Beekeeper caught in police sting

Johnson County prosecutors allege he tried to hire a hit man to kill his ex.

A tip of the hat to an old friend for the headline.

Wasteful government spending

Or just a necessary precaution in these crazy, contentious times of ours.

You be the judge.

Friday's open thread

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The cold stare of an accused killer

Quite a picture of this Michigan teen who allegedly killed his father with a baseball bat and plotted with a friend to kill his whole family.

Officer grabby

An Illinois cop is in trouble for putting hands where they shouldn't have been put.

Suspect confesses in 1979 missing child case

The 6-year-old disappeared while walking to school alone for the first time.

The case was the impetus for the missing kid-milk carton program.

Drinking and driving with Dr. Dolittle

An Iowa man got arrested outside a bar with an odd little menagerie in his vehicle.

Suit over false sex abuse allegations

I probably wouldn't have posted this except the story describes the accused as owners of The Pig Stand.

It's a restaurant I think. Although it's in Louisiana so who knows.

Life is cheap in Kansas City

The man killed over the weekend outside a downtown area bar across the street from the Star's press building was trying to break up a fight.

The fight started because somebody didn't offer an apology, police say.

Thursday's open thread

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Driver, 91, kills 101-year-old pedestrian

It happened in Burbank, California.

A sad story all the way around, police said.

Radio station attack in Topeka

Station employees dogpiled on the guy and one employee, a retired Navy Seal, helped subdue the irate man who cut two employees with a knife during the brawl.

A ditch weed dust-up

A Wichita guy got himself shot after complaining about the quality of dope he was buying from a couple of dealers.

They say he'll live.

The world's highest traffic jam

Perhaps we should re-evaluate the idea that humans are the smartest animals on the planet.

Sheen's ex and cocaine

I wasn't going to bother posting this story about the drug-fueled shenanigans of the rich and famous.

Then I read this: Later at the jail, where Mueller was booked, Fain also told her she faced possession of cocaine charges. Fain told Mueller that she was in possession of more than 4 grams, to which she allegedly replied: “I bought an eight-ball, which is 3.5 grams. How is it that it weighs 4 grams?” She added: “I bought that coke for all my friends, I was trying to impress them. ... I didn't even do any this evening, I was just holding it for everyone else.”

 

The end of another simple pleasure

It's always a nice little surprise to find a parking meter with time still left on it.

But some rotten, no-good penny-pinching (UNPRINTABLE WORD) has come up with a way to put a stop to that.

Denver today. Here tomorrow I suppose.

The kitten lived

But the groundhog didn't make it.

An Illinois animal control officer is facing charges for leaving animals in his truck over the weekend.

Wednesday's open thread

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Man charged with assaulting loudmouth kid

I think this guy should roll the dice with a jury trial.

Might be pretty hard to find 12 people who would find him guilty.

Post game shooting in OKC

Here's some video of the Oklahoma City shooting aftermath.

 

A backyard bounty

A man out walking his dog in Wichita came home to a big surprise. Actually two of them.

Is that you Santa?

Nope, just a burglar caught in a chimney.

They took him to the hospital first becase he was "coughing a lot."

Baby Lisa update

Baby Lisa's parents made another national TV appearance to talk about the case.

 

Toy gun overkill

Another one of those whatever happened to common sense stories.