12 years ago
The city of Topeka sent two flags to its namesake submarine, which is currently being overhauled in Maine. Topeka Mayor Larry Wolgast says the city recently sent three flags to the crew of the USS Topeka, in response to a request from submarine officials. The USS Topeka is a nuclear-powered attack submarine. It has been in drydock ...

12 years ago
The husband of a Kansas inmate says he isn't interested in visiting his spouse, who has complained that the state is discriminating by prohibiting the visits. Christopher Yates is serving seven years in prison for crimes related to embezzlement. He says the state is treating him differently by refusing to allow his husband to visit. The ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are investigating the theft of cash from a wallet left behind at the Casey's General Store at 2404 S. 9th on Friday night. Police say 23-year-old Charlee Beckett of Webber Falls, Oklahoma left her wallet in the restroom around 10:30pm. She returned a short time later to discover her ID, debit card and ...

12 years ago
Wichita police are investigating the death of a homeless man, who they say might have frozen to death under a bridge. Police found the man's body under the bridge Sunday afternoon after being called to check on his welfare. The man, who is believed to be in his 50s or 60s, was pronounced dead at the ...

12 years ago
Money is being raised for defibrillators after a Lawrence actor's on-stage collapse during a production of "Shrek." 6News Lawrence reports that 20-year-old Jake Leet was playing the part of the donkey earlier this month at Theatre Lawrence when he went into cardiac arrest. Medical staff in the audience rushed to the stage and began giving him ...

12 years ago
ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Leaders of the Kansas House and Senate education committees aren't sold on Gov. Sam Brownback's five-year, $80 million plan to pay for full-day kindergarten. The Arkansas City Traveler reports (http://bit.ly/1ddEMWj ) that House Education Committee Chairwoman Kasha Kelley says she "would like to take a look at it a bit more." ...

12 years ago
Wichita is looking into powering its bus fleet with natural gas instead of diesel fuel. The city paid $3.76 a gallon for diesel to run the buses this month; compressed natural gas runs about $1.20 to $1.50 a gallon. But making the switch would require the city's transit facility to undergo major improvements — about $200,000 ...

12 years ago
Pressure is likely to build next year in Kansas to expand Medicaid to cover thousands of uninsured residents, despite the Republican-dominated Legislature's displeasure with the federal health care overhaul. Advocates for the needy and consumers promise to push for an expansion once lawmakers convene their annual session Jan. 13. The nonpartisan Kansas Health Institute estimates an expansion ...

12 years ago
Tyler Lockett’s Kansas State bowl-record 10 catches for 116 yards and three first half touchdowns led the Wildcats to a 31-14 thrashing of Michigan in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl Saturday night at Sun Devil Stadium. It is Kansas State’s first bowl win since the 2002 Holiday Bowl against Arizona State. Tonight’s win came on Arizona ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court is letting a life prison sentence stand for an inmate who claimed he was improperly forced to stand trial as an adult in a gang-related killing. The Wichita Eagle  reports that the ruling issued Friday upholds a Sedgwick County judge's decision to leave intact Sashada Makthepharak's life sentence. Makthepharak was convicted in ...

12 years ago
The Boy Scouts of America will accept openly gay youths starting on New Year's Day, a historic change that has prompted the BSA to ponder a host of potential complications — ranging from policies on tentmates and showers to whether Scouts can march in gay pride parades. Yet despite their be-prepared approach, BSA leaders are rooting ...