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🌱 How a Mission QuikTrip chase ended with a Fairway officer killed
Mission, Kansas Patch AM: a 3 min readHi Mission! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Mission QuikTrip chase ended with a Fairway officer killed
- How Mission riders can reach World Cup matches on new JoCo buses
Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 79 and low of 58 degrees.
- Thursday: Breezy with some sun, temps: high: 80, low: 64.
- Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 88 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
📰 News we're reading
• Officers describe high-speed chase, shootout that killed Fairway police officer (kctv5.com) — A murder trial underway in Johnson County is revisiting the 2023 police shooting at the QuikTrip off I-35 and Lamar in Mission, where Fairway officer Jonah Oswald was fatally wounded. Lenexa officers described a 129-mph chase, the suspects’ crashed Jeep near Mission, and tense moments inside the store’s restrooms just before and after the gunfire. 
• Johnson County announces transit schedule for World Cup (fox4kc.com) — Mission residents will have direct bus connections to World Cup action thanks to Johnson County’s new United Link routes, which include Mission among seven connected cities. During June and July, shuttles will run frequently between local hubs, the airport, and regional transit links serving stadium matches and fan events, offering day, weekly, and full-tournament passes.
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Wednesday May 13
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🗞 Nearby News
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- Johnson County announces schedules for transit routes during FIFA World Cup 2026 (kshb.com)
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- From Brookside to Bonner Springs, here are 17 farmers markets across the KC metro (kansascitymag.com)
- Timothy Joseph Bruggeman (johnsoncountypost.com)
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