A rural Kansas mayor is urging education officials to hit the brakes as plans move forward to possibly close a local elementary school. USD 417 board members recently met on Oct. 12 to discuss several items, including the possibility of shuttering Prairie Heights Elementary School. The board approved a public hearing about the possible closure for 6 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 4 at the Council Grove Junior Senior High School auditorium located at 129 Hockaday St.
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A Haven man was arrested on suspicion of battery of a law enforcement officer, as well as drug possession and gun charges, on Saturday. Bentley Police Chief James Bryan works part time for Mount Hope, and made the arrest on K-96 Highway near milepost 262, between Haven and Mount Hope. “Reno County K-9 Edy with the Bentley P.D., was utilized in a sniff of the vehicle, resulting in an indicative alert to a drug odor within the 2010 Dodge Charger,” a release from Bryan stated. “As officers attempted to have the driver exit the vehicle, he became combative and tried to
flee in his vehicle, resulting in an officer being dragged a distance across K-96 before the suspect car was able to be stopped in the median, with the officer sustaining minor injury.”
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A man fleeing law enforcement in pitch-black conditions. A family stranded on a boat at Marion Reservoir without gas and with little idea where they were headed. A single-vehicle crash victim slumped in the passenger seat, responders unsure whether anyone else was inside the car. These are just a few emergencies in which Hillsboro Fire Department has deployed its remote controlled drone.
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