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NewsWICHITA — Wichita police say surveillance video shows a man who was killed while riding his bicycle last weekend was hit by two vehicles, instead of one.
The Wichita Eagle reports 49-year-old John Fuqua first was hit Saturday night by a white, four-door sedan. About 20 seconds later he was hit by a low-profile SUV as he lay in the curb lane of the street.
Police Lt. Joe Schroeder says the SUV slowed almost to a stop before continuing on, but the driver of the sedan didn’t slow at all.
Gov. Sam Brownback is preparing to decide the fate of a bill aimed at keeping Kansas courts or government agencies from basing decisions on Islamic or other foreign legal codes.
Brownback had a Friday deadline to sign or veto the bill or let it become law without his signature. His office hasn’t said what he would do.
Muslim groups have urged him to veto the measure, arguing it promotes discrimination.
A woman was recovering from her injuries at a Topeka hospital after being shot early Friday on the city’s east side.
Topeka police Lt. Scott Gilchrist said officers were called at 1:23 a.m. to the 1900 block of S.E. Maryland on a report of multiple gunshots being fired.
Upon their arrival, officers were told the victim could be found at a residence at 1923 S.E. Maryland.
There, police located a woman who had been shot in her leg. The woman’s injuries weren’t believed to be life-threatening.
Three people were taken into police custody after an abbreviated car chase early Friday in west Topeka.
The incident began around 2:30 a.m. at S.W. 10th and Warren when a car failed to pull after a police cruiser attempted to stop it for a traffic violation.
The car went north on S.W. Warren, stopping on its own at S.W. 7th and Warren, after running a stop sign on S.W. 8th.
No injuries were reported in the chase, which covered three blocks.
The names of the arrested people weren’t immediately available.
A pizza delivery driver was held up Thursday night just east of the Washburn University campus, and Topeka police are searching for the robber.
The incident occurred about 9:50 p.m. in the 1800 block of S.W. Lane, authorities said.
The robber, described only as a black man wearing a black-and-red shirt, displayed a black handgun and demanded money from the driver.
No injuries were reported in the robbery. Additional details weren’t immediately available.
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A man on the Northeast Kansas most wanted list was captured Thursday evening by Topeka police after a brief car and foot chase through central Topeka.
James Robert Crawford Sr., previously wanted on possession of opiate or narcotic drugs and interference with law enforcement, was arrested as was Shawnee County Department of Corrections escapee Megan Lee Hines, police said.
Lt. Chuck Haggard said the incident began around 7:45 p.m. when police received information on the location of Crawford.
WICHITA — A federal magistrate judge rejected on Thursday efforts by a Kansas military school to bar distribution of a mess hall video depicting a student pleading for help as an adult instructor tries to make him stand on two broken legs.
Franklin County Sheriff’s officers have identified, but not apprehended, a suspect they say eluded pursuing officers after they interrupted an attempt to steal an ATM from a Princeton, Kan., bank.
Sheriff Jeff Curry is asking the public’s help in locating Jason Michael Smith, 33, a 5-foot-9 white male with brown hair and brown eyes for whom an arrest warrant has been issued.
The Circleville Alumni Banquet will be held Saturday evening at the Circleville gym.
A social hour will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a meal held at 6:30 p.m. catered by S and A’s Dowtown Cafe in Holton. Mike and Millie Bickford will provide entertainment on the guitar.
The classes of 1942, 1952, 1957 and 1962 will be honored.
Call Ed Claycamp at 231-6972 for more information.
Stealing $50,000 worth of premium copper from a Westar Energy substation takes time and a bit of know-how.
It also takes some luck. One wrong move, and the culprits in Wednesday’s theft and subsequent electrical outage in the capital city would have been dead, Westar spokeswoman Gina Penzig said Thursday.
A day after the theft, police said they weren’t sure of the thieves’ identity.
The substation handles volts as high as 115,000 — enough voltage to power 1,045 household vacuums. Enough copper was stolen that it should have taken hours to commit the crime.
A 51-year-old man from the Prairie Band Potawatomi reservation pleaded no contest to raping a child under the age of 14, the office of the U.S. attorney for Kansas said Thursday.
A judge subsequently found Trent Robinson guilty after the plea in Jackson County District Court. He will be sentenced June 27.
In exchange for the plea, Robinson won’t be charged federally.
U.S. Attorney for Kansas Barry Grissom said the parties have agreed to recommend a "Hard 25," which is a sentence of 25 years without parole.
DERBY, Kan. — A young Marine returning to civilian life in Kansas died this week after falling from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, where he had stopped to do some sightseeing on his way home from Camp Pendleton, Calif., his father said.
After two years in the Marines, Jeffery Klingsick had big plans, said his father, Russ Klingsick. The 20-year-old veteran of Afghanistan planned to join a band, become an emergency medical technician and, said his father, watch lots of John Wayne movies.
POLICE CALLS
People booked into the Shawnee County Jail in connection with felonies.
Billy Jack Grame, 37, in connection with Criminal possession of explosives, 11:04 p.m., 5/24.
Stephanie Lynn Sorahan, 34, in connection with possession opiate opium narcotic drug and or stimulant, 11:15 p.m., 5/24.
Dashawn Malik Hughes, 18, in connection with aggravated weapons violation by a convicted felon, possessission opiate opium narcotic drug and or stimulant, 4:05 a.m., 5/24.
at the clubs
Topeka
39TH STREET BAR & GRILL, 555 S.W. 39th: Swift Kick, 9 p.m. Friday, May 25; Led Astray, 9 p.m. Saturday, May 26; SoundWaves Karaoke with Tina, 8 p.m. Wednesdays. 266-0020.
ABIGAIL’S GRILL & BAR, 3701 S.W. Plaza Drive: Open jam session with Josh Vowell & The Rumble, 9 p.m. to midnight Sundays. 246-6866.
Thousands march for peace in Mexico TENS of thousands of people have marched in Mexico's second most populous city, angry at the inability of authorities to end a crime wave.
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Fake Android apps scam cost users £28,000 Malicious Android apps posed as Angry Birds and Cut the Rope in a scam that used premium rate text messages to defraud customers of £27,850.
(telegraph technology)
First creature to walk on land 'dragged itself along' - like it was on crutches The creature lived in floodplains on what is now Greenland during a period known geologically as the Devonian period - about 360 to 410 million years ago.
(dailymail sciencetech)
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