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Kansas farm groups set annual Commodity Classic event
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas farm groups are planning to gather next month for their annual Commodity Classic convention. The free event begins at 7:30 a.m. on Feb. 6 at the Hilton Garden Inn in...
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Kansans buy more lottery tickets, spend less at 2 casinos
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansans spent more than a million dollars more last year to buy lottery tickets than they did the previous year. But revenues were down at two of the state’s three casinos. The...
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Kan. man bound over for trial in fatal shooting of police officer
Lane and Ridens TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A man will face a capital murder charge when he is tried next year in the fatal shooting of a Topeka police officer. Ross Preston Lane was bound over for trial after...
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Kansas man dies in head-on semi accident
LOUISBURG, Kan. – A Kansas man died in an accident just before 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday in Miami County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1988 Ford F 250 pickup driven by Gerald L. Wolken, 55,...
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Reward up to $5,000 for information in Kansas infant’s death
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The reward for information to help solve the shooting death of a 7-month-old Kansas City, Kansas, boy has increased to $5,000. An anonymous donor added $3,000 to the reward...
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Ammonia leak, U.S. space station crew relocated
Space Station – NASA photo MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian space agency says an ammonia leak at a U.S. segment of the International Space Station has prompted its six-person crew to lock it up and move to a...
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Two hospitalized after Dodge City plane crash
Wednesday plane crash near Dodge City. -photo courtesy KWCH DODGE CITY, Kan. – The FAA and NTSB are investigating the cause of a small plane crash just after 9 a.m. on Wednesday in Ford County. Two...
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With a month left, health overhaul sign-ups edge higher
WASHINGTON (AP) — With a month to go in the 2015 open enrollment season, the Obama administration says sign-ups under the president’s health care law are edging higher. The Health and Human Services...
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Kansas House speaker appoints legislative director
Ray Merrick TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — House Speaker Ray Merrick is appointing Topeka attorney Jake Fisher as his legislative director. Merrick announced Wednesday that Fisher will replace B.J. Harden, who is...
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Crews to use explosives to demolish parts of Fairfax Bridge
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Construction crews will use explosives this week to remove parts of Fairfax Bridge connecting Missouri and Kansas to make way for a new replacement bridge. Northbound and...
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Appeals court: Quarter horse group may reject clones
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — An appeals court has ruled the nation’s pre-eminent quarter horse organization may refuse to register cloned animals. The ruling Wednesday by a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S....
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Medical marijuana supporters to rally at Kansas Statehouse
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Supporters of medical marijuana in Kansas are joining Democratic two state lawmakers at a Statehouse rally in favor of the Cannabis Compassionate Care Act. Rep. Gail Finney, of...
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Brownback expected to outline plan for closing budget gaps
JOHN HANNA, AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is preparing to outline his agenda for lawmakers’ 90-day session in his annual State of the State speech and is expected to...
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Kansas woman hospitalized after car hits a deer
TESCOTT – A Kansas woman was injured in an accident just after 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday in Ottawa County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1994 Saturn S driven by William Lawrence, 60, Lincoln, was...
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Kansas postal worker indicted for theft of mail
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Blue Rapids woman has been indicted with one count of theft of mail by a postal employee. An indictment filed Wednesday alleges 34-year-old Carissa A. Nester embezzled...
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Kansas man pleads no contest in toddler’s death
EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) — A southern Kansas man has pleaded no contest in the death of his girlfriend’s 18-month-old daughter. Justin Edwards of El Dorado entered the plea Wednesday to involuntary...
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State Dept. gives agencies 2 weeks to comment on Keystone
BRADLEY KLAPPER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has set a Feb. 2 deadline for federal agencies to provide advice on whether to move forward with the hotly debated Keystone XL...
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Feds, defense turn to DNA in Kansas identity theft case
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge has postponed the trial of a man charged with assuming the identity of a dead Texas boy. The move gives the prosecution and defense time to obtain DNA that each...
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Kansas teen dies after truck travels onto I-70 ravine
MANHATTAN, Kan. – A Kansas teen died in an accident just before 9 a.m. on Saturday in Riley County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2003 Chevy Silverado driven by Alexis D. Champ, 18, Wichita, was...
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Authorities identify body found in ice-covered Kansas creek
Law enforcement authorities on the scene near the creek where a body was discovered on Thursday evening. SALINA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have identified a man whose body was found in an ice-covered...
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