Olathe

Police standoff ends in shooting

A five-hour standoff ended early Tuesday morning when police shot and killed a man at a home in this Kansas City suburb.

Police Sgt. Greg O’Halloran said the 36-year-old man was shot when he threatened police with a weapon. He was pronounced dead at the scene, and his name was not immediately released.

O’Halloran gave this account of the standoff and shooting:

Officers were called to the home shortly before 10 p.m. Monday and found the man barricaded inside the home. A police tactical response team and negotiators were called in.

About 3 a.m., the man went out his back door and fired a round into the air. He did the same thing about eight minutes later.

Around 3:50 a.m., the man came out his front door and was shot when he threatened officers.

Topeka

Native American Affairs launches new Web site

The Kansas Office of Native American Affairs, an organization within the Kansas Department of Human Resources, has launched a new Web site at www.hr.state.ks.us/konaa/html/index.html.

This site allows access to information in a more organized and concise way than was available before, said Gail DuPuis, the office’s executive director.

The site features information about the office and links for education and resources for American Indians, plus an events calendar.

“Our Web site now has lots of information that will be helpful to our constituents,” DuPuis said.

Topeka

Former publisher to lead media group

Doug Anstaett, editorial page editor at the Topeka Capital-Journal and a former newspaper publisher in Newton, is the new executive director of the Kansas Press Assn.

Anstaett has served on the association’s board of directors and was its president in 2001-02. Before coming to the Capital-Journal in July, he was the editor and publisher of The Newton Kansan for 16 years.

He will start at the association on Jan. 5.

Anstaett graduated with a journalism degree from Kansas State University.

Anstaett succeeds Jeff Burkhead, who resigned in September after nearly three years with the association.