NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A driver behind the wheel of a pickup truck rammed into a crowd of New Orleans revelers on Bourbon Street early on New Year’s Day, killing at least 15 people in what the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/new-orleans-car-bourbon-street-63a1b43d615af365cb8ba6f5f0583eca">FBI is investigating as an act of terrorism</a>.

After the vehicle stopped, the driver emerged from the truck and opened fire on responding officers, New Orleans police said.

The New Orleans coroner now says 15 people were killed when a driver deliberately struck people in the French Quarter early on New Year’s Day.

Authorities previously said 10 had died. The driver was fatally shot by police.

The coroner, Dr. Dwight McKenna, says it will take several days to conduct autopsies. Once those are done and relatives are notified, officials will release the victims' names, McKenna said in a statement.

Sugar Bowl now scheduled for Thursday afternoon

The College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame will now start at 3 p.m. Thursday.

It was originally set for Wednesday night in New Orleans. But officials said they would postpone it following the truck attack in the city's French Quarter.

Divorce records reveal some information about the New Orleans attacker's finances

Divorce records show that in January 2022, Shamsud-Din Jabbar was $27,000 behind on house payments. He wanted to quickly finalize the divorce.

“I have exhausted all means of bringing the loan current other than a loan modification, leaving us no alternative but to sell the house or allow it to go into foreclosure,” he wrote in an email to his now-ex-wife’s attorney.

His businesses were struggling, too. One, Blue Meadow Properties LLC, lost about $28,000 over the previous year. Two others he started, Jabbar Real Estate Holdings LLC and BDQ L3C, weren’t worth anything.

The divorce was approved in September 2024.

FBI has been warning about an elevated terrorism threat

If confirmed as inspired by the Islamic State, the attack would represent the deadliest such assault on U.S. soil in years. The militant group's flag was on the trailer hitch of the truck involved in the New Orleans attack, according to the FBI.

FBI officials have repeatedly warned about an elevated international terrorism threat due to the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/israel-hamas-war">Israel-Hamas war.</a>

In the last year, the FBI has disrupted other potential attacks inspired by the militant group, including in October when agents arrested an Afghan man in Oklahoma accused of plotting an Election Day attack targeting large crowds.

Driver in New Orleans attack had served in the US Army

The driver in the attack in New Orleans previously served in the Army.

A U.S. official said Shamsud-Din Jabbar got out of the Army in 2015 but it was not clear if he went into the Reserve after that. He served as an information technology specialist, the official said. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to provide details that had not yet been made public.

A Baton Rouge father was killed in the New Orleans attack

A 37-year-old father of two from Baton Rouge was among the 10 people killed.

Reggie Hunter had just left work and was headed with a cousin to celebrate New Year’s when the attack happened, his first cousin Shirell Jackson told Nola.com.

Hunter was killed and his cousin was injured, Jackson said.

Officials have not yet released the names of the victims, but their families and friends are talking about them.

Road closed leading to suspect's recent address

Law enforcement officers have closed off a road leading to a Houston residence that records indicate was a recent address of the suspect in the New Orleans attack.

The white mobile home was behind a gate and in a small neighborhood where goats and ducks were roaming the grass.

18-year-old who wanted to be a nurse is among the victims in New Orleans, friend says

A Mississippi man who was celebrating New Year's Eve in New Orleans says his friend who dreamed of becoming a nurse was among the people killed in an attack on Bourbon Street.

Zion Parsons, 18, said a vehicle suddenly appeared and he watched it hit his friend, 18-year-old Nikyra Dedeaux. At least 10 people were killed.

Parsons described the crowd scattering and the gruesome aftermath.

“Bodies, bodies all up and down the street, everybody screaming and hollering” Parsons said.

He said he watched as authorities put a tarp over Dedeaux’s body. He later called Dedeaux’s family to tell them what had happened.

“I hadn’t had time to cry up until I called her mother and she asked me, ‘Where’s my baby’,” Parsons said. “That broke me.”

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                    </figure><p>NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A driver behind the wheel of a pickup truck rammed into a crowd of New Orleans revelers on Bourbon Street early on New Year’s Day, killing at least 15 people in what the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/new-orleans-car-bourbon-street-63a1b43d615af365cb8ba6f5f0583eca">FBI is investigating as an act of terrorism</a>.</p><p>After the vehicle stopped, the driver emerged from the truck and opened fire on responding officers, New Orleans police said.</p><p>Here is the latest:</p><h2>Death toll now stands at 15</h2><p>The New Orleans coroner now says 15 people were killed when a driver deliberately struck people in the French Quarter early on New Year’s Day.</p><p>Authorities previously said 10 had died. The driver was fatally shot by police.</p><p>The coroner, Dr. Dwight McKenna, says it will take several days to conduct autopsies. Once those are done and relatives are notified, officials will release the victims' names, McKenna said in a statement.</p><h2>Sugar Bowl now scheduled for Thursday afternoon</h2><p>The College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame will now start at 3 p.m. Thursday.</p><p>It was originally set for Wednesday night in New Orleans. But officials said they would postpone it following the truck attack in the city's French Quarter.</p><h2>Divorce records reveal some information about the New Orleans attacker's finances</h2><p>Divorce records show that in January 2022, Shamsud-Din Jabbar was $27,000 behind on house payments. He wanted to quickly finalize the divorce.</p><p>“I have exhausted all means of bringing the loan current other than a loan modification, leaving us no alternative but to sell the house or allow it to go into foreclosure,” he wrote in an email to his now-ex-wife’s attorney.</p><p>His businesses were struggling, too. One, Blue Meadow Properties LLC, lost about $28,000 over the previous year. Two others he started, Jabbar Real Estate Holdings LLC and BDQ L3C, weren’t worth anything.</p><p>The divorce was approved in September 2024.</p><h2>FBI has been warning about an elevated terrorism threat</h2><p>If confirmed as inspired by the Islamic State, the attack would represent the deadliest such assault on U.S. soil in years. The militant group's flag was on the trailer hitch of the truck involved in the New Orleans attack, according to the FBI.</p><p>FBI officials have repeatedly warned about an elevated international terrorism threat due to the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/israel-hamas-war">Israel-Hamas war.</a></p><p>In the last year, the FBI has disrupted other potential attacks inspired by the militant group, including in October when agents arrested an Afghan man in Oklahoma accused of plotting an Election Day attack targeting large crowds.</p><h2>Driver in New Orleans attack had served in the US Army</h2><p>The driver in the attack in New Orleans previously served in the Army.</p><p>A U.S. official said Shamsud-Din Jabbar got out of the Army in 2015 but it was not clear if he went into the Reserve after that. He served as an information technology specialist, the official said. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to provide details that had not yet been made public.</p><p>— By Tara Copp in Washington.</p><h2>A Baton Rouge father was killed in the New Orleans attack</h2><p>A 37-year-old father of two from Baton Rouge was among the 10 people killed.</p><p>Reggie Hunter had just left work and was headed with a cousin to celebrate New Year’s when the attack happened, his first cousin Shirell Jackson told Nola.com.</p><p>Hunter was killed and his cousin was injured, Jackson said.</p><p>Officials have not yet released the names of the victims, but their families and friends are talking about them.</p><h2>Road closed leading to suspect's recent address</h2><p>Law enforcement officers have closed off a road leading to a Houston residence that records indicate was a recent address of the suspect in the New Orleans attack.</p><p>The white mobile home was behind a gate and in a small neighborhood where goats and ducks were roaming the grass.</p><h2>18-year-old who wanted to be a nurse is among the victims in New Orleans, friend says</h2><p>A Mississippi man who was celebrating New Year's Eve in New Orleans says his friend who dreamed of becoming a nurse was among the people killed in an attack on Bourbon Street.</p><p>Zion Parsons, 18, said a vehicle suddenly appeared and he watched it hit his friend, 18-year-old Nikyra Dedeaux. At least 10 people were killed.</p><p>Parsons described the crowd scattering and the gruesome aftermath.</p><p>“Bodies, bodies all up and down the street, everybody screaming and hollering” Parsons said.</p><p>He said he watched as authorities put a tarp over Dedeaux’s body. He later called Dedeaux’s family to tell them what had happened.</p><p>“I hadn’t had time to cry up until I called her mother and she asked me, ‘Where’s my baby’,” Parsons said. “That broke me.”</p>

Coroner: Death toll in New Orleans terror attack continues to rise

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A driver wrought carnage on New Orleans' famed French Quarter early on New Year's Day, killing 10 people as he rammed a pickup truck into a crowd before being shot to death by police, authorities said.

More than 30 people were injured as Wednesday's attack turned festive Bourbon Street into macabre mayhem. The FBI is investigating it as an act of terrorism and said an Islamic State group flag was found in the vehicle.

The FBI identified the driver as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, a U.S. citizen from Texas.

Investigators were working to determine Jabbar's potential associations and affiliations with terrorist organizations, the FBI said.

Jabbar was killed in a firefight with police following the attack around 3:15 a.m. in an area teeming with New Year’s revelers, the FBI said.

A photo circulated among law enforcement officials showed a bearded Jabbar wearing camouflage next to the truck after he was killed by police.

Investigators recovered a handgun and an AR-style rifle after the shootout, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The official was not authorized to discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.

The FBI said a potential improvised explosive device was located in the vehicle and other potential explosive devices were also located in the French Quarter.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell described the killings as a “terrorist attack.”

New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said the driver was “hell-bent on creating the carnage and the damage that he did.”

“It was very intentional behavior. This man was trying to run over as many people as he could,” Kirkpatrick said.

After the vehicle stopped, the driver emerged and opened fire on responding officers, police said. Officers returned fire, killing the driver, police said.

Two officers were wounded and are in stable condition, police said. They were in addition to 33 people injured in the vehicle attack.

“When I got to work this morning, it was kind of pandemonium everywhere," Derick Fleming, chief bellhop at a downtown hotel, told the AP. "There were a couple of bodies on the ground covered up. Police were looking for bombs in garbage cans.”

New Orleans city councilmember Helena Moreno told WWL-TV that after being briefed on the attack, she understands that “there is a potential that other suspects could be involved in this and all hands on deck on determining who these individuals are and finding them."

The area is a prime New Year’s Eve destination.

Tens of thousands of college football fans were in the city for Wednesday night’s Sugar Bowl playoff quarterfinal between Georgia and Notre Dame at the nearby Superdome. The game is expected to be played as scheduled.

University of Georgia President Jere Morehead said a student was critically injured in the attack and is receiving medical treatment.

Zion Parsons told&nbsp;<a href="http://nola.com/">NOLA.com</a>&nbsp;that he and two friends were leaving a Bourbon Street restaurant when he heard a “commotion” and “banging” and turned his head to see a vehicle “barreling” onto the pavement toward them. He dodged the vehicle, but it struck one of his friends.

“I yell her name, and I turn my head, and her leg is twisted and contorted above and around her back. And there was just blood,” Parsons said. The 18-year-old said he ran after hearing gunshots shortly thereafter.

“As you’re walking down the street, you can just look and see bodies, just bodies of people, just bleeding, broken bones,” he said. “I just ran until I couldn’t hear nothing no more.”

Bourbon Street has had barriers to prevent vehicle attacks since 2017, but Wednesday’s rampage happened amid a major project to remove and replace the devices, which left the area vulnerable.

Work began in November and was expected to be largely wrapped up in time for the Super Bowl, which is being played in the city on Feb. 9.

Hours after the attack, several coroner’s office vans were parked on the corner of Bourbon and Canal streets, cordoned off by police tape with crowds of dazed tourists standing around, some trying to navigate their luggage through the labyrinth of blockades.

Elsewhere though, life went on as normal in the city known to some for a motto that translates to “let the good times roll.”

Near Bourbon and Canal streets, close to where the truck came to rest, some people were talking about the attack while others dressed in Georgia gear talked football. At a cafe a block away from the crime scene, people crowded in for breakfast as upbeat pop music played. Two blocks away, people stood around drinking beer at a bar, seemingly as if nothing happened.

"We recognize that there are tourists around us, and we urge all to avoid the French Quarter as this is an active investigation," Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said. “We understand the concerns of the community and want to reassure everyone that the safety of the French Quarter and the city of New Orleans remains our top priority.”

President Joe Biden, speaking to reporters in Delaware, said he felt “anger and frustration” over the attack but would refrain from further comment until more is known.

“My heart goes out to the victims and their families who were simply trying to celebrate the holiday,” Biden said in a statement. “There is no justification for violence of any kind, and we will not tolerate any attack on any of our nation’s communities.”

The attack is the latest example of a vehicle being used as a weapon to carry out mass violence, a trend that has alarmed law enforcement officials and that can be difficult to protect against.

<a href="https://apnews.com/article/germany-magdeburg-christmas-market-attack-9ae2b2ca5cea3cef79fe502ab3f27b63">A 50-year-old Saudi doctor</a>&nbsp;plowed into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers in the German city of Magdeburg last month, killing four women and a 9-year-old boy.

A man who&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/waukesha-wisconsin-christmas-parade-crash-what-happened-daee4565c7a36e88029c5fe6393d1be3">drove his SUV through a Christmas parade</a>&nbsp;in suburban Milwaukee in 2021 is serving a life sentence after a judge rejected arguments from him and his family that mental illness drove him to do it. Six people were killed.

An Islamic extremist was sentenced last year to 10 life sentences for&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/terrorism-us-news-ap-top-news-uzbekistan-north-america-aa83dfe6157f4214a5e92efaba4142c9">killing eight people with a truck on a bike path</a>&nbsp;in Manhattan on Halloween in 2017. Also in 2017, a self-proclaimed admirer of Adolf Hitler slammed his car into counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia and is now serving a life sentence.

More than 30 people were injured as Wednesday's attack turned festive Bourbon Street into macabre mayhem. The FBI is investigating it as an act of terrorism.

The driver was killed in a firefight with police following the attack around 3:15 a.m. in an area teeming with New Year's revelers, the FBI said.

Investigators recovered a handgun and an AR-style rifle after the shootout, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.

Investigators were also combing the French Quarter for potential explosive devices, another law enforcement official told the AP.

The officials were not authorized to discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.

FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Alethea Duncan said officials were investigating at least one suspected improvised explosive device at the scene.

Both schools expressed condolences and said they were working to determine if any students, employees or alumni were harmed.

Stephen Smith, Kevin McGill, Chevel Johnson and Brett Martel in New Orleans, Jeff Martin in Atlanta, Alanna Durkin Richer and Zeke Miller in Washington and Darlene Superville in New Castle, Delaware, contributed to this report.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A driver rammed a vehicle into a crowd of New Orleans revelers early on New Year's Day, killing 10 people and injuring 35 others in what the FBI is investigating as an act of terrorism.

The driver was killed in a firefight with police following the attack around 3:15 a.m. Wednesday along Bourbon Street in the city’s bustling French Quarter, the FBI said.

Investigators were combing the French Quarter for potential explosive devices, a law enforcement official told the Associated Press. The official was not authorized to discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.

At a news conference, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell described the killings as a “terrorist attack” and the city’s police chief said the act was clearly intentional.

New Orleans Police Commissioner Anne Kirkpatrick said the driver was “hell-bent on creating the carnage and the damage that he did.”

After the vehicle stopped, the driver emerged and open fire on responding officers, police said. Officers returned fire, killing the driver, police said. Two officers were wounded and are in stable condition, police said.

The area is known as one of the largest New Year’s Eve destinations.

Crowds in the city were ballooning in anticipation of Wednesday night's Sugar Bowl college football playoff game between Georgia and Notre Dame at the nearby Superdome. The stadium was on lockdown Wednesday morning, but the game was expected to go on as scheduled.

Kevin Garcia, 22, told CNN that he saw a truck slamming into people on a sidewalk and heard gunshots.

Whit Davis told the network that he heard people yelling and running to the back as he was leaving a nightclub.

“When they finally let us out of the club, police waved us where to walk and were telling us to get out of the area fast. I saw a few dead bodies they couldn’t even cover up and tons of people receiving first aid," said Davis, 22.

The injured were taken to five hospitals, the city’s emergency preparedness department said.

The White House said President Joe Biden had been briefed, and the Justice Department said Attorney General Merrick Garland was also briefed.

<a href="https://apnews.com/article/germany-magdeburg-christmas-market-attack-9ae2b2ca5cea3cef79fe502ab3f27b63">A 50-year-old Saudi doctor</a>&nbsp;plowed into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers in the German city of Magdeburg last month, killing four women and a 9-year-old boy. A man who&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/waukesha-wisconsin-christmas-parade-crash-what-happened-daee4565c7a36e88029c5fe6393d1be3">drove his SUV through a Christmas parade</a>&nbsp;in suburban Milwaukee in 2021 is serving a life sentence after a judge rejected arguments from him and his family that mental illness drove him to do it. Six people were killed.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The suspect in the New Orleans truck crash that killed 10 people and injured 30 revelers in New Orleans on New Year's Day was killed after a firefight with police, law enforcement officials told the AP.

The officials were not authorized to discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity.

The suspect rammed a vehicle at high speed into a crowd of pedestrians in New Orleans' bustling French Quarter district at 3:15 a.m. Wednesday along Bourbon Street, known worldwide as one of the largest destinations for New Year’s Eve parties, and with crowds in the city ballooning in anticipation for the Sugar Bowl college football playoff game at the nearby Superdome later in the day.

At a news conference, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell described the killings as a “terrorist attack” and the city’s police chief said the act was clearly intentional. But an assistant FBI agent in charge declared that it was "not a terrorist event.” The news conference ended before authorities could reconcile the two characterizations.

Alethea Duncan, an assistant special agent in charge of the FBI’s New Orleans field office, said officials were investigating the discovery of at least one suspected improvised explosive device at the scene.

Police Commissioner Anne Kirkpatrick said police officers would work to ensure safety at the Sugar Bowl, indicating that the game would go on as scheduled.

“He was hell-bent on creating the carnage and the damage that he did,” Kirkpatrick said. “It was very intentional behavior. This man was trying to run over as many people as he could."

Two police officers who were shot after the driver emerged from the truck are in stable condition, she said.

FBI: Islamic State group flag found on vehicle used in New Orleans attack

HAMILTON COUNTY —One person died in an accident just after 1:30a.m. Wednesday in Hamilton County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2022 Ram 1500 driven by&nbsp;Toby Kandt, 39, Holly, Colorado, was&nbsp;westbound on County Road 31 approximately seven miles west of Kansas 27 Highway.

The pickup traveled off the roadway to the right down an embankment towards a bridge. The vehicle struck the other embankment west of the bridge head-on.&nbsp; Kandt was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to the mortuary in Garden City.&nbsp; He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.

<p>HAMILTON COUNTY —One person died in an accident just after 1:30a.m. Wednesday in Hamilton County.</p><p>The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2022 Ram 1500 driven by&nbsp;Toby Kandt, 39, Holly, Colorado, was&nbsp;westbound on County Road 31 approximately seven miles west of Kansas 27 Highway.</p><p>The pickup traveled off the roadway to the right down an embankment towards a bridge. The vehicle struck the other embankment west of the bridge head-on.&nbsp; Kandt was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to the mortuary in Garden City.&nbsp; He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.</p>

Man dies after pickup strikes embankment head-on in SW Kansas

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame has been postponed after a truck plowed into a New Year’s crowd about a mile away early Wednesday, killing at least 10 people.

The game, originally scheduled for Wednesday night at the 70,000-seat Superdome, has been pushed back 24 hours to Thursday night.

“For now, that's the plan,” Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley said.

The Superdome was on lockdown for security sweeps on Wednesday morning, when people with offices in the Superdome — including officials with the Sugar Bowl and Sun Belt Conference — were told not to come into work until further notice.

Some credentialed Superdome employees were permitted into offices by Wednesday afternoon.

The casualties occurred when a&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/new-orleans-vehicle-ramming-attacks-8af368ea95bea1eec9bc15ebaf43f7ec">driver rammed a pickup truck into a crowd</a>&nbsp;of revelers in New Orleans’ famed French Quarter early on New Year’s Day. The driver was killed in a firefight with police following the attack at about 3:15 a.m. along Bourbon Street near Canal Street, the FBI said.

The Georgia and Notre Dame football teams arrived in New Orleans on Sunday and have been staying at downtown hotels just blocks away from where the violence occurred.

A statement from the University of Georgia Athletic Association said that “all team personnel and members of the official team travel party have been accounted for.”

New Orleans City Council President Helena Moreno told WDSU-TV: “What you’ll see today for the Sugar Bowl, which will go on, is that the perimeter for security around the Superdome has been extended to be a larger zone.”

“So expect obviously extra security. There are more police officers who are coming in.”

The Superdome, which is about 20 blocks away, also is scheduled to host the Super Bowl on Feb. 9.

The first Super Bowl after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, also was held in New Orleans, and there was a massive security perimeter for that game including street closures surrounding the Superdome and officers — including snipers — on the tops of surrounding high-rise buildings, as well as on the roof of the dome itself.

“We are deeply saddened by the news of the devastating incident in New Orleans,” the NFL said in a statement. "The NFL and the local host committee have been working collaboratively with local, state and federal agencies the past two years and have developed comprehensive security plans.

“These planning sessions will continue as they do with all major NFL events," the statement continued. "We are confident attendees will have a safe and enjoyable Super Bowl experience.”

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                    </figure><p>NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame has been postponed after a truck plowed into a New Year’s crowd about a mile away early Wednesday, killing at least 10 people.</p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🚨 UPDATE 🚨<br><br>🏆 The 2025 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CFBPlayoff?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CFBPlayoff</a> Quarterfinal at the <a href="https://twitter.com/Allstate?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Allstate</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SugarBowl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SugarBowl</a> will kickoff January 2 at 3:00 PM CT! <a href="https://t.co/wpCS52JnPN">pic.twitter.com/wpCS52JnPN</a></p>&mdash; Allstate Sugar Bowl (@SugarBowlNola) <a href="https://twitter.com/SugarBowlNola/status/1874580556723392983?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 1, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Update on the Allstate Sugar Bowl <a href="https://t.co/lq8QKO18xO">pic.twitter.com/lq8QKO18xO</a></p>&mdash; Allstate Sugar Bowl (@SugarBowlNola) <a href="https://twitter.com/SugarBowlNola/status/1874539246109020392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 1, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>The game, originally scheduled for Wednesday night at the 70,000-seat Superdome, has been pushed back 24 hours to Thursday night.</p><figure>
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                    </figure><p>“For now, that's the plan,” Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley said.</p><p>The Superdome was on lockdown for security sweeps on Wednesday morning, when people with offices in the Superdome — including officials with the Sugar Bowl and Sun Belt Conference — were told not to come into work until further notice.</p><p>Some credentialed Superdome employees were permitted into offices by Wednesday afternoon.</p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Statement from the FBI on the situation in New Orleans. <a href="https://t.co/B3TskTJyUc">pic.twitter.com/B3TskTJyUc</a></p>&mdash; FBI (@FBI) <a href="https://twitter.com/FBI/status/1874466901109121382?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 1, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>The casualties occurred when a&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/new-orleans-vehicle-ramming-attacks-8af368ea95bea1eec9bc15ebaf43f7ec">driver rammed a pickup truck into a crowd</a>&nbsp;of revelers in New Orleans’ famed French Quarter early on New Year’s Day. The driver was killed in a firefight with police following the attack at about 3:15 a.m. along Bourbon Street near Canal Street, the FBI said.</p><p>The Georgia and Notre Dame football teams arrived in New Orleans on Sunday and have been staying at downtown hotels just blocks away from where the violence occurred.</p><p>A statement from the University of Georgia Athletic Association said that “all team personnel and members of the official team travel party have been accounted for.”</p><p>New Orleans City Council President Helena Moreno told WDSU-TV: “What you’ll see today for the Sugar Bowl, which will go on, is that the perimeter for security around the Superdome has been extended to be a larger zone.”</p><p>“So expect obviously extra security. There are more police officers who are coming in.”</p><p>The Superdome, which is about 20 blocks away, also is scheduled to host the Super Bowl on Feb. 9.</p><p>The first Super Bowl after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, also was held in New Orleans, and there was a massive security perimeter for that game including street closures surrounding the Superdome and officers — including snipers — on the tops of surrounding high-rise buildings, as well as on the roof of the dome itself.</p><p>“We are deeply saddened by the news of the devastating incident in New Orleans,” the NFL said in a statement. "The NFL and the local host committee have been working collaboratively with local, state and federal agencies the past two years and have developed comprehensive security plans.</p><p>“These planning sessions will continue as they do with all major NFL events," the statement continued. "We are confident attendees will have a safe and enjoyable Super Bowl experience.”</p><p>___</p>

Sugar Bowl postponed after deadly New Orleans attack

&nbsp;JACKSON COUNTY—Law enforcement are investigating two suspects on drug allegations.

Just before 11p.m. on December 29, a Sheriff’s Deputy conducted a traffic stop on a Plymouth Neon on Arizona Avenue near 3rd Street in Holton, according to Sheriff Tim Morse.

 During the stop, Deputies seized drug paraphernalia along with a substance believed to be cocaine. The driver, Courtney Marie Buettgenbach, 32, of Horton, and the passenger, Tyrone James Rose, 48, of Effingham were arrested. Buettgenbach was booked into the Jackson County Jail on requested charges of possession of cocaine, possession of a hallucinogenic drug, possession of drug paraphernalia and traffic charges. 

Rose was booked into the Jackson County Jail on requested charges of possession of cocaine, possession of a hallucinogenic drug, possession of drug paraphernalia and failure to wear seatbelt.

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                    </figure><p>&nbsp;JACKSON COUNTY—Law enforcement are investigating two suspects on drug allegations.</p><p>Just before 11p.m. on December 29, a Sheriff’s Deputy conducted a traffic stop on a Plymouth Neon on Arizona Avenue near 3rd Street in Holton, according to Sheriff Tim Morse.</p><figure>
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                    </figure><p> During the stop, Deputies seized drug paraphernalia along with a substance believed to be cocaine. The driver, Courtney Marie Buettgenbach, 32, of Horton, and the passenger, Tyrone James Rose, 48, of Effingham were arrested. Buettgenbach was booked into the Jackson County Jail on requested charges of possession of cocaine, possession of a hallucinogenic drug, possession of drug paraphernalia and traffic charges. </p><p>Rose was booked into the Jackson County Jail on requested charges of possession of cocaine, possession of a hallucinogenic drug, possession of drug paraphernalia and failure to wear seatbelt.</p>

Sheriff: Kansas couple caught transporting cocaine

NEW YORK (AP) — What a wonderful year 2024 was for investors.

U.S. stocks ripped higher and carried the S&amp;P 500 to records as the economy kept growing and the Federal Reserve began cutting interest rates.

The year featured many familiar winners, such as Big Tech, which got even bigger as their&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/stocks-markets-rates-china-24b017b95f02f3b06616a7cb30ef5a10">stock prices kept growing</a>. But it wasn't just Apple, Nvidia and the like.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/housing-home-sales-real-estate-home-prices-917924019a21055d353d686ad7a0f5b3">Bitcoin</a>, gold and other investments also drove higher.

Here's a look at some of the numbers that defined the year. All are as of Dec. 20.

Remember when President Bill Clinton got impeached or when baseball's Mark McGwire hit his 70th home run against the Montreal Expos? That was the last time the U.S. stock market closed out a second straight year with a leap of at least 20%, something the S&amp;P 500 is on track to do again this year. The index has climbed 24.3% so far this year, not including dividends, following last year's spurt of 24.2%.

The number of all-time highs the S&amp;P 500 has set so far this year. The first came early, on Jan. 19, when the index capped a two-year comeback from the swoon caused by high inflation and worries that high interest rates instituted by the Federal Reserve to combat it would create a recession. But the index was methodical through the rest of the year, setting a record in every month outside of April and August, according to S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices. The latest came on Dec. 6.

The number of times the Federal Reserve has cut its main interest rate this year from a two-decade high, offering some relief to the economy. Expectations for those cuts, along with hopes for more in 2025, were a big reason the U.S. stock market has been so successful this year. The 1 percentage point of cuts, though, is still short of the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/federal-reserve-wall-street-rate-cuts-b100590f67b81c0d298493a66607537a">1.5 percentage points that many traders were forecasting</a>&nbsp;for 2024 at the start of the year. The Fed disappointed investors in December when it said it may cut rates just two more times in 2025, fewer than it had earlier expected.

That’s how many points the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by the day after Election Day, as investors made bets on what Donald&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-harris-presidential-election-takeaways-d0e4677f4cd53b4d2d8d18d674be5bf4">Trump’s return to the White House</a>&nbsp;will mean for the economy and the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/us-election-trump-global-reaction-7f7d4c5f6b84f263d7c49bb4978ab418">world</a>. The more widely followed S&amp;P 500 soared 2.5% for its best day in nearly two years. Aside from bitcoin, stocks of banks and smaller winners were also perceived to be big winners. The bump has since diminished amid worries that Trump’s policies could also send inflation higher.

The level that bitcoin topped to set a record above $108,000 this past month. It's been climbing as interest rates come down, and it got a particularly big boost following Trump's election. He's turned around and become a fan of crypto, and he's named a former regulator who’s seen as friendly to digital currencies as the next chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, replacing&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/sec-gensler-trump-bitcoin-12ed7655830172800a4741a6cb39f372">someone who critics said</a>&nbsp;was overly aggressive in his oversight. Bitcoin was below $17,000 just two years ago following the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/ftx-bankruptcy-binance-timeline-c519d50b9059aa8bff0ce8b6cd26c40e">collapse of crypto exchange FTX.</a>

Gold's rise for the year, as it also hit records and had as strong a run as U.S. stocks. Wars around the world have helped drive demand for investments seen as safe, such as gold. It's also benefited from the Fed's cut to interest rates. When bonds are paying less in interest, they pull away fewer potential buyers from gold, which pays investors nothing.

It's a favorite number of Elon Musk, and it's also a threshold that Tesla's stock price passed in December as it set a record. The number has a long history among marijuana devotees, and Musk famously said in 2018 that he had secured funding to take Tesla private at&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-technology-san-francisco-lawsuits-business-dc203e6eefa40cb29db82d31308b372a">$420 per share</a>. Tesla soared this year, up from less than $250 at the start, in part because of expectations that Musk's close relationship with Trump could benefit the company.

That's how much revenue Nvidia made in the nine months through Oct. 27, showing how the artificial-intelligence frenzy is creating mountains of cash. Nvidia's chips are driving much of the move into AI, and its revenue through the last nine months catapulted from less than $39 billion the year before. Such growth has boosted Nvidia's worth to more than $3 trillion in total.

<a href="https://apnews.com/article/meme-roaring-kitty-gamestop-amc-stocks-401916acd3715d35cc0220143b26b2ac">GameStop’s gain on May 13</a>&nbsp;after Keith Gill, better known as “Roaring Kitty,” appeared online for the first time in three years to support the video game retailer’s stock, which he helped rocket to unimaginable heights during the “&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/meme-stocks-wall-street-gamestop-amc-f56af9d8853d77180548028a1a7f3f0f">meme stock craze</a>&nbsp;” in 2021. Several other meme stocks also jumped following his post in May on the social platform X, including AMC Entertainment. Gill later disclosed a sizeable stake in the online pet products retailer Chewy, but he&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/chewy-pet-store-stock-roaring-kitty-366d6046f1aa076a3eb022521ca51dcd">sold all of his holdings by late October</a>.

That's how much the U.S. economy grew, at annualized seasonally adjusted rates, in each of the three first quarters of this year. Such growth blew past what many pessimists were expecting when inflation was topping 9% in the summer of 2022. The fear was that the medicine prescribed by the Fed to beat high inflation — high interest rates — would create a recession. Households at the lower end of the income spectrum in particular are feeling pain now, as they contend with still-high prices. But the overall economy has remained remarkably resilient.

This is the vacancy rate for U.S. office buildings — an all-time high — through the first three quarters of 2024, according to data from Moody's. The fact the rate held steady for most of the year was something of a win for office building owners, given that it had marched up steadily from 16.8% in the fourth quarter of 2019. Demand for office space weakened as the pandemic led to the popularization of remote work.

<p>NEW YORK (AP) — What a wonderful year 2024 was for investors.</p><p>U.S. stocks ripped higher and carried the S&amp;P 500 to records as the economy kept growing and the Federal Reserve began cutting interest rates.</p><p>The year featured many familiar winners, such as Big Tech, which got even bigger as their&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/stocks-markets-rates-china-24b017b95f02f3b06616a7cb30ef5a10">stock prices kept growing</a>. But it wasn't just Apple, Nvidia and the like.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/housing-home-sales-real-estate-home-prices-917924019a21055d353d686ad7a0f5b3">Bitcoin</a>, gold and other investments also drove higher.</p><p>Here's a look at some of the numbers that defined the year. All are as of Dec. 20.</p><h2>1998</h2><p>Remember when President Bill Clinton got impeached or when baseball's Mark McGwire hit his 70th home run against the Montreal Expos? That was the last time the U.S. stock market closed out a second straight year with a leap of at least 20%, something the S&amp;P 500 is on track to do again this year. The index has climbed 24.3% so far this year, not including dividends, following last year's spurt of 24.2%.</p><h2>57</h2><p>The number of all-time highs the S&amp;P 500 has set so far this year. The first came early, on Jan. 19, when the index capped a two-year comeback from the swoon caused by high inflation and worries that high interest rates instituted by the Federal Reserve to combat it would create a recession. But the index was methodical through the rest of the year, setting a record in every month outside of April and August, according to S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices. The latest came on Dec. 6.</p><h2>3</h2><p>The number of times the Federal Reserve has cut its main interest rate this year from a two-decade high, offering some relief to the economy. Expectations for those cuts, along with hopes for more in 2025, were a big reason the U.S. stock market has been so successful this year. The 1 percentage point of cuts, though, is still short of the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/federal-reserve-wall-street-rate-cuts-b100590f67b81c0d298493a66607537a">1.5 percentage points that many traders were forecasting</a>&nbsp;for 2024 at the start of the year. The Fed disappointed investors in December when it said it may cut rates just two more times in 2025, fewer than it had earlier expected.</p><h2>1,508</h2><p>That’s how many points the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by the day after Election Day, as investors made bets on what Donald&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-harris-presidential-election-takeaways-d0e4677f4cd53b4d2d8d18d674be5bf4">Trump’s return to the White House</a>&nbsp;will mean for the economy and the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/us-election-trump-global-reaction-7f7d4c5f6b84f263d7c49bb4978ab418">world</a>. The more widely followed S&amp;P 500 soared 2.5% for its best day in nearly two years. Aside from bitcoin, stocks of banks and smaller winners were also perceived to be big winners. The bump has since diminished amid worries that Trump’s policies could also send inflation higher.</p><h2>$100,000</h2><p>The level that bitcoin topped to set a record above $108,000 this past month. It's been climbing as interest rates come down, and it got a particularly big boost following Trump's election. He's turned around and become a fan of crypto, and he's named a former regulator who’s seen as friendly to digital currencies as the next chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, replacing&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/sec-gensler-trump-bitcoin-12ed7655830172800a4741a6cb39f372">someone who critics said</a>&nbsp;was overly aggressive in his oversight. Bitcoin was below $17,000 just two years ago following the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/ftx-bankruptcy-binance-timeline-c519d50b9059aa8bff0ce8b6cd26c40e">collapse of crypto exchange FTX.</a></p><h2>26.7%</h2><p>Gold's rise for the year, as it also hit records and had as strong a run as U.S. stocks. Wars around the world have helped drive demand for investments seen as safe, such as gold. It's also benefited from the Fed's cut to interest rates. When bonds are paying less in interest, they pull away fewer potential buyers from gold, which pays investors nothing.</p><h2>$420</h2><p>It's a favorite number of Elon Musk, and it's also a threshold that Tesla's stock price passed in December as it set a record. The number has a long history among marijuana devotees, and Musk famously said in 2018 that he had secured funding to take Tesla private at&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-technology-san-francisco-lawsuits-business-dc203e6eefa40cb29db82d31308b372a">$420 per share</a>. Tesla soared this year, up from less than $250 at the start, in part because of expectations that Musk's close relationship with Trump could benefit the company.</p><h2>$91.2 billion</h2><p>That's how much revenue Nvidia made in the nine months through Oct. 27, showing how the artificial-intelligence frenzy is creating mountains of cash. Nvidia's chips are driving much of the move into AI, and its revenue through the last nine months catapulted from less than $39 billion the year before. Such growth has boosted Nvidia's worth to more than $3 trillion in total.</p><h2>74%</h2><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/meme-roaring-kitty-gamestop-amc-stocks-401916acd3715d35cc0220143b26b2ac">GameStop’s gain on May 13</a>&nbsp;after Keith Gill, better known as “Roaring Kitty,” appeared online for the first time in three years to support the video game retailer’s stock, which he helped rocket to unimaginable heights during the “&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/meme-stocks-wall-street-gamestop-amc-f56af9d8853d77180548028a1a7f3f0f">meme stock craze</a>&nbsp;” in 2021. Several other meme stocks also jumped following his post in May on the social platform X, including AMC Entertainment. Gill later disclosed a sizeable stake in the online pet products retailer Chewy, but he&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/chewy-pet-store-stock-roaring-kitty-366d6046f1aa076a3eb022521ca51dcd">sold all of his holdings by late October</a>.</p><h2>1.6%, 3.0% and 3.1%</h2><p>That's how much the U.S. economy grew, at annualized seasonally adjusted rates, in each of the three first quarters of this year. Such growth blew past what many pessimists were expecting when inflation was topping 9% in the summer of 2022. The fear was that the medicine prescribed by the Fed to beat high inflation — high interest rates — would create a recession. Households at the lower end of the income spectrum in particular are feeling pain now, as they contend with still-high prices. But the overall economy has remained remarkably resilient.</p><h2>20.1%</h2><p>This is the vacancy rate for U.S. office buildings — an all-time high — through the first three quarters of 2024, according to data from Moody's. The fact the rate held steady for most of the year was something of a win for office building owners, given that it had marched up steadily from 16.8% in the fourth quarter of 2019. Demand for office space weakened as the pandemic led to the popularization of remote work.</p><h2>3.73 million</h2>

How the stock market defied expectations in 2024, by the numbers

Law enforcement across Kansas continue to see more drivers traveling well above the posted speed limit, despite a statewide campaign to crack down on excessive speeding.

Earlier this week, KHP Trooper Jacoby Williams stopped a car going 101 mph in a 65 mph zone, according to a social media report from the KHP. The driver was fined nearly $400.

The Patrol asked “What more can be done to stop motorists from driving at these speeds?"

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                    </figure><p>Law enforcement across Kansas continue to see more drivers traveling well above the posted speed limit, despite a statewide campaign to crack down on excessive speeding.</p><figure>
                        <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/12/1735643969801.png" alt="" />
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                    </figure><p>Earlier this week, KHP Trooper Jacoby Williams stopped a car going 101 mph in a 65 mph zone, according to a social media report from the KHP. The driver was fined nearly $400.</p><p>The Patrol asked “What more can be done to stop motorists from driving at these speeds?"</p>

KHP: Massive fine for driving 101 mph in a 65mph zone

GEARY COUNTY —Law enforcement are investigating a bank robbery in Junction City and continue to search for a suspect.

Just after 4:30p.m. Friday, a man entered the Sunflower Bank, 510 North Jefferson Street in Junction City, according to a media release from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The suspect showed a firearm and demanded cash and ran from the bank with an undisclosed amount of money.&nbsp; There were no injuries reported.

The Junction City Police Department urges anyone with information about this individual to contact the Junction City Police Department at (785) 762-5912, Crime Stoppers at (785) 762-8477, the FBI tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI (225-5324), or submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov. Tipsters can remain anonymous.

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                        <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/12/1735350171595.jpeg" alt="photo JC Police" />
                        <figcaption>photo JC Police</figcaption>
                    </figure><p>GEARY COUNTY —Law enforcement are investigating a bank robbery in Junction City and continue to search for a suspect.</p><p>Just after 4:30p.m. Friday, a man entered the Sunflower Bank, 510 North Jefferson Street in Junction City, according to a media release from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.</p><p>The suspect showed a firearm and demanded cash and ran from the bank with an undisclosed amount of money.&nbsp; There were no injuries reported.</p><p>The Junction City Police Department urges anyone with information about this individual to contact the Junction City Police Department at (785) 762-5912, Crime Stoppers at (785) 762-8477, the FBI tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI (225-5324), or submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov. Tipsters can remain anonymous.</p>

Search continues for Kansas bank robbery suspect

U.S. forces conducted multiple precision strikes against Iran-backed Houthi targets in Sana’a and coastal locations within Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen on Monday and again on New Year's Eve, according to a statement from the U.S. Central Command.

&nbsp;U.S. Navy ships and aircraft targeted a Houthi command and control facility and advanced conventional weapon (ACW) production and storage facilities that included missiles and uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV). These facilities were used in Houthi operations, such as attacks against U.S. Navy warships and merchant vessels in the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. In addition, U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force aircraft destroyed a Houthi coastal radar site and seven cruise missiles and one-way attack UAVs over the Red Sea.

There were no injuries or damage to U.S. personnel or equipment in either incident.

The strikes are a part of CENTCOM's effort to degrade Iran-backed Houthi efforts to threaten regional partners and military and merchant vessels in the region.

<p>U.S. forces conducted multiple precision strikes against Iran-backed Houthi targets in Sana’a and coastal locations within Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen on Monday and again on New Year's Eve, according to a statement from the U.S. Central Command.</p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">CENTCOM Forces Strike Multiple Houthi Targets in Yemen<br><br>U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted multiple precision strikes against Iran-backed Houthi targets in Sana’a and coastal locations within Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen, Dec. 30 and 31.<br><br>On Dec. 30 and 31,… <a href="https://t.co/XUKtsZM1U7">pic.twitter.com/XUKtsZM1U7</a></p>&mdash; U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) <a href="https://twitter.com/CENTCOM/status/1874089194030567561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>&nbsp;U.S. Navy ships and aircraft targeted a Houthi command and control facility and advanced conventional weapon (ACW) production and storage facilities that included missiles and uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV). These facilities were used in Houthi operations, such as attacks against U.S. Navy warships and merchant vessels in the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. In addition, U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force aircraft destroyed a Houthi coastal radar site and seven cruise missiles and one-way attack UAVs over the Red Sea.</p><p>There were no injuries or damage to U.S. personnel or equipment in either incident.</p><p>The strikes are a part of CENTCOM's effort to degrade Iran-backed Houthi efforts to threaten regional partners and military and merchant vessels in the region.</p>

🎥U.S. Forces strike multiple terrorist targets in Yemen

JACKSON COUNTY—Law enforcement are investigating a registered Kansas offender on multiple allegations after a traffic stop.

Just after&nbsp;9:30 p.m. Dec. 27, a Sheriff’s Deputy stopped a Chevrolet Impala passenger car for a traffic infraction on 150th road near U.S. Highway 75 in rural Jackson County, according to the Sheriff Time Morse.

The driver of the vehicle, Feliciano Jose Anguiano, 41, of Mayetta was arrested and booked into the Jackson County Jail with 4 counts of aggravated violation of the registered offender act.

Anguiano has been a registered offender in Kansas since 2018 after a conviction in 2012 for&nbsp;Aggravated battery; Intentional, great bodily harm, according to the KBI Offender Registry.&nbsp; He also has previous conviction for Aggravated battery; Intentional, great bodily harm in 2008 and for Obstruction in 2004, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.

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                    </figure><p>JACKSON COUNTY—Law enforcement are investigating a registered Kansas offender on multiple allegations after a traffic stop.</p><p>Just after&nbsp;9:30 p.m. Dec. 27, a Sheriff’s Deputy stopped a Chevrolet Impala passenger car for a traffic infraction on 150th road near U.S. Highway 75 in rural Jackson County, according to the Sheriff Time Morse.</p><figure>
                        <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/12/1735592298663.png" alt="Anguiano-photo Ofender Registry" />
                        <figcaption>Anguiano-photo Ofender Registry</figcaption>
                    </figure><p>The driver of the vehicle, Feliciano Jose Anguiano, 41, of Mayetta was arrested and booked into the Jackson County Jail with 4 counts of aggravated violation of the registered offender act.</p><p>Anguiano has been a registered offender in Kansas since 2018 after a conviction in 2012 for&nbsp;Aggravated battery; Intentional, great bodily harm, according to the KBI Offender Registry.&nbsp; He also has previous conviction for Aggravated battery; Intentional, great bodily harm in 2008 and for Obstruction in 2004, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.</p>

Wanted registered offender captured after Kan. traffic stop

MONTGOMERY COUNTY —With the New Year's Holiday extended weekend here, the Kansas Highway Patrol is reminding drivers not to put others on the road at risk.

On December 27, a State&nbsp;Trooper stopped a motorist who was driving the wrong direction on the four lane U.S.75 highway through Montgomery County, according to a social media report.

The Trooper found that the motorist had just left a bar, had a Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) of 0.132, and had an open container of vodka on the floor board. Fortunately this motorist was stopped and removed from the road before a crash occurred.

"Driving impaired doesn't just put you at risk, it puts the lives of everyone else on the road at risk as well. This New Years Eve choose to be a responsible driver and plan ahead to have a sober ride, designate a sober driver, or use a ride-share service.Help us keep you and everyone else on the road safe."

<p>MONTGOMERY COUNTY —With the New Year's Holiday extended weekend here, the Kansas Highway Patrol is reminding drivers not to put others on the road at risk.</p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">On 12/27/2024 a KHP Trooper stopped a motorist who was driving the wrong direction on the four lane US-75 highway through Montgomery County. The Trooper found that the motorist had just left a bar, had a Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) of 0.132, and had an open container of vodka in… <a href="https://t.co/Y4q2smT00b">pic.twitter.com/Y4q2smT00b</a></p>&mdash; KS Highway Patrol (@kshighwaypatrol) <a href="https://twitter.com/kshighwaypatrol/status/1874138454231220661?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>On December 27, a State&nbsp;Trooper stopped a motorist who was driving the wrong direction on the four lane U.S.75 highway through Montgomery County, according to a social media report.</p><p>The Trooper found that the motorist had just left a bar, had a Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) of 0.132, and had an open container of vodka on the floor board. Fortunately this motorist was stopped and removed from the road before a crash occurred.</p><p>"Driving impaired doesn't just put you at risk, it puts the lives of everyone else on the road at risk as well. This New Years Eve choose to be a responsible driver and plan ahead to have a sober ride, designate a sober driver, or use a ride-share service.Help us keep you and everyone else on the road safe."</p>

🎥KHP stops impaired driver traveling wrong-way after leaving a bar

The year in review: Influential people who died in 2024

Starting Wednesday, enforcement will begin on a hands-free law that was enacted in August 2023

Seargent Shane Hux with Troop H in St. Joseph says while the law isn't primary and you can't be pulled over just for violating it, if you are caught in violation, it's a steep price to pay

"The first conviction $150 fine, second conviction up to $250 fine, and the third and subsequent up to $500 fine, so the law does come with a pretty stiff penalty," Hux tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post.

Hux says drivers could also face criminal charges if they get into an accident and it's discovered you were using a cell phone when the accident occurred.

To this point, Missouri State Highway Patrol officials have used traffic stops to educate drivers on the new law.

Hux with Troop H in St. Joseph says the law does not only apply to texting and driving, but any act that requires the phone to be in your hand while driving.

"An exception to that is if someone is driving down the roadway and they witness a motor vehicle crash, at that time they can still call 911 or *55 to report that crash," Hux explains.

Hux says the phone can also be used for GPS but needs to be either in the hands of a passenger or hooked into a holder on your dashboard, not in the driver's hand.

Hux says over 100 people are killed each year due to distracted driving, and the hope is the new law decreases that number

"We just ask people to be vigilant and obey the law, put the phone down it's just not worth it," Hux says.

A report from Cambridge Mobile Telematics says the law has seemingly already reduced distracted driving by 5.1% in its first year without citations, preventing over 1,000 crashes, 600 injuries, and 5 fatalities,

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                        <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2024/12/1735575463202.png" alt="Photo KCPD" />
                        <figcaption>Photo KCPD</figcaption>
                    </figure><p>By MATT PIKE<br><i>St. Joseph Post</i></p><p>Starting Wednesday, enforcement will begin on a hands-free law that was enacted in August 2023</p><p>Seargent Shane Hux with Troop H in St. Joseph says while the law isn't primary and you can't be pulled over just for violating it, if you are caught in violation, it's a steep price to pay</p><p>"The first conviction $150 fine, second conviction up to $250 fine, and the third and subsequent up to $500 fine, so the law does come with a pretty stiff penalty," Hux tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post.</p><p>Hux says drivers could also face criminal charges if they get into an accident and it's discovered you were using a cell phone when the accident occurred.</p><p>To this point, Missouri State Highway Patrol officials have used traffic stops to educate drivers on the new law.</p><figure>
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                    </figure><p>Hux with Troop H in St. Joseph says the law does not only apply to texting and driving, but any act that requires the phone to be in your hand while driving.</p><p>"An exception to that is if someone is driving down the roadway and they witness a motor vehicle crash, at that time they can still call 911 or *55 to report that crash," Hux explains.</p><p>Hux says the phone can also be used for GPS but needs to be either in the hands of a passenger or hooked into a holder on your dashboard, not in the driver's hand.</p><p>Hux says over 100 people are killed each year due to distracted driving, and the hope is the new law decreases that number</p><p>"We just ask people to be vigilant and obey the law, put the phone down it's just not worth it," Hux says.</p><p>A report from Cambridge Mobile Telematics says the law has seemingly already reduced distracted driving by 5.1% in its first year without citations, preventing over 1,000 crashes, 600 injuries, and 5 fatalities,</p>

Hands free law will be enforced starting Wednesday in Missouri

KINGMAN COUNTY —One person died in an accident just after 4a.m. Tuesday in Kingman County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2010 Kia Sedona driven by Jared Zachary&nbsp; Adcock, 35, Kingman, was westbound on Kansas 42 one half mile east of Rago.&nbsp; The van traveled into the north ditch, overturned and caught fire.

&nbsp;Adcock was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported&nbsp; Livingston Funeral Home. The KHP did not have seat belt usage information.

<p>KINGMAN COUNTY —One person died in an accident just after 4a.m. Tuesday in Kingman County.</p><p>The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2010 Kia Sedona driven by Jared Zachary&nbsp; Adcock, 35, Kingman, was westbound on Kansas 42 one half mile east of Rago.&nbsp; The van traveled into the north ditch, overturned and caught fire.</p><p>&nbsp;Adcock was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported&nbsp; Livingston Funeral Home. The KHP did not have seat belt usage information.</p>

Kansas man dies after van rollover crash, fire

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese hackers remotely accessed several U.S. Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents after compromising a third-party software service provider, the agency said Monday.

The department did not provide details on how many workstations had been accessed or what sort of documents the hackers may have obtained, but it said in a letter to lawmakers revealing the breach that “at this time there is no evidence indicating the threat actor has continued access to Treasury information.” The hack was being investigated as a “major cybersecurity incident,” it added.

“Treasury takes very seriously all threats against our systems, and the data it holds,” a department spokesperson said in a separate statement. “Over the last four years, Treasury has significantly bolstered its cyber defense, and we will continue to work with both private and public sector partners to protect our financial system from threat actors.”

In Beijing, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson gave China’s standard response to hacking allegations.

“We have repeatedly stated our position on such groundless accusations that lack evidence,” Mao Ning said at a daily briefing. “China consistently opposes all forms of hacking, and we are even more opposed to the dissemination of false information against China for political purposes.”

The incident comes as U.S. officials are continuing to grapple with the fallout of a massive Chinese cyberespionage campaign known as Salt Typhoon that gave officials in&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/china">Beijing</a>&nbsp;access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/united-states-china-hacking-espionage-c5351ef7c2207785b76c8c62cde6c513">A senior White House official said Friday</a>&nbsp;that the number of telecommunications companies confirmed to have been affected by the hack has now risen to nine.

The Treasury Department said it learned of the latest problem on Dec. 8, when a third-party software service provider, BeyondTrust, flagged that hackers had stolen a key “used by the vendor to secure a cloud-based service used to remotely provide technical support” to workers. That key helped the hackers override the service’s security and gain remote access to several employee workstations.

The compromised service has since been taken offline, and there’s no evidence that the hackers still have access to department information, Aditi Hardikar, an assistant Treasury secretary, said in the letter Monday to leaders of the Senate Banking Committee.

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese hackers remotely accessed several U.S. Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents after compromising a third-party software service provider, the agency said Monday.</p><p>The department did not provide details on how many workstations had been accessed or what sort of documents the hackers may have obtained, but it said in a letter to lawmakers revealing the breach that “at this time there is no evidence indicating the threat actor has continued access to Treasury information.” The hack was being investigated as a “major cybersecurity incident,” it added.</p><p>“Treasury takes very seriously all threats against our systems, and the data it holds,” a department spokesperson said in a separate statement. “Over the last four years, Treasury has significantly bolstered its cyber defense, and we will continue to work with both private and public sector partners to protect our financial system from threat actors.”</p><p>In Beijing, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson gave China’s standard response to hacking allegations.</p><p>“We have repeatedly stated our position on such groundless accusations that lack evidence,” Mao Ning said at a daily briefing. “China consistently opposes all forms of hacking, and we are even more opposed to the dissemination of false information against China for political purposes.”</p><p>The incident comes as U.S. officials are continuing to grapple with the fallout of a massive Chinese cyberespionage campaign known as Salt Typhoon that gave officials in&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/china">Beijing</a>&nbsp;access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/united-states-china-hacking-espionage-c5351ef7c2207785b76c8c62cde6c513">A senior White House official said Friday</a>&nbsp;that the number of telecommunications companies confirmed to have been affected by the hack has now risen to nine.</p><p>The Treasury Department said it learned of the latest problem on Dec. 8, when a third-party software service provider, BeyondTrust, flagged that hackers had stolen a key “used by the vendor to secure a cloud-based service used to remotely provide technical support” to workers. That key helped the hackers override the service’s security and gain remote access to several employee workstations.</p><p>The compromised service has since been taken offline, and there’s no evidence that the hackers still have access to department information, Aditi Hardikar, an assistant Treasury secretary, said in the letter Monday to leaders of the Senate Banking Committee.</p><p>The department said it was working with the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and others to investigate the impact of the hack, and that the hack had been attributed to Chinese state-sponsored culprits. It did not elaborate.</p><h2>___</h2>