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CRIME & SAFETY
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...
Emporia man arrested in Osage County on suspected drug distribution
An Emporia man faces possible drug distribution charges in Osage County after an alleged domestic disturbance in Melvern. Osage County Sheriff Chris Wells says deputies were called to the area of Northwest Maple and Northwest Roberts around 10:45 am Friday. While on scene, they say they found 33-year-old 33-year-old Dustin R Davis in the 200 block of Northwest Main with illegal narcotics in his possession.
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