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Police: 18-year-old Kansas woman dies from fall
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Police say an 18-year-old Kansas woman has died after falling from the 10th floor of a Tempe residential building. Tempe Police Sgt. Mike Pooley said Naomi McClendon was transported...
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US 50 expansion in Dodge deals with historic area
DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) — The expansion of U.S. 50 in southwestern Kansas no longer includes leveling a historic rock formation. The Dodge City Globe reports the U.S. 50 expansion from a two-lane road...
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Train kills pedestrian in Wichita
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 45-year-old man has died after he was hit by a train in south Wichita. KAKE-TV reports the accident happened Sunday morning in south Wichita. Police say the train’s engineers...
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Vandalized immigration mural UPDATE
Wichita Immigration mural-photo courtesy Facebook WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Volunteers have removed two swastikas that were spray-painted onto a Wichita mural that celebrates immigration. On Saturday,...
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Grass fire burns 1,500 acres in Kansas
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a grass fire over about 1,500 acres in northeast Kansas damaged two homes and four outbuildings. No injuries were reported. Shawnee County Sheriff Herman Jones told...
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Sales, corporate taxes boost Kansas revenues
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A new report says better-than-expected collections of Kansas sales and corporate income taxes helped swell state revenue by $12.2 million more than anticipated in March. Monday’s...
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Kansas farmers plan to sow more corn, soybeans
ROXANA HEGEMAN, Associated Press WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas farmers are planning to put in more acres of corn and soybeans this season than they did a year ago. Monday’s prospective planting report...
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Parents, teachers walk for Kansas schools
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Despite sore feet and windy weather, five parents and teachers have completed a 60-mile walk from Johnson County to the Statehouse to show support for Kansas public schools. The...
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Hutchinson City Council Meeting Tuesday To Deal With Unused Sick Leave
The Hutchinson City Council Tuesday morning will hold a public hearing over a contract with the service employees union and local dispatchers over the impasse over unused sick leave where they are...
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Hutch Man Bound Over In Aggravated Robbery and Aggravated Burglary Case
After the preliminary hearing for a 25-year-old Hutchinson man Monday accused of aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary, he was bound over for trial. Patrick McCroy is accused of breaking into a...
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Semi-truck and tractor crash under investigation
photo courtesy Manhattan Fire Department Photo courtesy Manhattan Fire Department Manhattan –Authorities in Riley County responded to a semi-truck and John Deere tractor accident on Monday. The crash...
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GM recalls 1.5 million cars for steering defect
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is recalling 1.5 million vehicles in the U.S. because the electronic power-steering assist can suddenly stop working. Included in the recall are the Chevrolet Malibu,...
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Nurses’ push for independence from doctors stalls in Legislature
In this picture, House Speaker Ray Merrick walks through the empty Kansas house chamber. Rachelle Colombo, a lobbyist for the medical society, sits in the foyer.-Photo by Mike Shields by Jim McLean ,...
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Here Is Your 7-Day Forecast For Hutchinson And South Central Kansas
A few episodes of severe weather are possible later this week as increasing moisture encounters a slow moving frontal system. A few storms may contain large hail on Tuesday night across parts of south...
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Victim in Arizona fall was Kansas native
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — An Arizona State University student who fell to her death over the weekend is being remembered in Kansas as an outstanding student at Manhattan High School. The Manhattan Mercury...
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Two Arrested On Drug Charges Waive Their Preliminary Hearing
Two Hutchinson residents arrested in February of last year on drug charges waived their right to a preliminary hearing Monday and will face arraignment on the charges against them in May. 21-year-old...
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Lawnmower fire destroys 2 homes in Kansas
DERBY, Kan. (AP) — Investigators are blaming a lawnmower and spilled gasoline for a fire that destroyed two homes in the southern Kansas town of Derby. KAKE-TV reports winds were gusting at more than...
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Great Bend hires new football coach
Great Bend Post GREAT BEND — On Feb. 18, things looked bleak for Great Bend High School’s football program. Coach Bo Black, after 13 seasons and 82 wins, decided to leave the Panthers and become the...
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DA: Committee did not violate open meetings law
Bennett WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A prosecutor says Wichita’s Airport Naming Committee did not violate the Kansas Open Meetings Act when it held two meetings without prior notification to the public....
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Kan. Senate approves Predetermination of Health Care Benefits Act
Senator Jim Denning By KHI News Service TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate today gave tentative approval to a bill that could allow medical patients “real-time” estimates of how much their health insurance...
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