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Former Canton man gets life in prison for second time (Quincy Herald-Whig)
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:22:16 GMT
OLATHE, Kan. -- Former Canton, Mo., resident John Henry Horton has been sentenced to life in prison for a second time for the 1974 murder of a Prairie Village girl.

Horton gets life for 1974 murder of Prairie Village teen (The Kansas City Star)
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:08:51 GMT
For the second time, John Henry Horton has been sentenced to life in prison for the 1974 murder of a Prairie Village girl.

Man Sentenced to Life for Kansas Girl's 1974 Slaying (WIBW Topeka)
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:04:44 GMT
61-year old John Henry Horton was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for the 1974 murder of 13-year old Lizabeth Wilson. Lizabeth disappeared while walking home from the Prairie Village swimming pool.

Man Sentenced To Life For Girl's 1974 Slaying (KMBC-TV Kansas City)
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:17:07 GMT
A man convicted in the 1974 murder of a 13-year-old suburban Kansas City girl is sentenced to life in prison.

Man sentenced to life for Kansas girl's 1974 slaying (The Wichita Eagle)
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:11:28 GMT
A man convicted in the 1974 murder of a 13-year-old suburban Kansas City girl is sentenced to life in prison. John Henry Horton was sentenced today in Johnson County Court for the death of Lizabeth Wilson of Prairie Village. The 61-year-old Horton was found guilty in March in Lizabeth's death. He was convicted on the same charge in 2004 but that conviction was overturned by the Kansas Supreme ...

Horton gets life term in Lizabeth Wilson murder (The Kansas City Star)
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:43:43 GMT
Horton, 61, was found guilty March 5 of first-degree murder in the death of Lizabeth Wilson. It was his second such conviction; a 2004 conviction was overturned by the Kansas Supreme Court. Liz disappeared July 7, 1974, while walking home from the Prairie Village swimming pool.

Bicyclist Beaten, Robbed In Prairie Village (KMBC-TV Kansas City)
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:47:07 GMT
Prairie Village, Kan., police are investigating after an 18-year-old man told police he was beaten and robbed by four men near 78th Street and Roe Avenue late Thursday night.

Harrah’s sued by local tribe (Wellington Daily News)
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:05:39 GMT
The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation has filed suit in Shawnee County District Court against Harrah's Entertainment for allegedly violating a noncompete agreement by pursuing development of a new casino in Sumner County.

Public safety briefs: Man convicted in big cocaine bust (The Kansas City Star)
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:10:38 GMT
KANSAS CITY, KAN. | After one of the biggest cocaine seizures in Kansas history, a federal jury has found Nestor Ramirez, 28, of New Brighton, Minn., guilty of drug charges.

Four More Defendants Sentenced for Massive Ecstasy Conspiracy (Kansas City InfoZine)
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:58:38 GMT
Conspiracy to distribute hundreds of thousands of ecstasy pills, worth approximately $2 million, as well as PCP in Jackson County, Mo.

 

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Law Enforcement Employees by City

Data as of 2005

City Total Law Enforcement Total Officers Total Civilians
Abilene 16 14 2
Altamont 2 2 0
Andale 1 1 0
Andover 20 14 6
Anthony 5 5 0
Argonia 1 1 0
Arkansas City 40 25 15
Arma 4 4 0
Atchison 24 23 1
Attica 1 1 0
Atwood 2 2 0
Augusta 31 23 8
Baldwin City 9 8 1
Basehor 8 7 1
Baxter Springs 14 9 5
Bel Aire 12 11 1
Belle Plaine 5 5 0
Belleville 5 5 0
Beloit 9 8 1
Blue Rapids 1 1 0
Bonner Springs 26 24 2
Burden 1 1 0
Burlingame 2 2 0
Burlington 9 7 2
Burrton 2 2 0
Caldwell 4 4 0
Caney 9 5 4
Canton 1 1 0
Cawker City 1 1 0
Chanute 24 20 4
Chapman 3 3 0
Cheney 4 4 0
Cherryvale 7 6 1
Cimarron 3 3 0
Claflin 2 2 0
Clay Center 8 7 1
Clearwater 6 6 0
Coffeyville 30 23 7
Colby 16 11 5
Columbus 10 9 1
Colwich 3 3 0
Concordia 14 8 6
Conway Springs 3 3 0
Council Grove 7 6 1
Derby 49 37 12
Dodge City 63 48 15
Eastborough 7 7 0
Edwardsville 19 18 1
El Dorado 27 26 1
Elkhart 3 3 0
Ellinwood 5 5 0
Ellis 5 5 0
Ellsworth 6 5 1
Elwood 5 5 0
Emporia 68 45 23
Enterprise 4 3 1
Erie 3 3 0
Eskridge 1 1 0
Eudora 11 9 2
Fairway 11 9 2
Florence 2 2 0
Fort Scott 25 18 7
Fredonia 6 5 1
Frontenac 9 6 3
Galena 11 6 5
Galva 1 1 0
Garden City 83 52 31
Garden Plain 3 3 0
Gardner 29 27 2
Garnett 12 8 4
Girard 8 7 1
Goddard 5 5 0
Goodland 12 10 2
Grandview Plaza 5 5 0
Great Bend 32 28 4
Halstead 5 4 1
Harper 3 3 0
Haven 3 3 0
Hays 42 27 15
Haysville 30 21 9
Herington 10 5 5
Hesston 7 6 1
Hiawatha 8 7 1
Hill City 4 4 0
Hillsboro 5 5 0
Hoisington 9 7 2
Holcomb 4 3 1
Holton 12 8 4
Hope 1 1 0
Horton 9 4 5
Hoxie 1 1 0
Hugoton 8 6 2
Humboldt 6 6 0
Hutchinson 92 69 23
Independence 29 20 9
Inman 2 2 0
Iola 22 12 10
Junction City 64 46 18
Kanopolis 1 1 0
Kansas City 475 354 121
Kechi 4 4 0
Kingman 7 7 0
Kinsley 5 4 1
Kiowa 2 2 0
La Crosse 3 3 0
La Cygne 2 2 0
La Harpe 2 2 0
Lake Quivira 3 3 0
Lansing 17 14 3
Larned 12 8 4
Lawrence 169 133 36
Le Roy 1 1 0
Leavenworth 87 63 24
Leawood 76 54 22
Lebo 1 1 0
Lenexa 125 83 42
Lewis 1 1 0
Liberal 51 37 14
Lindsborg 7 6 1
Linn Valley 1 1 0
Little River 1 1 0
Louisburg 10 10 0
Lyndon 3 3 0
Lyons 8 7 1
Macksville 1 1 0
Maize 8 7 1
Marion 5 5 0
Marquette 1 1 0
Marysville 8 7 1
McLouth 1 1 0
McPherson 32 27 5
Meade 3 3 0
Medicine Lodge 6 5 1
Merriam 30 26 4
Minneapolis 5 5 0
Mission 29 28 1
Moran 1 1 0
Moundridge 3 3 0
Mount Hope 2 2 0
Mulberry 1 1 0
Mulvane 18 12 6
Neodesha 8 7 1
Newton 34 30 4
Nickerson 4 4 0
North Newton 2 2 0
Norton 5 5 0
Norwich 1 1 0
Oberlin 3 3 0
Olathe 193 154 39
Osage City 6 6 0
Osawatomie 16 10 6
Osborne 4 4 0
Oswego 5 5 0
Ottawa 34 28 6
Overbrook 2 2 0
Overland Park 295 245 50
Oxford 3 3 0
Paola 21 15 6
Park City 19 17 2
Parsons 26 21 5
Peabody 3 3 0
Perry 1 1 0
Pittsburg 50 35 15
Plainville 4 4 0
Pleasanton 2 2 0
Prairie Village 53 42 11
Pratt 21 15 6
Quinter 1 1 0
Richmond 2 1 1
Roeland Park 16 14 2
Rolla 1 1 0
Rose Hill 9 8 1
Rossville 3 3 0
Russell 19 8 11
Sabetha 5 5 0
Salina 105 76 29
Scott City 11 6 5
Scranton 1 1 0
Sedan 3 3 0
Sedgwick 2 2 0
Seneca 4 4 0
Shawnee 108 88 20
Silver Lake 2 2 0
Smith Center 3 3 0
South Hutchinson 9 7 2
Spearville 1 1 0
Spring Hill 10 9 1
St. Francis 5 4 1
St. George 1 1 0
St. John 4 4 0
St. Marys 5 5 0
Stafford 4 4 0
Sterling 5 5 0
Stockton 5 5 0
Tonganoxie 9 8 1
Topeka 340 285 55
Towanda 2 2 0
Troy 1 1 0
Udall 3 3 0
Valley Center 12 9 3
Valley Falls 2 2 0
Victoria 2 2 0
Wa Keeney 4 4 0
Wakefield 1 1 0
Wamego 12 7 5
Waterville 1 1 0
Wathena 2 2 0
Weir 1 1 0
Wellington 20 16 4
Wichita 802 634 168
Wilson 29 11 18
Winfield 29 22 7
Yates Center 3 3 0