Deputy’s Murder Case Dropped | Wichita News

Wichita News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 29, 2026 · 1m

A judge just tossed out the murder charge against Deputy Richard Fatherley in the death of inmate Charles Adair, though he still faces a wrongful death suit. In Lee’s Summit, parents now have a new tool to block specific books from their kids’ library access. An Olathe teen was shot during a school lockdown but is recovering as students reunite with families. Meanwhile, seven-year-old Avery Vehlewald and his brother Glenn are jetting off to Japan for the Pokémon World Championship. And in District 3, voters pick between two candidates with starkly different visions for Kansas schools — from…