Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
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Bradley Boyd, who represents District 2 on the Olathe Board of Education and serves as deputy police chief for Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools, faces a possible firearm offense after a Nov. 3 emergency on Interstate 35 and separate allegations from fellow officers about mishandled union funds.
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An Olathe man was sentenced to 283 months in prison after a jury convicted him of rape and sexual abuse charges involving his 15-year-old stepdaughter.
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Local parents: Here's what you need to know about Baby Brezza and the CPSC recall of about 29,000 SuperFast Sterilizer Dryers after 32 reports of overheating or melting. Owners should stop using the units and register for a free replacement.
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An off-duty Kansas City, Kansas, fire captain was driving the SUV that struck and killed a 25-year-old Shawnee woman on the shoulder of Interstate 35 in Johnson County on Oct. 29, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol and the Kansas City Star.
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The FDA is warning parents not to serve Once Upon a Farm Tractor Wheels Organic Toddler Soft-Baked Bars after reports of toddlers choking on the product. The nationwide recall includes Kansas, and the bars were sold at Costco, Target and Walmart.
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A Johnson County judge sentenced Axel Arellanes-Vara to life in prison without parole on Nov. 3 for the capital murder of a Tonganoxie couple shot to death in Olathe in November 2021.
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A 28-year-old Spring Hill man faces felony DUI and fleeing charges after crashing his Honda Civic during a 110-120 mph chase on I-35 in Lenexa on Oct. 28, marking his fourth booking into the Johnson County jail in 2026.
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A man in his 40s suffered serious injuries when a car struck his bicycle on 87th Street near the I-35 interchange in Lenexa early Wednesday, Oct. 28. The Lenexa Police Department's Traffic Safety Unit is investigating.
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Kansas's Cold Weather Rule takes effect Sunday, Nov. 1, restricting regulated utilities from disconnecting residential customers when temperatures are forecast below 35 degrees and requiring 12-month payment plans for those behind on bills.
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The City of Olathe held a groundbreaking ceremony for a replacement Fire Station 4 at 13301 S. Mur-Len Rd., replacing a 1971 facility demolished in September while crews operate from other stations during construction.
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The new roundabout at 119th Street and Northgate opens Wednesday, Oct. 28, as part of Olathe's $55.7 million 119th Street Extension project. The four-lane bridge over Mill Creek and the BNSF railroad is expected to open by the end of November.
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A driver is in critical condition after fleeing a Johnson County Sheriff's deputy at speeds exceeding 100 mph and crashing into a concrete barricade near the New Century AirCenter early Thursday, Oct. 22.
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