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KBI: Topeka reports fewest slayings in almost 10 years
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Topeka has recorded the lowest number of homicides in nearly a decade with seven reported in 2014 in the Kansas city. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that’s the fewest slayings...
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WICHITA- A Kansas woman was injured in an accident on New Year’s Day just before 2 p.m. in Sedgwick County. The Kansas Highway patrol reported a GMC Envoy driven by Kristin L. Haimowitz, 29, Wichita,...
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GOP legislators thwart governors’ bids to expand Medicaid
CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Governors across the political spectrum are hitting the same roadblock in their bids to expand Medicaid with federal funds: Republican legislators...
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GM recalls 92K trucks, SUVs for ignition lock defect
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is recalling 92,221 full-size trucks and SUVs for a defect in ignition lock systems that can cause safety problems in hot conditions. Thursday’s recall covers certain...
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Kan. teen hospitalized after truck slides on icy bridge
Neodesha – A Kansas teen was injured in a accident just before 4 p.m. on New Year’s Day in Wilson County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Toyota Tacoma driven by Klowie Ware, 18, Chanute, was...
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Ex-NY Gov. Mario Cuomo, famed for oratory, dies at 82
Cuomo during his time as Governor of New York- courtesy photo MICHAEL HILL, Associated Press DAVID KLEPPER, Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Mario Cuomo, a son of Italian immigrants who became an...
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Obituaries
Katherine Black Dec. 6, 1923 – Dec. 22, 2014 Age: 91 Ethelda “Cookie” Gordon Beer July 29, 1920 – Dec. 22, 2014 Clerk for Reno County Treasurers Office Age: 94 Virginia A. Dean Aug. 4, 1926 – Dec....
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4 Kan. officers cleared in shooting of suspect
Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Four Topeka police officers have been cleared of criminal wrongdoing in the deadly shooting of a suspect. Shawnee County District...
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Victims from Hays apartment complex fire identified
Hays Police Department On Jan. 1, at approximately 6:35 p.m., a structure fire was reported at 2704 Epworth, Apt. 2, in Hays. Two people were recovered from the fire. Joyce “Jody” Funk, age 56, died as...
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Daily Bookings
Four teens arrested in association with stolen weapons HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Three of four teens arrested by police for allegedly being involved with stolen weapons made first appearances Friday where...
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First baby of 2015 has arrived here in Hutchinson
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — And we have the first baby of the year born here in Hutchinson, It’s another boy for Ken and Wendy Bower of Hutchinson. The boy named Joseph Elliot Bower was born at 9:17 a.m., this...
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Fire destroys downtown Topeka building
Friday fire in downtown Topeka- courtesy photo TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Fire crews are investigating a blaze that destroyed a downtown Topeka building and left other businesses with smoke and water damage....
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4 hospitalized after head-on Kan. collision
OLPE – Four people were injured in an accident just after 4 p.m. on Friday in Lyon County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix driven by Beau L. Clark, 32, Emporia, was...
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Body recovered from Tuttle Creek pond
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Law enforcement officials in Riley County reported a man died at Tuttle Creek just before 5:30 p.m. on Friday. First responders were dispatched to the river pond for report of a...
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Unfilled deer tags may be used to take antlerless whitetails
Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism PRATT–The New Year may be ringing in, but there’s still time for hunters to use any unfilled permits from the 2014 deer season. Beginning Jan. 1, 2015,...
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Low oil prices unlikely to hurt railroads much
Oil train moves through Kansas OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A collapse in oil prices won’t derail the railroads’ profit engine even if it does slow the tremendous growth in crude shipments seen in recent years....
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Blue Dragons game vs Dodge City Cancelled for tonight. Rescheduled for...
The potential storm that is expected today has forced the basketball games between the Hutch Blue Dragons and Dodge City men and women’s has been postponed and rescheduled for January 12th.
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Kansas inaugural festivities to have familiar feel
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Festivities leading up to Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s swearing-in for a second term should have a familiar feel to them. The Republican governor’s inaugural committee is sticking...
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Westar, KCP&L to seek rate increases in 2015
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Westar Energy and Kansas City Power & Light will both ask for rate increases in 2015 to recover some of the costs of environmental upgrades at the LaCygne power plant. The...
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Great Bend man arrested on kidnapping and rape charges
GREAT BEND, Kan. -The Barton County Sheriff’s office reported in a media release today that Sheriff’s officers assisted by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation executed a search warrant at a location in...
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