RUSSELL COUNTY — An investigation that began at about 5 a.m. Friday in Russell County is now being investigated as an apparent suicide.

Law enforcement authorities initially believed the incident to be fatal hit-and-run accident.

But at approximately 1 p.m. Friday, the KHP said it was investigating the incident as an apparent suicide.

“Info will not be posted on the KHP Crash Logs,” Trooper Tod Hileman reported via social media. “We are investigating this incident as an apparent suicide, therefore I will not be releasing names at this point. Thank you all for your understanding.”

Ref. the incident this morning on I-70 at milepost 200 EB.

Info will not be posted on the KHP Crash Logs as earlier stated. We are investigating this incident as an apparent suicide, therefore I will not be releasing names at this point.

Thank you all for your understanding.

— Trooper Tod (@TrooperTodKHP) January 11, 2019

RUSSELL COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating what they initially believed to be fatal hit and run accident in Russell County.

Just after 10a.m. Friday, the KHP indicated the crash was not a hit and run.

Just after 5a.m. Friday, authorities located a deceased person on Interstate 70 in Russell County, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.

An unoccupied vehicle was on the shoulder of the interstate.  The KHP were attempting to locate a possible hit and run vehicle traveling east on I-70 that is believed to have front end damage.

The KHP reported troopers had located what was originally believed to be a “leaving the scene” vehicle.

The KHP Critical Highway Accident Response Team was also working to diagram the scene.

Authorities have released no additional details.mAnyone with information is asked to contact law enforcement.

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RUSSELL COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal hit and run accident in Russell County.

Just after 5a.m. Friday, authorities located a deceased person on Interstate 70 in Russell County, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.

An unoccupied vehicle was on the shoulder of the interstate.  The KHP were attempting to locate a hit and run vehicle traveling east on I-70 that is believed to have front end damage.

Just after 7a.m., the KHP reported troopers had located what was originally believed to be a “leaving the scene” vehicle.

The KHP Critical Highway Accident Response Team is working to diagram the scene.

Authorities have released no additional details.

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RUSSELL COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a hit and run accident.

Just after 5a.m. Friday, authorities located a deceased person on Interstate 70 in Russell County, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.

An unoccupied vehicle was on the shoulder of the interstate.  The KHP is attempting to locate a hit and run vehicle traveling east on I-70 that is believed to have front end damage, according to the KHP.

The KHP did not have a description of the vehicle that left the scene and has not released the name of the victim.

Anyone with information is asked to contact law enforcement.

LEAVENWORTH COUNTY— Law enforcement authorities continue their search for an inmate who escaped from the Lansing Correctional Facility on Monday. Late Monday, police did locate the camo-painted state vehicle he drove away in. It was abandoned near 92nd Street and Parallel Parkway, according to police in Kansas City.

Inmate Cal Henry Green, 36, was in the Lansing Correctional Facility after convictions for aggravated battery, burglary and has convictions that include forgery, theft and attempt to flee or elude law enforcement.

Green is described as 5-foot-4 and weights approximately 196 pounds.

If anyone has seen or has information about Greed are encouraged to call 9-1-1.

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LEAVENWORTH COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating an escape from a Kansas prison.

Inmate Cal Henry Green, 36, is believe to have stolen a camo-painted state vehicle, according to a social media post from Lansing police.

Green was in the Lansing Correctional Facility after convictions for aggravated battery, burglary and has convictions that include forgery, theft and attempt to flee or elude law enforcement.

Green is described as 5-foot-4 and weights approximately 196 pounds.

If anyone has seen or has information about Greed are encouraged to call 9-1-1.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran says many rural hospitals are “hanging on by a thread” and could benefit from the additional revenue that Medicaid expansion would generate.

But Moran says he wants to leave the decision in Kansas to the Legislature.  Moran made the comments Wednesday after speaking to LMH Health president and CEO Russ Johnson during a visit to Lawrence.

Kansas has rejected accepting additional federal funding provided through the Affordable Care Act to expand the jointly state and federally funded Medicaid program for the poor and disabled. But the idea is being revisited now that incoming Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has expressed interest.

Moran says Kansas needs to weigh a funding increase against “how long those federal dollars will be in place.”

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a Topeka house fire has left a man dead and a woman critically injured.

The fire started Friday morning in a neighborhood in the northeast part of the city. Fire Department Christ Commander Chris Herrera says crews responded after someone knocked on the door of the nearby fire station to report the blaze.

He says the woman was rescued and rushed to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.

No other details were immediately released, including the man’s name and the cause of the fire.

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will pay $1.1 million to a Missouri man who spent nearly 17 years in prison for a robbery that he argued was committed by his doppelganger.

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced Tuesday that a settlement had been reached with 42-year-old Richard Anthony Jones, of Kansas City, Missouri. Schmidt said Jones was the first to settle a payout under a new state law that provides compensation to people who are wrongly imprisoned. Jones also was granted a certificate of innocence.

Eyewitness testimony sent Jones to prison for an attack and robbery in the parking lot of a Walmart in Roeland Park, Kansas. No physical evidence linked Jones to the crime. He was freed after supporters found evidence that another man who looked just like him lived near the Walmart.

BARTON COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are asking the public for help locate a wanted Kansas felon.

Karie Lane McBride, 29, is wanted on a Rush County Warrant for felony theft, according to Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellendir.

McBride is described as white male 5-foot-6, 130 pounds, brown hair and blue eyes.

The Sheriff’s Office has reason to believe he has access to firearms and has made threats against law enforcement, according to Bellendir.

McBride should be considered armed and dangerous.

He has previous convictions for burglary and drugs, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.

If you have information about this crime or any other crime, please call crime stoppers at 620-792-1300 or 888-305-1300, remember we don’t want your name, just your information.