A Leavenworth man convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a friend inside a Leavenworth County home has been sentenced to prison. Tyren Bradley, born Oct. 11, 2005, was sentenced Wednesday, Aug. 5, in Leavenworth County District Court to 32 months in prison, per a ...
The Leavenworth County Attorney’s Office is warning residents about a phone scam targeting families of people who are incarcerated after multiple reports surfaced of scammers falsely claiming to represent law enforcement in an effort to obtain money. In a recent reported incident, the ...
TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court chose not to authorize an expedited review of lower court decisions temporarily blocking enforcement of a new state law repealing the three-day grace period for mail-in advance ballots. On Thursday, a majority of the state’s highest court declined ...
A 23-year-old Tonganoxie man was sentenced Wednesday to more than seven years in prison after pleading guilty to charges involving the possession and distribution of child pornography. Ridge T. Vincent, 23, of Tonganoxie, on June 3, 2026, was sentenced by Judge Gerald Kuckelman to a total of ...
A former nurse who used another person’s State of Kansas Board of Nursing certification number to obtain employment has been convicted of identity theft. During a hearing Friday, 48-year-old Tracie D. Launderville, of Tonganoxie, was found guilty after pleading no contest in Leavenworth ...
A 40-year-old Leavenworth woman has been sentenced to prison in connection with the death of a 3-year-old child who died of acute fentanyl toxicity. Tara Ann Huerta pleaded guilty Feb. 18 in Leavenworth County District Court to one count of involuntary manslaughter and one count of aggravated ...
Inmate serving life sentence for killing Kansas sheriff convicted on charge related to contraband cellphone An inmate already serving a life sentence has been convicted on a charge related to concealing a contraband cellphone in a homemade knee brace. Scott Cheever, 44, an inmate at Lansing ...
A Leavenworth man wanted on felony charges was found deceased Thursday after firing multiple rounds toward law enforcement officers during a standoff, according to the Leavenworth Police Department. Joseph Lee Dickey, 36, was facing two counts of aggravated assault and one count of criminal ...
A 44-year-old former Tonganoxie resident convicted earlier this year of more than a dozen child sex crimes has been found deceased before sentencing. The Leavenworth County Attorney’s Office was informed Friday morning that David A. Espinoza was recently found deceased. In light of ...
A 35-year-old Leavenworth man has been convicted in connection with the fentanyl-related death of a 3-year-old boy. Kenneth C. Hedgecock pleaded no contest Monday to one count of involuntary manslaughter and one count of aggravated endangering a child. He was found guilty on both counts, ...
