3 hospitalized after Sunday morning accidents
KANSAS CITY- Three people were injured in three accidents early Sunday morning in Wyandotte County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported that just after 5:30 a.m. a 2005 Chevy Silverado driven by Jose...
View ArticleRetired FHSU president will help examine alcohol use in fraternities
Dr. Ed Hammond, former FHSU president and current faculty member FHSU University Relations The North-American Interfraternity Conference recently named Dr. Edward H. Hammond, former president and...
View ArticleKansas parents frustrated in disappearance case
Montgomery- photo Kan. Dpt. of Corrections LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Two northeast Kansas parents are increasingly frustrated with the investigation into their son’s disappearance 26 years ago. The...
View ArticleKansas woman hospitalized after head-on crash
EUREKA – Two people were injured in an accident just before 11 a.m. on Sunday in Greenwood County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Honda SUV driven by , Janice M. Hansen, 60, Andover, was...
View ArticlePeck to challenge Merrick for Kan. House Speaker
Peck WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A southeast Kansas lawmaker plans to challenge Ray Merrick as speaker of the Kansas House. After the election, Rep. Virgil Peck sent letters to victorious Republican House...
View ArticleSupremacist surprised 3 victims weren’t Jewish
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — An avowed white supremacist charged with killing three people outside two suburban Kansas City Jewish facilities says he was surprised none of the victims were Jewish....
View ArticleFeds: Respected web privacy firm deceived consumers
BRANDON BAILEY, AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal regulators say a respected Internet company failed to check whether commercial websites and mobile apps bearing its seal of approval...
View ArticleRoberts: Bill to Improve Child Care for Families in Need Passes Senate
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts today voted for bipartisan child care legislation that gives low-income working parents greater access to quality child care. The Senate approved the bill, S....
View ArticleDespite heckler, 14 couples wed in Kan courthouse ceremony
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita church has married 14 gay and lesbian couples on the steps of a historic courthouse building downtown. About 100 people attended the ceremony Monday evening by the First...
View ArticleGov’t pension agency reports a $62 billion deficit
TOM RAUM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal watchdog agency overseeing the nation’s pension protection system reported Monday that it’s running a $62 billion deficit — almost double last...
View ArticleCommission meeting one hour later then normal Tuesday
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Reno County Commission will have their meeting Tuesday, but an hour later then normal. The meeting will start at 10 a.m. They will consider a couple of resolutions which is a...
View ArticleSame-sex marriages on hold in 2 Kansas counties
SALINA, Kan. (AP) — District court clerks in two north-central Kansas counties are accepting applications for marriage licenses from same-sex couples but not approving them. Court Administrator Todd...
View ArticleGrants announced to help sexual assault victims
TOPEKA, Kan. — Governor Sam Brownback Monday announced nearly $4 million in grants for the 2015 Federal Victims of Crime Act, Victim Assistance grant program. The Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence...
View ArticleGive something that means something – Give blood
WICHITA, Kan. – The American Red Cross asks eligible donors to give a lifesaving blood donation. They say blood donations often decline this time of year when donors get busy with holiday festivities...
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Motions hearing for murder suspect held Monday HUTCHINSON, Kan. — After the Kansas Supreme Court recently denied that the state a review in their appeal of Judge Tim Chamber’s decision to suppress some...
View ArticleCourt to consider when second mortgage can be void
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will decide whether homeowners who declare bankruptcy can void a second mortgage if the home’s market value has dropped below the amount they owe on their first...
View ArticleSafety agency to push for national air bag recall
NHTSA photo DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators are demanding that automakers expand a recall of cars with driver’s air bags made by Takata Corp. to cover the entire nation. Previously, cars have...
View ArticleAuthorities continue to investigate suspicious McPherson Co. death
MCPHERSON, Kan. — The McPherson County Sheriff’s Office and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation are continuing to investigate the suspicious death of 39-year-old James E. Croft, originally from...
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Hutchinson man again sheduled for hearing in drug case Hutchison Kan. — A hearing has been rescheduled for Wednesday after one of two people charged in a drug case failed to appear on time for a...
View ArticleDole completes ‘thank-you tour’ of all 105 Kansas counties
Dole visits with Eagle’s Gary Shorman at a stop in Russell earlier this year. Sen. Bob Dole has officially traveled to all 105 counties within his home state of Kansas this year. Having begun the...
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