Shaun Hittle Staff Writer
Shaun Hittle is a staff writer with the Lawrence Journal-World
Recent stories
- Northeast Kansas in tornado watch
- May 28, 2013
- Watch extends to 10 p.m.
- Unsolved Kansas murder muse for Ottawa author
- May 28, 2013
- An unsolved Kansas murder mystery literally fell into Diana Staresinic-Deane’s hands one day in August 2007.
- Father of slain toddler grieves in Missouri jail
- May 16, 2013
- Father to serve time in Missouri for burglary conviction
- Suspect in Ottawa killings charged with first-degree murder
- May 14, 2013
- Friends and family of the four victims killed in rural Ottawa last week packed a Franklin County courtroom Monday afternoon to see the man accused of the killings appear for a hearing.
- Three victims identified in Ottawa homicide; police searching for missing child; “person of interest” being questioned
- May 9, 2013
- Law enforcement authorities Wednesday identified the victims in a triple homicide discovered earlier this week in rural Ottawa, and said they were still looking for the 18-month-old daughter of one of those killed. Police also said they were questioning 27-year-old Ottawa man Kyle T. Flack as a “person of interest” in the case.
- 27-year-old man arrested in connection with Ottawa triple homicide
- May 8, 2013
- A 27-year-old Ottawa man has been arrested in connection with a triple homicide discovered in Ottawa Monday.
- Tonganoxie resident among local men arrested, again, for sale of ‘K2’ synthetic marijuana
- April 4, 2013
- A trio of Kansas men, including a father and son from Tonganoxie and Lawrence, were indicted Wednesday in federal court on a variety of drug charges related to the sale of the now-banned synthetic marijuana product known as “K2.”
- Oskaloosa man killed in single-vehicle accident Sunday morning in western Leavenworth County
- January 7, 2013
- A 25-year-old Oskaloosa man was killed in a single-vehicle accident early Sunday morning in western Leavenworth County.
- Athletes’ ‘clustering’ in academic fields raises concern
- 12:29 p.m., June 26, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- An in-depth Journal-World study of Big 12 athletics, including the incoming and outgoing teams this year, found widespread clustering — defined by researchers as 25 percent of a team sharing one major — in men’s basketball and football programs.
- Police looking for driver of stolen truck who led officers on chase
- May 7, 2012
- The Lawrence Police Department called off a pursuit of a stolen vehicle just before noon Monday.
Recent photos
Diana Staresinic-Deane, of Ottawa, penned her first book, about a 1925 unsolved Kansas murder, after finding a mysterious folder at the Emporia Public Library in 2007.



