Fatal, head-on crash Tuesday in Brown County under investigation
A fatal crash that occurred Tuesday morning on the east edge of Hiawatha in Brown County is under investigation by the Kansas Highway Patrol.Authorities said the crash occurred at 9:11 a.m. when a 1995...
View ArticleMelvern man injured Tuesday afternoon in roll-over crash in Osage County
A Melvern man was injured Tuesday afternoon after he lost control of his sport utility vehicle in Osage County, authorities said.The injured man, identified as Clayton S. Carter, 40, was taken to...
View ArticleHaskell University faculty complain of nepotism by the school's top official
Members of the Haskell University community are levelling accusations of nepotism at the school’s top official, but the federal agency that oversees Haskell says it is complying with federal law and...
View ArticlePublic Defender: Leavenworth Detention Center recorded attorney-client calls...
The federal public defender in Kansas says the Leavenworth Detention Center recorded attorney-client phone calls, even when an attorney's phone number was registered with the facility.The U.S. Public...
View Article70-year-old Kansas bank robbery suspect: Incarceration beats living with wife
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A 70-year-old man accused of robbing a bank in Kansas told investigators he would rather be imprisoned than live with his wife.Court documents say Lawrence John Ripple gave a note...
View ArticleMissouri jail inmate from Kansas City charged with raping woman in her cell
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A male inmate at a Missouri jail was charged Wednesday with raping a female inmate after another inmate freed him from his cell using a key that a guard mistakenly left in a door.The...
View ArticleWichita City Council approves drunken biking ordinance
WICHITA — The Wichita City Council has approved a new ordinance that will separate the offense of biking under the influence from driving a motor vehicle under the influence.The ordinance was approved...
View ArticleShooting victim's best friend urged gunman to shoot victim again, evidence...
Tony Martez Dennis already had been shot once while he was in Ripley Park on May 17 when he heard his best friend urge the gunman to shoot Dennis again, this time in the head, a prosecutor acknowledged...
View ArticleFort Leavenworth medical facility to close Thursday for investigation of assault
The Munson Army Health Center at Fort Leavenworth will be closed Thursday while authorities investigate an assault.According to a news release Wednesday night from Fort Leavenworth’s public affairs...
View ArticleStretch of Kansas Turnpike south of Emporia under flash flood warning...
Motorists traveling south Thursday from Topeka on the Kansas Turnpike may want to be aware of a potential for flooding on the roadway as they get south of Emporia.The National Weather Service office in...
View ArticleMan taken into custody after pursuit Thursday morning in Wabaunsee County
A vehicle chase early Thursday in Wabaunsee County ended without incident when a car being pursued broke down and the driver gave himself up to Kansas Highway Patrol troopers on a rural road west of...
View ArticleFederal judge disturbed by prosecutor's unannounced visit to her chambers
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Federal judge Julie Robinson appeared disturbed Wednesday as she said in court that a prosecutor had come to her chambers after hours last month unannounced.In a hearing otherwise...
View ArticleShawnee County reports first travel-linked Zika case
Federal and state health agencies confirmed the first case of an adult in Shawnee County testing positive for the Zika virus after travel to a country where transmission is taking place locally,...
View ArticleAbducted Montana woman who was in trunk of vehicle was able to talk to family...
GREAT FALLS, Mont. — In the hours before her death, a Montana woman was able to tell her family that she had been abducted by a large man in a black hoodie, that she was in the trunk of a moving...
View ArticleAssault probe underway at Fort Leavenworth medical facility
FORT LEAVENWORTH — Authorities are investigating after an employee at the Fort Leavenworth medical facility assaulted two co-workers.The fort said on its website that the Munson Army Health Center will...
View ArticleKansas woman killed, husband injured in Nebraska crash
STROMSBURG, Neb. — Nebraska authorities say a Kansas woman has been killed in a rollover crash.Polk County Sheriff Dwaine Ladwig said in a news release that first responders reached the crash site east...
View ArticleKansas tire shop owner charged with fatally shooting man in front of the store
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A Kansas City, Kansas, tire shop owner has been charged with fatally shooting a man in front of the store.Celestino Zavala-Ruiz was charged Wednesday in Wyandotte County District...
View Article3 education leaders to participate in special Landon Lecture at Kansas State
MANHATTAN — Three higher education leaders are participating in a special Landon Lecture panel discussion at Kansas State University.The panel participants are Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen Jr.,...
View ArticleAppeals court sympathetic to voting rules challenge involving Kansas, two...
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court seems likely to side with voting rights groups trying to stop Kansas, Georgia and Alabama from making residents prove they are U.S. citizens when registering to...
View ArticleKoch Industries donates $1 million for KU business, engineering scholarships
LAWRENCE — Koch Industries is donating $1 million for scholarships for business and engineering students at the University of Kansas.The Wichita based petrochemical conglomerate said in a news release...
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