MEDIA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 03/30/2026 On 03/29/2026 at approximately 6:04am, officers with the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas Police Department, as well as responders from Kickapoo Fire and Rescue, Brown County Town and Country EMS, Powhatan Fire Department, Horton Fire Department, and Brown County Sheriff’s Office, responded to a residence located on 142nd Road on the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas Reservation for a reported structure fire. After the fire was extinguished, an investigator

Maintaining a safe environment requires a partnership between residents and local authorities. Here is why making that quick phone call before you strike a match is the most important part of your burn plan.

Across the state of Kansas, to include residents of the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas, residents are being harassed by scammers claiming to be the Kansas Department of Motor Vehicles in pursuit of payment for a fine that does not exist. Messages received by potential victims have often threatened to begin enforcement on March 12th, stating "a traffic violation is marked on your driving record," and further threatens a "30-day suspension of license." This message is a scam known a