{"id":655351,"date":"2026-05-20T23:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T23:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/655351\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T23:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T23:24:12","slug":"police-bear-seen-wandering-kansas-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/655351\/","title":{"rendered":"Police: Bear seen wandering Kansas neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mx-auto w-full sm:w-full md:w-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779309156373.png\" alt=\"Bear image from Ring Camera courtesy Ben Smith\"\/>Bear image from Ring Camera courtesy Ben Smith<\/p>\n<p>NEOSHO COUNTY \u2014 Authorities are advising residents in and around the southeast Kansas community of Chanute to use caution following a reported bear sighting within the city of Chanute, according to a media release from police.<\/p>\n<p>If anyone sees a bear inside the city limits of Chanute, they should not approach the animal. Residents are encouraged to immediately report the sighting by calling 620-431-5768. When reporting, please provide:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The location of the sighting; the time the bear was seen and the direction the bear was traveling.<\/p>\n<p>This information will help local authorities monitor the situation and take appropriate action to protect public safety.<\/p>\n<p>Residents are reminded to keep a safe distance from wildlife and avoid attempting to feed, follow, or interact with the bear<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bear image from Ring Camera courtesy Ben Smith NEOSHO COUNTY \u2014 Authorities are advising residents in and around&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":655352,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-655351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}