A Tonganoxie man was sentenced Friday to 11 years in prison for the murder of his 9-year-old son, who died in a truck crash while his father was driving under the influence of alcohol. Shane Michael Degraeve, 35, was driving a GMC Sierra pickup truck on September 4, 2022 when he ran the truck off […]
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Does the ‘Tonganoxie Split’ protect Kansas City from tornadoes? We asked the experts
As large hail and damaging winds swept through the Kansas City area Tuesday night, a Reddit user posted, “Looks like we get to test the Tonganoxie Split.” In Kansas City weather lore, the small Leavenworth County town of Tonganoxie has an outsized role. Located about 35 miles west of Kansas City, with a population of […]
Tonganoxie man sentenced to 10 years for crash that killed 2, including KCPD officer
A Jackson County judge sentenced a 20-year-old Tonganoxie man to 10 years in prison for causing a crash that killed two people, including a Kansas City police officer. Jerron A. Lightfoot pleaded guilty in February to two counts of involuntary manslaughter for recklessly causing the deaths of Officer James Muhlbauer and Jesse Eckes, a 52-year-old […]