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Three in custody following K-10 shooting
By Alexander Parker
11:41 p.m., January 10, 2009 Updated 01:09 a.m.
Three people were taken into custody early Saturday morning following a shooting incident on eastbound Kansas Highway 10, near Eudora.
Tornado watch issued for much of region
By Alexander Parker
10:43 p.m., December 26, 2008 Updated 04:00 a.m.

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for much of eastern Kansas, including Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Shawnee and Leavenworth counties. The tornado watch is in effect until 5 a.m. Saturday.

Fire sparked by lighter destroys apartments
By Alexander Parker
November 20, 2008
Four apartments in a Eudora apartment complex were engulfed early Wednesday by a blaze that was sparked when a Zippo lighter fell under a couch.
Zippo ignites Eudora blaze that kills two animals
By Alexander Parker
November 19, 2008
Two apartments in a Eudora apartment complex were destroyed by a blaze that may have started when a Zippo lighter fell beneath a couch.
Woman found alive near abandoned vehicle with blood ‘in and around it’ near Baldwin City
By Jeff Myrick, Alexander Parker, Janet Reid
03:04 p.m., June 30, 2008 Updated 09:54 p.m.
A trail of blood prompts search for missing person near Baldwin City.

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