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Motorcycle crash Sunday afternoon in Johnson County sends man to hospital
MISSION, Kan. (WIBW) - One person was taken to the hospital following a single-vehicle motorcycle crash Sunday afternoon in Johnson County, authorities said. The crash was reported at 12:53 p.m. Sunday on the ramp leading from southbound Interstate 35 to northbound Interstate 635 in the city of Mission. According to...
Expect large police presence in Overland Park during training exercise
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A significant number of police, fire and EMS crews might be in the area of W. 159 and Roe in the coming days. Coordinators said they are not dealing with an emergency, they are training on how to respond to one. Many first responders from...
Prison for deadly Kansas crash while fleeing police
JOHNSON COUNTY —A Kansas City area man is going to prison for a deadly Kansas crash. Last week, Judge Christiina Gyllenborg sentenced 24-year-old Uconn Comemann of Grain Valley to 25-years in prison for a fatal crash while he was fleeing police, according to the Johnson County District Attorney's office.
Smoke continues to billow from smoldering Shawnee landfill
SHAWNEE, Kan. (KCTV) - While smoke may still be seen billowing from a landfill in Shawnee, crews have been working throughout the day to extinguish the blaze. The Shawnee, Kansas, Fire Department says that just after 2:50 a.m. on Saturday, July 20, emergency crews were called to the landfill at 17955 Holliday Dr. with reports of a fire.
Kansas officers discover 2,000 altered retail gift cards
JOHNSON COUNTY —Earlier this month, members of the Lenexa Police Department's Directed Patrol Unit were patrolling hotels in the area of 95th Street and I-35 highway in Lenexa, according to a social media report. Officers contacted an individual from out of state parked at one of the hotels and...
Careless discard of smoking materials may have caused Kan. fire
JOHNSON COUNTY —Two adults and a child were displaced after a weekend fire possibly caused by carless discard of smoking materials. Just after 3a.m. Saturday, crews were called to a fire at 120th and Hayes Street in Overland Park, according to a media release. First responders found smoke and...
Lenexa police approve pay increases for officers
LENEXA, Kan. (KCTV) - Salary increases for city employees were recently approved in Lenexa. As a result, the Lenexa Police Department is the latest local police department to increase officer pay ranges. That follows the Independence Police Department and Kansas City Missouri Police Department. Each of those two departments announced...
Attempt to escape burning Shawnee home leads to pedestrian-vehicle collision
SHAWNEE, Kan. (KCTV) - An attempt to escape a burning Shawnee home sent one woman to a nearby hospital after she was hit by a car. The Shawnee, Kansas, Fire Department says that just before 3 p.m. on Sunday, July 21, emergency crews were called to the 7700 block of Nieman Rd., near Advance Auto Parts, with reports of a house fire. Crews from Shawnee, the Lenexa Fire Department, the Overland Park Fire Department and Jonson County MED-ACT all responded.
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