COWLEY COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating an apparent accidental shooting.
Just before 10:30p.m. Monday police responded to residence in the 100 Block of West Cedar Avenue in Arkansas City, according to a social media report.
They found a 25-year-old woman sitting on the floor of the home with gunshot wound to her upper left let.
After further investigation, officers learned that another person inside the residence was attempting to a clear a .22-caliber rifle when it accidentally discharged and hit the woman.
She was transported to South Central Kansas Medical Center for treatment and later was airlifted to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita for further treatment.
No arrests have been made. Police did not release the name of the victim.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say Royals pitcher Danny Duffy has been cited for driving under the influence.
The Kansas City Star reports that the infraction happened Sunday night in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park. Police spokesman Brian Payne said he could not release further details until the police report is completed, probably sometime Tuesday afternoon. Payne didn’t immediately return a phone message from The Associated Press.
The Royals did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment. The Royals’ No. 1 starter, Duffy has been on the disabled list since Saturday because of a sore left elbow. An MRI exam revealed no structural damage and the Royals hope to have him back this season.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Rescuing people from flooding is becoming routine for two men at a Missouri landscaping business.
The Kansas City Star reports that Spencer Sherf and Cyrus Dawson took off Monday for the Gulf Coast in a military surplus Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck. They plan to coordinate their efforts with authorities in Texas.
They got their first taste at rescue work last week when they drove the 20-ton vehicle to Overland Park, Kansas, with the intent of saving a family of seven trapped on the roof of their flooded home. But by the time they got there, the family had climbed down.
When the military vehicle isn’t rescuing people, it’s used by Dawson’s Stonehenge Landscape & Exteriors in Blue Springs to deliver materials for new swimming pools, landscaping and masonry jobs.
RICE COUNTY — A Great Bend man was injured in an accident just after 7 a.m. Tuesday in Rice County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Dodge passenger vehicle driven by KC Bradley, 73, Great Bend, was eastbound on U.S. 56 three miles west of Lyons.
The vehicle drifted into the westbound lanes, struck the guardrail, entered back into the eastbound lanes and came to rest in the south ditch.
Bradley was transported to Great Bend Regional Hospital. He was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.
RICE COUNTY — For the third day a suspect who fled from law enforcement in Rice County on Sunday remains at large.
Michael Edward Abott, 48, who is wanted by authorities in Colorado, led a Rice County Sheriff’s Deputy on a brief chase Sunday night, according to a media release from Sheriff Bryant Evans. He then fled on foot near the intersection of Silver and 9th Street in Geneseo.
“We have received some tips and searched all the outbuildings in the area,” Evans said on Tuesday morning.
The Kansas Highway Patrol and Ellsworth County Sheriff Deputies assisted with the initial search. Sheriff Evans did not report any additional details on the status of the search.
Abbott is described as 6-foot tall and weighs approximately 170-pounds. He has blonde hair and blue eyes. He is listed as a fugitive inmate with 7 prior convictions, according to the Colorado Department of Corrections.
Anyone who sees the suspect should call 911, according to the Evans.
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RICE COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities continue searching for a suspect in Rice County who is wanted in Colorado.
In a media release, the Rice County Sheriff’s Department reported a Chrysler PT Cruiser driven by Michael Edward Abbott, 48, led a deputy in a brief pursuit just after 5p.m. Sunday.
Abbott’s vehicle failed to stop and became disabled. He fled on foot and was last seen near the intersection of Silver and 9th Streets in Geneseo. Abbott is described as 6-foot tall and weighs approximately 170-pounds. He has blonde hair and blue eyes.
The Kansas Highway Patrol and Ellsworth County Sheriff is assisting with the search. Anyone who sees the suspect should call 911, according to the Rice County Sheriff’s Department.
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas homeowner association says a couple caring for an ailing parent must stop parking a third car in their driveway overnight because its parking policy requires vehicles to be kept in garages.
The Kansas City Star reports that the Avignon Villa Homes Community Association says it has a responsibility to maintain “the integrity” of the Olathe neighborhood where Stuart and Marsha Holland live with her parents. Her father 83-year-old father is battling cancer.
The issue has pit neighbor against neighbor in an HOA already embroiled in a lawsuit with another homeowner over a landscaping project it deemed was “over the top.” Legal fees in that case are in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Stuart Holland says “there appears to be no sense of compassion, no sense of empathy.”
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Barton County Sheriff’s Office Incident Log (8/28)
Injury Accident
At a possible rollover accident was reported in the area of NE 30 Avenue & NE 30 Road. Caller stated the vehicle drove off eastbound from that location.
BOOKED: Deborah Avery of Ellinwood on Barton County District Court case for serve sentence.
BOOKED: Kendy Lyons of Great Bend for GBMC warrant for failure to appear, bond set in lieu of $500 C/S.
BOOKED: Brian Gosney of Great Bend on Barton County District Court case for assault LEO and obstruction, bond in lieu of $20,000. Great Bend Municipal Court warrant for contempt of court, no bond.
RELEASED: Brett Fisher of Ellinwood on Barton County District Court warrants for probation violation after being sentenced to probation.
RELEASED: Tucker Trevino of Great Bend on Barton County District Court serve sentence after he served his sentence in full.
RELEASED: Charles Rowe Jr. of Great Bend on Great Bend Municipal Court case for contempt after he was released per the GBMC.
RELEASED: Kenneth Lamb of Salina on Barton County District Court case after he served his sentence in full.
RELEASED: Cody Crawford on Barton County District Court case for DWS, no insurance, and driving while habitual violator to probation.
After going 4-0 at a tournament in Texas over the weekend, the Barton Lady Cougar volleyball team was hoping for a quick start to the Jayhawk League season last night as they hosted 18th ranked Seward County at the Kirkman Center. But it was the Saints who got off to a 1-0 start in league play by beating Barton 3-1 to open conference play.
The Lady Cougars took the first set 33-31 but Seward rolled in the next three, winning 25-12, 25-14 and 25-10.
Barton falls to 4-1 overall and 0-1 in league play while Seward improved to 5-0 and 1-0.
The Lady Cougar return to action Wednesday at Butler.
COWLEY COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating an apparent accidental shooting.
