12 years ago
Kansas State University says it will not renew the contract of a professor who conducted controversial research on grassland burning. Research associate Gene Towne says he believes his 26-year career will end Oct. 31 because he suggested in a published article that ranchers could burn grassland at times other than April. For years, the university ...

12 years ago
PALOS HILLS, Ill. (AP) — Three people have died aboard a small plane that crashed on the only vacant lot in a dense Chicago suburb of single-family homes, authorities said Monday. The twin-engine Beechcraft Baron crashed in the Chicago suburb of Palos Hills around 10:40 p.m. Sunday, shortly after takeoff from Chicago Midway Airport for Lawrence, ...

12 years ago
A Dallas health worker's Ebola infection is raising fresh questions about whether hospitals truly can safely take care of people with the deadly virus. The new case shows a breach in infection control and reveals that even in the United States, with the best conditions and protective gear available, mistakes can happen that expose more people ...

12 years ago
Wichita police are searching for a man who two others say stabbed them in a bar after a fight over a spilled drink. Sgt. John Ryan says the men drove themselves to the hospital on Sunday morning. He says the 26- and 32-year-old victims were stabbed at the Revolution Lounge. It's unclear how badly they were ...

12 years ago
Pittsburg police are offering a reward for help locating two more suspects in the killing of a Pittsburg State University student. KOAM-TV reports that $1,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the two 19-year-old suspects from Pittsburg. Two other men, ages 21 and 24, were arrested Friday on suspicion of first-degree murder ...

12 years ago
Hutchinson police have arrested a man following a standoff who they say eluded officers in a high-speed chase last week. Police say 26-year-old Scott Lutz was caught hiding in an attic on Sunday. Authorities say he initially refused to come out and firefighters cut a hole in the roof. They say he eventually started a small ...

12 years ago
Nearly 200 students of a Kansas-based college have joined a lawsuit that accuses the school of fraud. The Kansas City Star reports the lawsuit against Wright Career College was filed last year but amended recently to add 195 more students. The current and former students attended Wright's campuses in Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma. The lawsuit states the ...

12 years ago
The flagship organization of the political network backed by billionaires Charles and David Koch (kohk) is ditching campaign ads and building an army of conservative activists to shape the final days of the midterm elections. Americans for Prosperity has sent more than 500 workers into 35 states in the past few years to shape how voters ...

12 years ago
Two suspects are jailed in the death of a Pittsburg State University student. The 21- and 24-year-old suspects were arrested Friday on suspicion of first-degree murder in the death of 20-year-old Taylor C. Thomas and several other felonies. The Joplin Globe reports that both suspects are from Pittsburg. An autopsy showed that Thomas died of a single ...

12 years ago
Allies of Democrat Paul Davis are criticizing a new television ad in the Kansas governor's race highlighting Davis' presence at a strip club near Coffeyville during a 1998 meth raid. Davis' backers had a teleconference Friday to decry the Republican Governors Association ad. Davis' campaign labeled it a "disgusting" smear. The RGA and Republican Governor Sam Brownback's ...

12 years ago
The Kansas City Royals' extra-innings victory in the AL Championship Series opener averaged 5.9 million total viewers - up 9 percent from last year's comparable game. The Royals won 8-6 in the 10th inning Friday night in Baltimore. Kansas City and Baltimore are the two smallest markets in ALCS history. The telecast peaked with 6.8 million viewers ...