Crime and Public Safety

19+ hour, 18+ min ago   (284+ words) Becks Place, a neighborhood bar and grill in Overland Park known for its fried chicken sandwiches and regulars who felt like family, has been padlocked by the state of Kansas. The Kansas Department of Revenue seized the business over more…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (627+ words) The Overland Park Police Department has tightened guidelines around the use of the city’s 37 stationary automated license plate readers and 110 vehicle mounted cameras. “While automated license plate reader technology has been a part of Overland Park’s public safety efforts since…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (112+ words) Four Wicomico County schools were temporarily placed in Secure status as a precaution after an unrelated incident in Salisbury; authorities said there was no indication of a threat to the schools. The status was later lifted, and schools returned to…...

1+ week, 7+ min ago   (318+ words) The debate marked a repeat of the 2022 race narrowly won by Kobach, according to Kansas Reflector. Kobach received 50.8% of the vote to Mann's 49.2% in that contest, per KMBC. The debate was hosted by the Johnson County Bar Association and moderated…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (105+ words) Firefighters and first responders from across Kansas gathered in the Air Capital Sunday to honor the 25th annual Kansas Fallen Firefighter Memorial. Former and current firefighters traveled the distance to pay respect to the fallen engraved at the memorial's wall. It…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (178+ words) TOPEKA (KSNT) - FEMA announced Thursday that the department will be awarding nearly $11 million across different fire departments and response organizations in Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. The grant funding issued for departments across Kansas include: $2.3 million to the Shawnee Heights Fire…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (97+ words) Bernard Bates farmed 950 acres in Nicodemus, Kansas, and helped bring one of the largest civil rights cases in American history against the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He died in 2022 having never received a settlement check. His family says the same is…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1732+ words) On Tuesdays at 9 a.m., Jackson County Circuit Judge R. Travis Willingham’s downtown courtroom fills up with defendants who are often guilty. They are guilty of missing credit card payments, falling behind on small loans or failing to pay down something bought on…...

2+ week, 36+ min ago   (452+ words) The industries Kriegshauser alluded to are likely livestock and meatpacking, which are important to southwest Kansas. Groups representing workers in those fields criticized the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's three-day operation, which lasted from Sept. 22 to 24. The Kansas Livestock Association, Oklahoma…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (412+ words) TOPEKA (KSNT) - State health officials have ordered the immediate suspension of a Texas-based doctor's license to practice medicine in Kansas due to his alleged involvement in a nearly $90 million health care fraud case. Officials with the Kansas State Board of…...