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Defendant back in custody in murder solicitation case The Leavenworth Times A woman facing a murder solicitation charge in Leavenworth County was back in custody Monday after she failed to appear for a bond revocation hearing. Renee C. Johnson-Fritz, 44, is charged with solicitation of capital murder in connection to an April 9, 2019, attack on an inmate at the Lansing Correctional Facility. Prosecutors allege the attack was ordered by Johnson-Fritz’s husband, Frederick Fritz, who is an inmate at the El Dorado Correctional Facility. Johnson-Fritz is accused of forwarding a portion of a lett...

The Leavenworth Times A motorcyclist was taken to the hospital after he was thrown from his bike during a crash west of Lansing, according to an official with the Leavenworth County Sheriff’s Office. The crash was reported at 3:47 p.m. Saturday on Tonganoxie Drive north of 171st Street. Investigators believe a 19-year-old Leavenworth man was traveling north on a 2009 Kawasaki Ninja 250 motorcycle when he veered off the roadway to avoid colliding with another vehicle. The motorcycle went into a ditch and struck a driveway culvert. The man was thrown from the motorcycle. One of the wheels of ...

Murder case bound over for arraignment A man facing a murder charge in Leavenworth has been bound over for an arraignment. The decision to bind over the case of Jeffery M. Samulczyk came Monday afternoon in Leavenworth County District Court. Samulczyk, 37, is charged in Leavenworth County District Court with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and interference with law enforcement. The charges are connected to the stabbing death of Joshua Gilson, who was found dead Oct. 30 at his Leavenworth home. Gilson’s wife, Alexandra, also faces a murder charge. A preliminary ...

No injuries reported after Basehor fire No injuries were reported as a result of a house fire in Basehor, the fire chief said. The fire was reported at 6:22 p.m. Sunday on Rickel Drive. A person who lives at the residence was outside and saw smoke and fire next to the front door, according to Mike Lingenfelser, chief of the Fairmount Township Fire Department. Firefighters responded and “knocked down” the fire, he said. Lingenfelser said the fire damaged the living room of the house and the room’s contents. Firefighters believe the fire started outside the house. Lingenfelser said a pers...

Lansing rescinds mask order The Leavenworth Times A week earlier, a majority of the Lansing City Council voted to extend the city’s mask order through the month of April. But council members voted Thursday to repeal the mask order. Council members were expected to take some form of action Thursday related to face coverings because of a new state law that allowed statewide mask orders issued by the governor to expire at the end of March. Gov. Laura Kelly issued a replacement mask order Thursday. But her new order was revoked by a Legislative Coordinating Council. Lansing City Council members...