Grand jury to probe fatal shooting in Sedgwick County
The Sedgwick County grand jury opens to review the Dec 6 fatal shooting of Datton Wilson Jr by Haysville Officer Don Meeks. Special prosecutors Lee Thompson and Jack Williams will guide the process as jurors set witness calls and potential indictments. The probe marks a rare county grand jury in 43 years.
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Grand Jury
Wichita
Sedgwick County
Datton Wilson Jr
Haysville
Michael Corrigan
Wilson
Dist
Nola Foulston
Don Meeks
Meeks
FBI
Jerry Berg
Lee Thompson
U.S
Kansas
Jack Williams
Foulston
Thompson
Williams
Sedgwick
Tornado relief drives surge across Kansas and nation
In Wichita a man drops a dollar into a Tornado Relief Fund can at a minor league game, helping push about 600 dollars toward victims of the April 26 tornado that killed 19 and left thousands homeless in Sedgwick and Butler counties. Churches, firms, and communities nationwide mobilized, with churches like Eastminster logging rapid fund raises and groups such as Mennonite Disaster Services deploying volunteers, while corporations donated to the Red Cross and locals sent aid trains and supplies to affected areas.
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Wichita
Kansas
Sedgwick
Butler
Frank Kik
Eastminster Presbyterian Church
Kik
Haysville
Allstate Insurance Co
Sears Roebuck and Co
American Red Cross
Devils Lake
N.D
Two Teens Die In Kansas Weekend Car Crash
In Kingman County two 19 year old boys, Frederick Fisher and Samuel Baker, were killed when their car left Old 54 near Kansas 17 and struck a bridge. A third teen remained in critical condition at a Wichita hospital. In other news, three tractor-trailer rigs of furniture, food and clothing donated outside a Kansas City station were delivered to Andover as Salvation Army and Red Cross report substantial fundraising totals.
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Kingman
Kansas
Frederick Fisher
Samuel Baker
Wichita
Kansas Highway Patrol
Kansas 17
Kingman County
Kansas City
Andover
Salvation Army
American Red Cross
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