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Authorities identify victim of Kan. Oil tank explosion
Hays, Kan.-The identity of the 57-year-old man injured Wednesday afternoon in a oil storage tank explosion and fire north of Catherine has been released by authorities. Paul Dorrance Rozean of rural...
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Kansas high court hears offender registry case
JOHN HANNA, Associated Press ROXANA HEGEMAN, Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The attorney representing a convicted child molester has urged the Kansas Supreme Court to take a fresh look at the...
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Alcoa lands major contract with Boeing
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — An agreement between the largest aerospace company in the world and Alcoa will mean a lot of work for Hutchinson Alcoa employees. Alcoa has signed a long-term contract to supply...
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Toyota recalls pickups to fix air bag problem
DETROIT (AP) — Toyota is recalling about 130,000 Tundra full-size pickup trucks because a plastic trim piece can interfere with the side air bags. The recall affects Crew-Max and Double Cab versions in...
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State Fair forecast
Unseasonably cool air will remain in place through the work-week with high temperatures running 20 to 25 degrees below. Light rain showers will be possible late tonight and into Friday but rainfall...
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Rare respiratory ailment afflicting children appears to be waning
By Dan Margolies, KCUR KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A respiratory ailment that sent some 500 children to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City appears to be tapering off. The enterovirus D68 can cause mild to...
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Claim in Kansas Senate race disputed
Koback and Taylor TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is attacking a key argument made by the Democratic candidate waging a legal battle to get his name removed from the ballot in...
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Kansas corn crop forecast larger than anticipated
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The latest government forecast on Kansas crop production is painting a far rosier picture than had been anticipated for most fall crops just a month ago. The National Agricultural...
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Pratt Co. woman sentenced for texting-while-driving fatality
PRATT, Kan. (AP) — A southern Kansas woman has been placed on a year of supervised probation for a texting-while-driving crash that left another driver dead. The Pratt Tribune reports that 36-year-old...
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Huelskamp Votes to Protect Kansas from ObamaCare Failures
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3522, the Employee Health Care Protection Act by a vote of 247 to 167. Representative Tim Huelskamp (KS-01) released the following...
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Hutchinson Police Department receives grant for law enforcement equipment
TOPEKA, Kan. — The Hutchinson Police Department has been awarded a grant to purchase new equipment for patrol cars, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced today. The department will receive...
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7-day forecast
An unseasonably cold air mass is expected to remain over the area through Saturday. Many low temperature records will be in jeopardy early Saturday morning across the Plains. ———- Here Is Your 7-Day...
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Officials: Early signs show promise for Kansas Mental Health Facility
The Rainbow Mental Health Facility in Kansas City, Kan., has been mostly closed since 2011 but will reopen in April as an around-the-clock crisis stabilization center for people with mental...
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Sentencing is Monday for Kansas man accused of sex crimes
Gustavo Reyes By BECKY KISER Hays Post A 20-year-old Hays man arrested last year on suspicion of sex crimes against underage girls will be sentenced in Ellis County District Court Monday. Gustavo Reyes...
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Kansas courthouse evacuated for suspicious item
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas courthouse is open again after being evacuated when an employee found a couple of liquid-filled bottles taped together near a handicapped entrance. Douglas County...
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Sen. Moran Meets with Fort Leavenworth Commanding General
Senator Moran with General LTG Robert Brown WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) met with Lieutenant General Robert Brown, Commanding General of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and...
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Thieves target Kansas Habitat for Humanity site
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Officials of Wichita Habitat for Humanity are scrambling to make up for a costly break-in at a storage unit. KWCH-TV reports subcontractors and electricians at a home-building site...
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BREAKING: Hutchinson Mall sold to Houston Investment Group
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Hutchinson Mall has been sold and a real estate investment company based in Houston, Texas is buying the property as well as two other shopping malls in three other states. In...
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Kansas senator has 1st web ad; foe calls it ‘fake’
From Roberts web ad TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican Sen. Pat Roberts’ re-election campaign has posted an online ad attacking independent candidate Greg Orman as a liberal pretending to be conservative....
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Fire at Kansas mansion called arson
SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) — Investigators in northeast Kansas say a fire that destroyed a 9,000-square-foot home this week was intentionally set. The owner of the secluded mansion near Lake Quivira in Shawnee...
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