Jesse Fray Crime and safety reporter
Recent stories
- Health officials ask Kansans to be on guard for swine flu
- April 30, 2009
- Local health officials are encouraging people to be alert after concerns about a deadly swine flu outbreak prompted the United States to declare a national health emergency.
- Topeka man now faces federal charges in sexual exploitation case
- March 19, 2009
- A 48-year-old Topeka man accused of coercing a 14-year-old Baldwin City girl into sending him nude pictures of herself, now faces federal charges.
- Leavenworth girl injured in accident south of Eudora
- 12:49 p.m., March 19, 2009 Updated 05:21 p.m.
- An emergency helicopter is transporting a 16-year-old Leavenworth girl to Kansas University Hospital following a one-vehicle accident south of Eudora High School, authorities said at 12:30 p.m. Thursday.
- Farmers may wind up paying for gas produced by their cows
- February 10, 2009
- The cow tax is a possible consequence of an Environmental Protection Agency report following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2008 that greenhouse gases from motor vehicles amount to air pollution, the American Farm Bureau Federation said.
- Tonganoxie sixth-grader arrested after explosive device confiscated at school
- 12:23 p.m., January 22, 2009 Updated 05:01 p.m.
- A small explosive device was confiscated from a student at Tonganoxie Middle School about 10 this morning, a school district official said.
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Point of View
The postal service is cutting back hours at some rural post offices. How often do you go to the post office?
“For my own personal use, I only go a couple times a year to mail gifts, usually around Christmas and family birthdays. At that time I usually buy a couple books of stamps that last for most of the year! For professional use, I go a couple times a month to check our PO Box.”
