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Platte County Sheriff's Office investigating drowning death
(PLATTE COUNTY, Mo.) The Platte County, Missouri Sheriff's Office announced that they are investigating a drowning death that occurred on June 26, 2024. According to a press release from the Platte County Sheriff's Office,. "At approximately 2025 hours (8:25 p.m.) Deputies with the Platte County Sheriff's Office responded to Houston...
Police: 17-year-old identified as victim in Kansas shooting
WYANDOTTE COUNTY —Detectives investigating a fatal shooting have identified the victim as 17-year-old Michael Welch of Kansas City, Kansas. On Wednesday evening, police were dispatched to a shooting in the 4900 block of Steele Road, according to a media release. First responders discovered Welch outside a home, the victim...
Topeka man seriously injured in rollover crash early Monday on Kansas Turnpike
LAWRENCE, Kan. (WIBW) - A man was seriously injured early Monday in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 70 along the Kansas Turnpike in Leavenworth County, authorities said. The crash was reported at 3:08 a.m. Monday on I-70 about 5 miles east of Lawrence. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a...
Motorcycle rider injured when doing wheelie on I-435 in Wyandotte County
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (WIBW) - A motorcycle rider was seriously injured Sunday morning after crashing his bike while doing a wheelie on a Wyandotte County highway, authorities said. The crash was reported at 9:20 a.m. Sunday on northbound Interstate 435 about a half-mile south of Kansas Avenue in Kansas City,...
Juvenile male and Polo woman injured in head-on collision Monday
(CLINTON COUNTY, Mo.) The Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) responded to a crash on MO 116 approximately one mile East of Lathrop around 5:18 p.m. on Monday, July 1, 2024. According to the MSHP crash report, Preston Farr, 18, from Faucett, Missouri, was driving Westbound with a juvenile male passenger, 16, also from Faucett, while Allison Hamm, 35, from Polo, Missouri, was driving Eastbound on MO 116.
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