith, who once lived in Eudora, of agreeing to pay a man $1,800 to murder Smith’s wife, and ...
A Basehor man died Saturday in a motorcycle accident northwest of Linwood.Colby S. Folsom, 33, of Basehor was driving south on 206th Street north of Cantrell Road just before 2 p.m. Saturday when his 1986 Kawasaki motorcycle went off the road and hit the edge of a driveway, according to a ...
