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Kansas drug dealer caught with over 1,600 fentanyl pills
JOHNSON COUNTY —A Kansas man is going to prison for a drug-deal death in Kansas. Last week, Judge Thomas J. Ryan sentenced 23-year-old Diego Alessandro Gomez of Kansas City, Kansas, to 16-years in prison for two counts of distributing fentanyl, according to the Johnson County District Attorney's office. During...
News Chopper 9 video: Fire displaces south Overland Park family and leaves behind damage
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — A fire late Wednesday night at a home on 180th and Canterbury Road in south Overland Park has left a family homeless. The fire, which caused heavy damage as captured by News Chopper 9, also resulted in the death of a family cat, with another pet still missing.
Gardner woman seriously injured after motorcycle collision on I-70
LAWRENCE, Kan. (KCTV) - A Gardner woman is fighting for her life after she was taken to a Topeka area hospital following a motorcycle collision on I-70 west of Lawrence. The Kansas Highway Patrol indicates that around 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 27, emergency crews were called to eastbound I-70 near the Topeka Service Area in Douglas County with reports of a single-vehicle collision.
3 injured following crash on Kansas Highway 10 in Douglas County
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Kan. — A 45-year-old woman from Olathe was hospitalized following a two-vehicle collision on Kansas Highway 10 near Wakarusa Dr. on Friday afternoon. According to officials, the crash occurred around 3:50 p.m. when a 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe, driven by a 33-year-old woman from Lee’s Summit, Missouri, rear-ended a 2024 GMC Yukon.
Prison for Kansas man in fatal wrong-way interstate crash
JOHNSON COUNTY —A Kansas man is going to prison for a deadly DUI crash. Last week, Judge Thomas K. Ryan sentenced 33-year-old Matthew J. Ryan to almost 10-years in prison, according to the Johnson County District Attorney's office. In May, a jury found him guilty of reckless 2nd degree murder in the wrong-way crash death of Karl Wurtenberger, 42, of Independence, Missouri.
Shawnee man hospitalized in critical condition after being struck by lightning
Shawnee Police say a man is in critical condition after being struck by lightning on Saturday afternoon. First responders were called to a house in the 7500 block of McCormick Drive at 3:16 p.m. The neighborhood is near the intersection of 79th Street and Clare Road in southwestern Shawnee. In...
Remembering the lives and history lost after Merriam’s bomber crash of 1944
The Merriam Town Center was once a neighborhood filled with homes. Until a bomber plane crashed into the neighborhood, tearing apart the homes and taking the lives of three crew members.
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