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Three arrested after Hoyt traffic stop
(KNZA)--Three Topeka residents were arrested on drug and alcohol-related charges following a traffic stop in the city of Hoyt. Hoyt Police Chief Dan Wentling said an officer stopped a van Friday evening for various traffic infractions near the intersection of 1st Street and Eastern Avenue. The driver of the van,...
Billy Joe Hill, 77, a free man after serving 'Hard 25' sentence for 1998 Burlingame murder
Billy Joe Hill had been on the Kansas Most Wanted list more than two months when law enforcement officers cornered him in January 1999 in a farmhouse seven miles northeast of Holton in Jackson County. Hill remained barricaded for 49 hours in a house where the heat and electricity had...
Colorado woman arrested for meth possession in Jackson County
JACKSON COUNTY, Kan. (WIBW) - A Colorado woman was arrested for methamphetamine possession in Jackson County, Kan. According to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy stopped a vehicle for a traffic infraction around 9:30 p.m. on Monday, July 1 on 150th near US-75 Highway. The Sheriff’s Office said...
4th of July fire burns Topeka mobile home
TOPEKA (KSNT) – A mobile home fire late on the 4th of July holiday caused thousands of dollars in damages. According to a spokeswoman with the Topeka Fire Department, crews responded to a reported mobile home fire around 10 p.m. Thursday near 21st and Adams. When firefighters arrived, they found the fire had spread throughout […]
Traffic reduced to one lane for eastbound I-70 toward SE 10th St. as authorities investigate crash in Topeka
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Traffic is reduced to one lane for eastbound I-70 toward SE 10th St. as authorities investigate a crash in Topeka. Kansas Highway Patrol and Topeka Police Department are responding to an injury crash involving multiple vehicles on I-70 near SE 10th St. Troopers with the Kansas...
Police ask for public's help to solve burglary at Scooter’s Coffee
SHAWNEE COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a burglary and asking the public for help to solve the crime. Just after 3a.m. June 17, police responded to Scooter’s Coffee, 1409 NW Topeka Boulevard in response to a reported burglary. It was reported that cash was also stolen from the business.
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