13 years ago
Two Los Angeles-based filmmakers are preparing to shoot a movie about a family of southeast Kansas innkeepers who killed about a dozen travelers in the 1870s. The film will be called "The Bender Claim." Director John Alexander called it a "Hitchcock-like psychological thriller." He and producer JC Guest will shoot the movie from July 10 through ...

13 years ago
Authorities have recovered the body of a teenager from a Clay County pond. 15-year-old Tommy Watt was swimming with a friend and began struggling to make it to the shore of the pond near Longford. The Clay County sheriff said the friend was attempting to aid Watt when he submerged and didn't resurface. Clay County authorities were ...

13 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Prosecutors are asking a judge to impose a lengthy prison sentence against a Kansas State University student who set a fire that killed a university researcher. They're urging U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson to sentence Patrick Martin Scahill to 40 years in prison on Monday. Federal sentencing guidelines recommend 27 to 33 years. ...

13 years ago
A Kansas doctor has a crucial court hearing this week in her fight to regain her medical license after state regulators revoked it over her referrals of young patients for late-term abortions. Attorneys for both Dr. Ann Kristin Neuhaus and the State Board of Healing Arts expect Friday's hearing in Shawnee County District Court to be ...

13 years ago
Weather officials in Tornado Alley have raised concerns about a scene in the new Superman movie that incorrectly portrays a highway overpass as a safe place to hide during a tornado. The Wichita Eagle reports that in the "Man of Steel," Clark Kent's dad sees a tornado approaching as he's driving with his family. He then ...

13 years ago
Crews have recovered the body of a northwest Kansas man who was the subject of a search over the weekend at a Geary County lake. KJCK-AM reports Geary County Sheriff Tony Wolf has confirmed a body recovered early Monday at Milford Lake is that of a Junction City man, but he didn't immediately have more details. Wolf ...

13 years ago
A dirt bike is removed from a rural outbuilding. The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a motorcycle is stolen. The owner told deputies that someone entered a storage shed on their property in the 7000 block of E. Mentor Road, sometime on June 12th and removed a 2006 Honda dirt bike that is red and ...

13 years ago
The administration of the juvenile justice system in Kansas is merging into the adult correctional system. Gov. Sam Brownback contends the Juvenile Justice Authority will be better managed under the Department of Corrections and says money going toward administration of the JJA could instead be diverted into programs for offenders. The Department of Corrections says in a ...

13 years ago
A man and woman refuse medical treatment after being pistol whipped. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, officers were called to a house in the 400 block of Baker on Saturday night after two suspects allegedly came in and used a handgun to injure two residence in their early 20's - before leaving with a cell phone ...

13 years ago
A 19-year-old Wichita man has drowned while trying to help a friend at Cheney Reservoir in south-central Kansas. Reno County sheriff's deputy Lee Johnson announced on the agency's Facebook page that the victim was Marcus Hutton. The posting said that the drowning was reported around 5 p.m. Saturday near the lake's yacht club. Witnesses told authorities that ...

13 years ago
A federal judge in Kansas has refused to temporarily block a new state law requiring that abortion provider websites link to a state site with information the providers dispute. But U.S. District Court Judge Kathryn Vratil's ruling Sunday came after a state judge ruled Friday that Kansas couldn't enforce the same website requirement for now. The ...