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More than a dozen new businesses got their start this year. 6:00 am, May 28, 2021 × More than a dozen new businesses got their start in the past year. (File photos / Superior Telegram) The city of Superior welcomed a variety of new businesses in the past year. Here’s a brief rundown: Central Flats on Belknap Street, May 17, 2021. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com) Central Flats Construction was completed on the new mixed-use building that stands on the site of the former Central Middle School, offering 136 market-rate apartments and 12,000 square feet of commercial sp...

HOLTON, Kan. — Authorities say a 26-year-old woman died and four people were injured in a crash during a police chase in northeast Kansas. Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse says a Holton police officer was pursuing a vehicle Thursday night in Holton when it ran a stop sign at an intersection on Highway 75 and collided with a Jeep. A passenger in the first vehicle, Shai Boyd, of Topeka, died at the scene. The driver and a 19-year-old passenger were taken to a Topeka hospital with serious injuries. The driver and a passenger in the Jeep were treated for minor injuries. The police and the Kansa...

A Topeka woman riding in a car being chased by police died late Thursday in a two-vehicle crash at a US-75 highway intersection north of Holton.

HOLTON, Kan. — Jackson County authorities say an apparent propane leak caused an explosion in northeast Kansas last week that killed one man and seriously injured his wife. Sheriff Tim Morse said Monday a great amount of propane leaked into the home of 61-year-old Billy “Lu” Griffiths and his wife, Teri, in rural Holton on May 10. It’s unclear exactly what sparked the gas but Morse said the explosion was not believed to be a criminal act. Billy Griffiths died in the blast and his wife was hospitalized with serious injuries. Original Story: HOLTON, Kan. — Officials in northeastern Ka...

A propane leak likely triggered the explosion last week that killed Banner Creek Reservoir director Lu Griffiths and seriously injured his wife while leveling their home just north of Holton, Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse said Monday. "It is unknown what the actual source was that ignited the explosion," he said in a news release. Preliminary investigation indicated the blast wasn't the result of a criminal act, he said. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office continued to investigate circumstances of the blast, which occurred about 6:15 p.m. May 10 at the house where Griffiths and his...