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Emporia man charged with attempted first-degree murder
An Emporia man has been formally charged with attempted murder after an alleged incident earlier this week. Justin Colby Barrett, age 34, was charged Wednesday with attempted first-degree murder and six other counts, including three counts of aggravated battery, and single counts of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated child endangerment and criminal threat.
Morris County authorities seeking people who allegedly fled scene of drug activity to Oklahoma
Morris County authorities are looking for two people who allegedly fled the scene of a drug violation as law enforcement were obtaining a search warrant for the incident address. The Council Grove Police Department says officers responded to 20 North Belfry shortly after 1 am Tuesday for a suspected fentanyl...
Emporia Fire busy responding to small grass fires, possible carbon monoxide incident
Firefighters went to two reports of out-of-control fires that turned out not to be as serious as first indicated. Emporia Fire went to the 2700 block of US Highway 50, or the northeast part of the Fairgrounds, shortly before 4:30 pm. Firefighters say there was a small controlled burn that wasn’t reported to Lyon County Emergency Communications.
Topeka law enforcement reporting technical difficulties
Update 7:31 a.m.: The Lyon County Emergency Communications Center is reporting technical issues in connection to the global cyber outage. “At this time our center is running normally. 911, non-emergency, and our internal operating systems are functioning appropriately,” the Lyon County Emergency Communications Center reported on social media. TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Shawnee County Sheriff’s […]
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