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Driver and load of calves injured in Friday crash
PIERCEVILLE- A driver with a load of calves was injured in a Friday crash in Finney County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Chevy truck pulling a trailer loaded with calves and driven by...
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New ‘challenge’ for teens could leave burns
SALINA, Kan. (AP) — A Salina teenager is recovering from severe burns on his arm after playing a new challenge game with friends. Fifteen-year-old Zakree Lindsey had to go the emergency room Sunday...
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Ballplayer’s dream near reality in Kansas town
LaRoche FORT SCOTT, Kan. (AP) — A southeast Kansas community is getting a new, state-of-the art baseball complex, thanks to a former local athlete who plays in the majors. The Fort Scott Tribune...
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House rejects bill exempting private health clubs
Rep. Tom Sawyer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas House of Representatives has rejected a bill that would have exempted private-sector health clubs from property taxes. The Wichita Eagle reports that a...
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Kansas bill sheds light on law enforcement records
Rep. John Rubin, R-Shawnee TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Supporters say a bill heading to Gov. Sam Brownback’s desk will give Kansas residents more information about law enforcement activities and bring the...
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Wells’ Dairy recalls Blue Bunny ice cream products
LE MARS, Iowa (AP) — Wells’ Dairy says it is voluntarily recalling one of its Blue Bunny ice cream products for a labeling problem. The Le Mars, Iowa-based company said in a news release Saturday that...
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Kansas man sentenced for meth injection death
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 38-year-old Wichita man won’t face the hard 50 prison sentence after the jury in his trial couldn’t agree on giving him the heftier sentence. Jason A. Jones was convicted Tuesday...
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Olathe QuikTrip customers got mixed fuel
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Two gasoline stations in suburban Kansas City mistakenly sold gas mixed with diesel fuel on one day this week. The Kansas City Star reports two QuikTrip stores in Olathe sold the...
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Feds arrest man charged in Kansas meth case
EUDORA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a man charged with using a rural Douglas County home to produce methamphetamine. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Benito Olivas-Yanez was arrested...
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Sen. Moran Introduces Caring For America’s Heroes Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, as our nation kicks off “National Mental Health Awareness Month,” U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) joined U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) in...
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Back to Kansas after 9 months in Afghanistan
Col. Matthew Lewis, left, commander of the 1st CAB, 1st Inf. Div., Lt. Col. Richard Martin, commander of the 601st ASB, 1st Inf. Div. uncase their units colors at Fort Riley, Kan JC Post Fort Riley–The...
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Kansas man injured in Saturday motorcycle crash
SCOTT CITY–A Finney County man was injured in a Motorcycle crash just after 8 p.m. on Saturday in Scott County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2007 Big D motorcycle driven by Richard David Scott...
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First openly gay Episcopal bishop divorces husband
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The first openly gay bishop in the Anglican church has announced he is divorcing his husband. Retired Bishop Gene Robinson announced that he is divorcing Mark Andrew in an email to...
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US teachers nowhere as diverse as their students
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New research shows that U.S. teachers are nowhere near as diverse as their students. The diversity gap comes as the number of minority students in...
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Koch brothers decline invite for climate debate
Tom Steyer. WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Conservative billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch are turning down an invitation extended in a full-page ad in their hometown newspaper asking them to join a...
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Kansas resident goes far to hunt, sell mushrooms
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A northeast Kansas resident roams eight states with the start of each spring. He hauls a refrigerated trailer, lives in a tent and looks for the morel mushrooms that he’s hunted...
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Lawrence most expensive in Kansas
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — New government figures show Lawrence is the most expensive metro area in Kansas. Numbers released recently by the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis show that although the city’s...
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Hutchinson man injured in Sunday motorcycle accident
BURTON— A Hutchinson man was injured in a Sunday morning motorcycle accident in Harvey County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Harley-Davidson driven by David D. Nordling, 59, was eastbound...
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Circus accident sends 11 to hospital (VIDEO)
Photo @jdubbsnk MICHELLE R. SMITH, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A spokesman says eight acrobats fell from a platform at a circus in Rhode Island while one dancer was injured on the floor...
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Baxter Springs won’t get FEMA aid
Tornado damage in Baxter springs BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. (AP) — Officials say the Baxter Springs and its residents affected by a recent tornado won’t get financial assistance from the Federal Emergency...
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