by Darren McMannis | Feb 5, 2014 | Motor Vehicle
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol fatal crash of two trucks on Interstate 135 about a mile and a half north of Hesston appears to have been weather-related. The patrol reported that a northbound Chevy truck went out of control Tuesday morning on I-135 just north...
by Darren McMannis | Dec 28, 2013 | Motor Vehicle
Early last Saturday morning (December 28, 2013), there was a fatal accident on I-135 that left one man dead. Police said that Jeffery Ely, 27, was killed when his Chevrolet Tahoe was rear-ended by an 18-wheeler truck just south of Newton early Saturday morning (Dec....
by Darren McMannis | Apr 23, 2012 | Motor Vehicle
A 19-year-old Newton man was killed in an automobile accident Saturday at about 6 p.m. near the intersection of First and Mockingbird in Newton. According to police reports, a 17-year-old male was driving at a high rate of speed in a 2003 GMC Envoy, headed into town...
by Darren McMannis | Oct 22, 2011 | Motor Vehicle
The Harvey County Sheriff’s Office responded to a fatal accident Saturday morning that caused closure of Interstate 135. At 2:27 a.m. Saturday, a 2001 Pontiac Grand Prix driven by 27-year-old David Schultz was going northbound on I-135 when it veered off the roadway,...
by Darren McMannis | May 22, 2007 | Motor Vehicle, Roadside Memorials
Misty Marie Childs, 27, chiropractic assistant for Sharenberg Chiropractic in Hillsboro, died May 22, 2007 in Wichita. She was born Nov. 5, 1979, to Timothy M. and Charlene (Holt) Donnelley. On Sept. 4, 1999, she was married to Mike Childs, who survives in Lehigh. ...
by Darren McMannis | Jul 27, 2005 | Motor Vehicle, Roadside Memorials
Two killed in car wreck Two people, including The Newton Kansan photo editor Medford Logsdon, were killed Tuesday when their vehicles collided on East First Street in Harvey County. Logsdon, 36, of Elbing, photographer for the Newton newspaper for the past five...
