Basehor News

A 33-year-old Basehor man died in a motorcycle crash in rural Leavenworth County over the weekend, authorities said today.Colby S. Folsom died in the crash about 1:50 p.m. Saturday along 206th Street just north of Cantrell Road, northwest of Linwood, Kan., according to the Leavenworth County Sheriff’s office.Colby was riding his 1986 ... (more)

A 37-year-old Basehor, Kan., man has been charged in federal court with attempting to pay a hit man $1,800 to kill his wife.

A Leavenworth County man is scheduled to appear in Kansas City federal court this afternoon on charges that he tried to hire a hit man to kill his wife.Late Friday, prosecutors charged Lee D. Smith, 37, of Basehor, Kan., with agreeing to pay $1,800 to have his wife killed as she arrived at her Johnson County office Thursday morning.But the person ... (more)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A man from Basehor, Kansas, faces federal charges after investigators say he tried to hire a hit man to murder his wife.

Kutztown University senior Genevieve Smith, who is blind, works with a third-grade class at Kutztown Elementary School, where she student teaches.