12 years ago
Justices of the Kansas Supreme Court have reversed lower court rulings in a lawsuit seeking to hold a southeast Kansas gun shop liable for selling a firearm later used by a convicted felon to kill his son. The justices held Friday that firearms dealers must use the highest degree of care in preventing the sale of ...

12 years ago
An elderly Osborne County farmer has died after being severely burned in a Thursday night fire involving around 300 hay bales. According to Osborne County Sheriff Curtis Miner, Lowell Lund of rural Waldo died in Wichita after being burned at the scene of the fire. He was initially transported by private vehicle to Osborne County Memorial ...

12 years ago
A woman whose 4-month-old baby lost seven fingers to a pet ferret has been sentenced to 30 days in jail. Carrie Waldo last month pleaded guilty to second-degree child endangerment. Waldo and her husband, Ryan Waldo, were accused of leaving the baby unsupervised with the ferret in 2011 in their Kansas City area home. Ryan ...

12 years ago
An Abilene man wins a $10,000 lottery prize. According to the Kansas Lottery, David Martinitz says he has been playing lottery games since the first “Up and Away” tickets went on sale back in 1987. And after what happened to him this week, Martinitz says, “I’m going to keep on playing!” The 48-year-old Abilene man was ...

12 years ago
A Nigerian man who was convicted on a federal weapons charge in Wichita has drawn an additional five-year sentence for threatening a federal agent's family. The U.S. attorney's office for Kansas said in a release Friday that 22-year-old Osayuwame Bazuaye was charged in 2012 with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition after he fired ...

12 years ago
Authorities have arrested an executive of the Flint Hills Area Builders Association after the association discovered more than $25,000 missing. The Riley County Police Department announced Friday that the builders association contacted police Tuesday after discovering the missing money. A 44-year-old man from Wamego was arrested on Wednesday and his home was searched. The ...

12 years ago
Residents of a central Kansas town are watching with sadness as a 125-year-old building is demolished. Workers on Thursday began demolishing the former Parker House Hotel in Minneapolis. The building partially collapsed last month, forcing the evacuation of the downtown area. The building's owners had said they wanted to save it but the Minneapolis ...

12 years ago
A state regulatory agency is requiring a Salina water utility to make some improvements. The Kansas Corporation Commission voted Thursday to require Howison Heights to buy a new computer to monitor water pressure in its lines and to install new equipment to keep chlorination at the right level. The improvements are required in the next 60 ...

12 years ago
A federal jury has found a Kansas veteran guilty of unlawfully having explosive materials. The U.S. attorney's office said Thursday that Alfred Dutton, of Eureka, was convicted on one count of possession of an unregistered destructive device.  The 67-year-old veteran of both the U.S. Army and U.S. Marines is accused of having grenades and other parts ...

12 years ago
A U.S. Senate committee has endorsed spending $404 million in the next fiscal year to construct a new federal research lab at Kansas State University. The action Thursday by the Senate Appropriations Committee sends the spending request for the National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility to the full Senate for passage. The House has already approved $404 ...

12 years ago
More Kansas counties are signing up to participate in a 2011 state program aimed at luring new residents to rural counties with declining populations. Grant and Gray counties in southwest Kansas have recently voted to participate in a student loan program where new graduates can receive assistance in retiring college debt. The two counties were among ...