Leavenworth County authorities are searching for an inmate worker who walked away from his duty assignment Thursday night.George Joseph Burgess Jr. walked away from his assignment at 11:45 p.m. Thursday at the Leavenworth County Jail in the Justice Center, according to the Leavenworth County ...
Tonganoxie Police Lt. Jarrod Gill watched Friday as one of his officers tried to stop an armed robbery in progress, handle a disgruntled driver and pursue a school shooter, all in a span of several minutes inside the police station’s conference room.Gill worked with Tonganoxie officers all of ...
Tonganoxie residents who face alleged marijuana charges are to appear in the coming weeks in Leavenworth County District Court.Jason Hinds, 44, and Karri Williamson, 30, face charges of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, cultivation of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia ...
Officials have deemed Tonganoxie Middle School to be safe Thursday afternoon after a student reported a threat being written in a bathroom stall.The student reported the note being found in a boys' bathroom about 11:45 a.m. Thursday, according to a statement from the Tonganoxie USD ...
A Topeka man was killed Thursday morning after the truck he was riding in crashed with a semitrailer on Interstate 70, the Kansas Turnpike Authority said.Around 9:05 a.m. a westbound Chevrolet Silverado struck the rear end of a Freightliner semi, which was also westbound, but driving in a ...
Chief has some new threads and work space with the Tonganoxie Police Department.A Belgian Malinois, Chief is the department’s K-9 who was set to receive a bulletproof/stabproof vest, thanks to Going to the Dogs, a Leawood nonprofit organization that assists area K-9 units.But as conversation ...
The Friends of the Tonganoxie Police recently had the Run for the Blue 5K/10K in Tonganoxie.Jen Haug won the women’s 5K, while Heather Tegtmeier won the women’s 10K.In the men’s 5K, Chandler Hamman won the top overall spot, with Tonganoxie police Chief Jeff Brandau winning the men’s ...
As about 30 people attended a ribbon cutting on a crisp and chilly fall morning this past Thursday at the new Tonganoxie Police Department, Mayor Jason Ward joked about the weather and said it was fitting because police Chief Jeff Brandau thought it would be “a cold day in hell before he had ...
Tonganoxie police have been working with local educators on a crisis plan for Tonganoxie schools.It’s a plan that, with enough donations, could provide kits for 400 classrooms in Tonganoxie USD 464 and at Genesis Christian Academy.Chief Jeff Brandau said the district lacks funding for such ...
Tonganoxie police were involved in a high-speed chase early Wednesday morning that led to the apprehension of an escaped prisoner.Local police engaged in a high-speed chase about 1 a.m. and kept in pursuit for about 10 miles, ending near Lawrence Municipal Airport, according to police Chief ...
