Police: Man sought in Des Moines slaying arrested in Kansas
DES MOINES, Iowa — A 28-year-old man suspected in a fatal Des Moines shooting has been arrested in Kansas.Des Moines police said in a news release Wednesday that Steven Asbury was being held in Wichita...
View ArticleInside Roger Marshall's historic win: How he beat Rep. Tim Huelskamp
Roger Marshall began his Tuesday by delivering a baby and ended it with the most decisive defeat of an incumbent congressman in modern Kansas history.The win was notable not only because it occurred,...
View Article3 Osage County sheriff's deputies cleared in case where man died after tasing
Three Osage County sheriff’s deputies have been cleared of any wrongdoing after an investigation into an incident last year in Wakarusa in which a man died after being shocked with a Taser stun gun...
View ArticleKansas men convicted of drug crimes receive commutation from Obama
Two federal inmates from Kansas will be released Dec. 1 after their sentences were commuted Wednesday by President Barack Obama.Lavon A. Crockett, of Kansas City, Kan., was sentenced in 2005 to 188...
View ArticleCommon Cause joins court fight against against Kansas law requiring proof of...
DENVER — A national advocacy group on the left of the political spectrum has joined a court fight against a Kansas law that requires proof of citizenship in order to register to vote.The group, Common...
View ArticlePit bull quarantined after attacking mail carrier in Wichita, giving man 26...
WICHITA — A pit bull is quarantined after attacking a U.S. postal carrier at a south Wichita home and leaving him with 26 stitches.The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/2aIAtHP ) reports that the...
View ArticleWichita State statistician runs exit poll at Kansas voting station
WICHITA — A mathematician whose legal effort to audit voting machine results was rebuffed has surveyed primary voters outside a Wichita polling station to see if the official count falls within her...
View ArticleMan accused of killing 5 in Kansas, Missouri to get new judge in Missouri...
MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo. — A 40-year-old man accused of killing a Missouri man and four Kansas residents earlier this year will get a new judge in his Missouri trial.Pablo Serrano-Vitorino has pleaded not...
View ArticleShots fired into unoccupied Wyandotte County sheriff's patrol car
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Authorities say several shots were fired into an unoccupied patrol car belonging to the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s office.The sheriff’s department says the patrol car was parked in...
View ArticleTopeka man convicted in drug killing faces prison terms totaling nearly 30 years
When sentenced in September, a 23-year-old man will face prison terms totaling nearly 30 years, all tied to the killing of a teenager during a drug robbery in early 2015.Defendant Kelsey Lee Fairchild...
View ArticleSedgwick County deputy accused of excessive force
WICHITA — A Sedgwick County sheriff’s deputy is under investigation amid allegations that used excessive force against an inmate.Sheriff Jeff Easter said Wednesday the deputy faces accusations of...
View ArticlePolitical tide in Kansas runs against Republican Gov. Brownback
The tone set at the ballot box by Republican primary voters in the hot-red state of Kansas produced an August surprise, but a political storm in the fall general election could more deeply rattle the...
View ArticleMistrial declared in 2nd Haskell rape trial
LAWRENCE — A mistrial has been declared in the trial of a former Haskell Indian Nations University student accused of rape.The Lawrence Journal-World (http://j.mp/2auikNc ) that a Douglas County jury...
View ArticleWichita police bureaus to hold more neighborhood gatherings in August
WICHITA — Wichita police plan more cookouts with the public in August.Police Sgt. Nikki Woodrow says the patrol’s west and south bureaus plan “Kids, Cops and Cars” cookouts at city parks on Aug. 13....
View ArticleSchools receive request for after-school Satan clubs
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — After-school religious clubs appear to be the next venture of a national group that sought to install a statue of Satan outside two state capitols to protest Christian monuments on...
View ArticleWoman injured in home explosion, fire in Hutchinson
HUTCHINSON — Hutchinson fire officials say a woman was burned in an apparent explosion and fire at her home.Battalion Chief Jeremy Unruh says the firefighters found the house engulfed in flames when...
View ArticleAlaska Airlines to fly to Seattle, Indianapolis from Wichita
WICHITA — Alaska Airlines plans to start flights between Wichita and Seattle next spring.The airline announced Wednesday that the first nonstop flight would be April 13. The airline will use 76-seat...
View ArticleKansas grad student, 34, indicted on charges of false visa claims
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A 34-year-old former University of Kansas graduate student has been indicted on charges accusing him of making false claims on his visa application.The U.S. Attorney for Kansas said...
View ArticleCounty: Petition gets enough signatures to allow a grand jury to criminally...
WICHITA — A county official said Thursday that enough signatures were gathered to allow a grand jury to criminally investigate Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s handling of Kansas’ online voter...
View ArticleJudge grants class action status to jail postcards lawsuit filed against...
WICHITA — A federal judge has granted class action status to a lawsuit filed against the Wilson County sheriff over his jail’s policy of allowing inmates to receive and send only postcards in the...
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