Kansas Klips

LYONS—Fire crews and other city employees helped with traffic control following a building collapse Sunday morning, November 12th, in downtown Lyons. According to a release from the City, at 10:00 a.m.

NORTON COUNTY—Twenty-seven-year-old Kansas farmer Conor Cox lost his arm working on farming equipment that happened to turn on while his arm was in the way.

MITCHELL COUNTY — On Saturday, Oct. 23, the Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call from a 78-year-old male who reported that he was forcibly taken at gunpoint and held for around 26 hours by his 59-year-old acquaintance, John Roudybush, of Glen Elder.

HAYS—The lights of the Brass Rail flickered off for the last time on Saturday, October 21st, after more than 70 years in business.

MINNEAPOLIS—A man charged in the museum heist of a pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in “The Wizard of Oz” pleaded guilty on Friday, October 13th, in a deal that could keep him out of prison due to his failing health, but only cleared up some of the mystery that dates back 18 years.

WICHITA—A Kansas felon is under investigation for a crime involving a laser pointer. According to the United States Attorney, Cletis Ringwald, 68, of Lyons, was indicted on one count of aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft.

RENO COUNTY—According to a media release from Reno County Emergency Management, on Monday, September 25th, the Reno County Fire District #4 was dispatched to hay bales on fire at Longview and Herren Road. Approximately 100 square bales were on fire, stacked about 30 feet high.

HARVEY COUNTY—The Harvey County Sheriff’s Office has identified a man whose body was found in a local park on Sunday, September 17th. According to a news release, 31-year-old Tyler Lee Ford was found dead in the Sunset Ridge area of East Park on the lake’s southwest side.

TOPEKA—A car was pulled out of a pond on Monday, September 10th, after it was involved in a two-vehicle crash at a west Topeka Intersection at SW 6th and Gage. Police said a black Chevrolet Malibu and a red Dodge pickup truck collided in the intersection.