Man convicted of arson in fires at Hutchison-area vacant house, mobile home
HUTCHISON -- A man serving almost six years in prison for setting fires to a vacant Salina motel has pleaded guilty to burning down a vacant house and a mobile home in rural Reno County.The Hutchinson...
View ArticleHesston shooting latest: Sheriff says cop who killed Kansas gunman a...
HESSTON, Kan. — A man who stormed into a Kansas factory where he worked and shot 14 people, killing three, had just been served with a protective order that probably set off the attack, authorities...
View ArticleKansas Supreme Court rules criminal punishments for refusing sobriety tests...
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled Friday that a state law criminally punishing drivers who refuse a sobriety test is an unconstitutional violation of the Fourth Amendment protection from unreasonable...
View ArticleAfter Hesston shooting, a look at workplace violence in the United States
Fourteen employees of a Kansas factory were shot, three of them killed, by a co-worker whom police say had also shot two other people as he drove toward the facility. The shooting at Excel Industries...
View ArticleKansas man already serving time for arson pleads guilty in rural Reno County...
SALINA, Kan. — A man serving almost six years in prison for setting fires to a vacant Salina motel has pleaded guilty to burning down a vacant house and a mobile home in rural Reno County.The...
View Article23-year-old man charged in shooting of KC-area police officer
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — A man has been charged with second-degree assault after authorities say he shot an Independence police officer at a motel.The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/1TCq00z ) reports that...
View ArticleKansas City announces streetcar grand opening
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City has announced the grand opening of the first streetcars in the city to carry passengers in nearly 60 years.It was announced Thursday that a downtown street party would be...
View ArticleDow Chemical settles case for $835M citing Supreme Court uncertainty; company...
MIDLAND, Mich. — Dow Chemical said Friday it will pay $835 million to settle a long-standing class action lawsuit, after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia decreased its chances of prevailing at the...
View ArticleDCF scores legal victory in dispute with Army over food contract at Fort Riley
The Kansas Department for Children and Families scored a legal victory Friday in a dispute with the U.S. Department of Defense over the Kansas agency’s contract to provide cafeteria services at Fort...
View ArticleHesston shooting timeline: Key events in the deadly attack on the...
HESSTON, Kan. — Authorities say a 38-year-old man wounded three people before he stormed into the Kansas lawnmower parts factory where he worked and shot 14 others, killing three of them. A police...
View ArticleTopeka Veterans Day parade committee votes 9-0 to stage fourth annual event...
Topeka will have a fourth annual Veterans Day parade in 2016, but it is up to the community to make it a success, Melissa Jarboe said Friday.The parade will be on Nov. 5, the Saturday before the...
View ArticleAuburn Community Theater opens new season with 'Celebration'
AUBURN — Auburn Community Theater will open its 2016 season with a “Celebration.”“Celebration,” the first of the small town community theater troupe’s four-show season, is another musical fable from...
View ArticleAuburn-Washburn's Brenda Dietrich running for Legislature; Dick Jones won't...
Former Auburn-Washburn superintendent Brenda Dietrich will pursue the Kansas House seat held by Republican Rep. Dick Jones, who said Friday he will not seek re-election.Born in Colby and raised in...
View ArticleCedric Ford, Hesston gunman who attacked Kansas factory, had criminal record...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The man suspected of killing three people at the Kansas factory where he worked had a criminal record in at least two states and had recently been served with an order to stay away...
View ArticleFederal prosecutors charge Newton woman with providing guns to Hesston shooter
Federal prosecutors on Friday announced charges against a woman they said provided an assault rifle and handgun to the man who shot 14 people — three fatally — at a Hesston manufacturing plant...
View ArticlePoll: Majority of Kansans 'very dissatisfied' with Sam Brownback's job...
A majority of Kansans are very dissatisfied with Gov. Sam Brownback’s job performance, with President Barack Obama earning higher marks than the governor in the conservative state.About 53 percent of...
View ArticleDA to judge: dismiss civil lawsuit by 2 ex-employees who allege discrimination
Attorneys representing District Attorney Chad Taylor on Friday filed a motion asking a federal district court judge to issue a summary judgment in his favor to end a civil lawsuit filed in 2012 against...
View ArticleWichita police gets funds to finish body camera purchases
WICHITA — Wichita police officials say their department is receiving federal funds to complete its purchase of body cameras for its officers.The federal government on Friday informed the Wichita Police...
View ArticleHesston shooting rampage victims include 'loving, kind' dad
HESSTON — A 31-year-old man killed during a shooting rampage at a Kansas factory is being remembered as an engaged car lover, avid fisherman and a devoted father.Josh Higbee was killed Thursday at the...
View ArticleHesston shooting draws Kansas into long national debate over firearms
America’s long, often bitter national debate over guns re-emerged Friday after a small town in Kansas suffered the latest mass shooting — an event that has plagued numerous communities.Gun control...
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