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ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. (KAKE) - An Arkansas City woman was sentenced this week to 18 months of probation for insurance fraud. The Kansas Department of Insurance says 33-year-old Misty Jane Dial pleaded guilty in the District Court of Cowley-Arkansas City on July 9 to one felony count of attempted fraudulent insurance act and one one felony count of making false information.
ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. (KWCH) - The Arkansas City Fire/EMS Department released information regarding the memorial service for Firefighter Trevor Rusk. Rusk died on Saturday. Although his death was initially classified as being off duty, Arkansas City officials said the State Medical Examiner confirmed that his death “falls within the timeframe required to be classified as a Line of Duty Death.”
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - An Oklahoma ranch is reeling after dozens of its horses died over a week. The Elk County, Okla. ranch suspects Kansas feed may have poisoned the horses. As the Kansas Department of Agriculture investigates, 12 News spoke with a local expert, explaining the difficulties of detecting toxic feed.
A 31-year-old Kansas man was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident that occurred Wednesday in the 2600 block of north 14th Street in Ponca City. Just before noon, the motorcycle and a 2023 Nissan collided in the southbound lanes. Ponca City Fire chief Butch Herring said a man was transported...
A black 2015 Cadillac ATS – that was stolen just over a week ago – has been recovered in Oklahoma, according to local police. On Aug. 18, a woman was working inside AC Bin Den when the vehicle was taken from where it was parked in the 100 block of W. Adams. The family has been notified that the car was recovered.
During their first appearance hearing today via Zoom with Butler County Courts, two 14-year-old girls pleaded not guilty in the murder of Joanne Johnson. The 93-year-old Augusta resident was brutally murdered in her home last September. The suspects were identified by the Augusta Department of Public Safety, Kansas Bureau of...
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A pedestrian was seriously injured Friday morning after being struck by a city-owned maintenance truck in El Dorado. The El Dorado Police Department confirmed officers responded to a vehicle vs. pedestrian accident under a bridge in the 800 block of N. Main Street at 7:50 a.m.
Wellington Police notes: Wednesday, August 28, 2024. •8:30 a.m. Officers took a theft report in the 200 block S. Patterson St, Wellington. •10:04 a.m. Report Pending. •2:29 p.m. Raymond J. Anguiano, 37, Wellington, was issued a Notice to Appear for Dog Bite Violation, Registration Required, and Immunizations Required. •2:48 p.m....
Authorities in Cowley County are working to identify a body found Sunday near K-15 and U.S. 77 highways. The body was discovered on railroad tracks by an employee of BNSF railroad, the Cowley County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Monday. Deputies were dispatched to the site, which is west of the highway junction, around 2:30 p.m.
Multiple Cowley County law enforcement agencies have recently investigated instances of vehicles that were stolen. In Ark City last week, a black Cadillac four-door sedan with personalized plate reading “NIMBLE,” was stolen from S. Summit in Ark City. Family said this weekend that the car had yet to be recovered.