Prosecutors presented several witnesses Tuesday as the first full day of testimony was heard in a Pottawatomie County trial for a man accused of distributing fentanyl that led another man to overdose. 21-year-old McKaine Farr is charged with a single count of distribution of a controlled substance, resulting in death, for knowingly distributing counterfeit tablets, [...]

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The Wabaunsee County Sheriff’s Office says a $1,000 reward is being offered after more than a dozen calves and a cow went missing from a ranch near Wamego last month. According to the Wabaunsee County Farm Bureau, the livestock stolen included 15 Black Angus or Wagyu calves, one red calf and one Black Angus cow. [...]

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The City of Wamego is looking to move the misnamed Chrysler House. Walter Chrysler, automotive industry executive, was born in Wamego, and lived there before his family moved to Ellis, Kansas. City Manager Stacie Eichem gave some background on the house in question. While the house was not the birthplace of Chrysler, the community still [...]

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Officials at the Wamego Health Center broke ground last Friday on a project to install a new MRI scanner at the facility. The MRI scanner is being funded by the Wamego Hospital Foundation and generous contributions by the community. It will be constructed near the rear of the building in a new suite. The scanner [...]

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According to a statement made Wednesday by Pottawatomie County Sheriff Shane Jager, deputies and Louisville firefighters responded to a call around 7:05 p.m. on Friday in regards to an individual being struck by lightning in the 5600 block of Lewis Wilson Road in Wamego. Upon arrival, officials found Jennifer Campbell administering CPR to her husband, [...]

Wamego Community Care Ministries celebrated their 20th anniversary Friday with a bench dedication to their founders. Community Health Ministry was the original name of the organization founded by Rosemary Helms, Lorena Carlson, and Elizabeth Hesse in 2001. Helms gave a brief history of the earliest days of Community Health Minstries. In 2019, Community Health Ministries [...]

A Pottawatomie County Judge has sentenced a former Wamego High School teacher to more than five years in prison for two counts of unlawful sexual relations, with a former student. The sentence was handed down Thursday to 52-year-old Allen Sylvester, by Judge Jeff Elder. Sylvester will serve 31 months consecutively on both counts, with 24 [...]

The Wamego Police Department announced last week that Jason Powell has been promoted to Deputy Chief. Powell has been with WPD since 2008 and is currently the department’s taser instructor and a certified field training officer. The St. Joseph, Missouri native has been in law enforcement since 2002 and has received several life saving awards [...]

The Oz Museum and Columbian Theatre Foundation recently was awarded a $17,600 Attraction Development Grant from Kansas Tourism and the Department of Commerce.  The Wamego-based foundation was one of 10 entities statewide to receive over $400,000 in funding to develop new tourism attractions or enhance existing sites. Kansas Tourism Director Bridgette Jobe explains what made [...]

A Wamego man remains jailed in Brown County without bond on charges of aggravated human trafficking. Authorities say 42-year-old Camden Hubbard was arrested Saturday west of Hiawatha, after a teenager was found driving his car with alcohol and drugs inside, including fentanyl. Hubbard was a passenger in the vehicle. The Sheriff’s Office credits its K-9 [...]