Kansas Klips

Man dies after motorcycle crash with teen driver

SHAWNEE COUNTY — A Topeka man died in an accident just before 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, in Shawnee County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 BMW 4 Series passenger car driven by a 16-year-old from Topeka was eastbound on U.S. 40 Highway at Tecumseh Road. The driver attempted to make a left turn onto Tecumseh Road and failed to yield. A westbound 2018 Harley Davidson motorcycle driven by Larry D. Miller, 63, Topeka, struck the front passenger side quarter panel of the car. Miller was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Frontier Forensics. The teen driver and a teen passenger were not injured. Miller was not wearing a helmet, according to the KHP. (JCPost.com)

McPherson woman pleads to second-degree murder, battery on a LEO

McPHERSON — A McPherson woman entered a no-contest plea to charges of second-degree reckless murder and battery on a law enforcement officer in connection with the death of a McPherson man in 2020, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said. Tina Nicole Brown, 35, entered the plea Wednesday in McPherson County District Court. Judge John B. Klenda accepted the plea and scheduled sentencing for November 1st. The charges stemmed from an investigation into the death of Kelly G. Peterson in February 2020. The case was investigated by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the McPherson Police Department. (Office of Attorney General)

86-year-old taken to hospital after car strikes building

GRAHAM COUNTY — A man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries on Monday, Aug. 8, after a car crash that ended with him striking a building. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the crash happened at 2:51 p.m. on U.S. 24 Highway at mile-marker 121.5 in Graham County. A GMC Sierra was weaving northbound out of a parking lot when it turned left onto U.S. 24 Hwy. Another vehicle, a Kenworth semi-truck, was traveling westbound on U.S. 24 Hwy. The GMC turned into the Kenworth, which caused the GMC to spin and strike a building. The driver of the GMC, an 86-year-old man, was taken to a nearby hospital with serious injuries. The driver of the Kenworth was uninjured. The driver of the GMC was not wearing a seat belt during the crash. (HaysPost.com)

Mammoth fossils donated to the Geary Co. Historical Society

JUNCTION CITY — Geary County Historical Society has received two mammoth fossils. Heather Hagedorn, Historical Society Executive Director, said the fossils, one a partial tusk and one a partial femur, were both found on the banks of the Smoky Hill River in 2021 by the donor. Mammoths, a prehistoric relative of the modern-day elephant lived in Kansas approximately 10,000-12,000 years ago. They are the most recent organism in the fossil record. The Geary County Historical Society’s collection already contains another mammoth bone, as well as a jawbone with four teeth. Both items were also discovered in local rivers. All of these prehistoric fossils can now be viewed now at the Geary County Museum. (JCPost.com)

Bison owner killed, deputy seriously injured

ELLSWORTH — An Ellsworth man was gored by one of his buffalo on Monday, Aug. 8. That morning, a woman called Ellsworth County 911 to report she found her nephew’s body in a pen. She told dispatchers that she thought a buffalo had killed him. The report came a day after an Ellsworth County deputy was seriously injured after being charged by a buffalo. After getting the call, Ellsworth County deputies and Claflin EMS went to where the woman said her nephew was. They found the man’s body in a row of trees north of K-4 Highway at 5th Road, about a quarter of a mile north of where the deputy was injured. The victim was 56-year-old Scott Schroeder of rural Bushton. He was the owner of more than 20 buffalo kept at that location. Sheriff Murray Marston said they are waiting for an autopsy report, but the coroner’s preliminary cause of death is that Schroeder had been gored by an animal.The injury to the deputy happened the previous night, Aug. 7th. Marston said Ellsworth County 911 received a call about a buffalo on Kansas Highway 4 at 5th Road. The Ellsworth County deputy responded and found the animal. The deputy tried to get it to return to a pasture.That’s when the buffalo suddenly charged him. A Rice County deputy arrived just as the animal was attacking the deputy and was able to put it down. Claflin EMS took the deputy to Ellsworth County Medical Center. From there, he was transferred to Salina Regional Health Center. He underwent surgery was is in stable condition. The deputy’s name has not been released. The sheriff said both incidents are still under investigation. (KSNT.com)

Durham woman bitten by rattlesnake

DURHAM — Rattlesnakes usually avoid humans, but about 8,000 people are bitten by venomous snakes in the United States each year, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. One woman from Durham, in Marion County, was recently bitten by one. Breah Ungaro is a vet tech who loves animals, especially her horses. On July 23, she and her husband Cole got home late after a wedding. She quickly put on her slippers, and they headed out to feed their horses. “When she stepped down to step between the fence so that she could put it in the horse trough, she said something stung me,” Cindy Cordell, Breah’s mom, said. A massasauga rattlesnake had bitten Breah about three times in the leg. Her husband rushed her to the Hillsboro Emergency Room. Hillsboro did not have anti-venom; most small hospitals do not carry it due to the cost and shelf life. Breah was rushed to a Wichita hospital, where she had five anti-venom treatments to stop the venom from spreading up her leg. Her leg continued to swell, and so they performed a fasciotomy. Breah’s leg now has a large scar with many stitches. She is out of the hospital and slowly recovering. The community has come together and raised over $8,000 for Breah as she recovers (KSN.com)