8 years ago
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is seeking to avoid answering questions under oath about plans to change U.S. election law. The Kansas Republican filed a notice late Monday saying he is appealing to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals an order to submit to a deposition by the American Civil Liberties Union. The ALCU called ...

8 years ago
A Kansas lawmaker is seeking a report from legislative auditors on recent inmate disturbances at the state's maximum-security prison in El Dorado. Democratic state Sen. Laura Kelly of Topeka said Monday she is concerned that the Department of Corrections is not being transparent enough. The department has confirmed incidents involving inmates refusing to return to their cells ...

8 years ago
The Kansas Highway Patrol says two people were killed when the plane in which they were in crashed near an airport in Topeka, Kansas. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the victims of the crash shortly before 8:30 p.m. Monday were identified as 76-year-old pilot William Leeds of Mission and 55-year-old co-pilot James Bergman of Leawood. Both ...

8 years ago
A Topeka man was arrested at the hospital in Salina for driving a truck that was reported stolen from Sabetha, Kansas. According to SPD Captain Paul Forrester, police learned on Saturday that a stolen 2004 Chevy Silverado was parked in the lot at Salina Regional Health Center. Officers made contact with the driver, 29-year-old Robert Servantez inside ...

8 years ago
A meeting to look at some lighting used in a Salina bar turned into a terrifying experience for a woman and rape charges for the man suspected of holding her against her will. Police arrested 29-year-old Kyle W. Baxter of Salina after a 29-year-old woman contacted authorities over the weekend. The victim told officers that she and ...

8 years ago
Authorities have charged a fourth man in connection to the murder of Brandon Lee Shelby back in June. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that investigators from his office and agents with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation met with 20-year-old Austin Ray Bott on Saturday at the jail, after he was picked up by ...

8 years ago
A legislative audit contradicts information the Kansas Department of Corrections gave lawmakers about the least expensive way to finance a new prison. The audit released Monday said it would be cheaper for the state to issue bonds to finance the new prison in Lansing to replace the existing prison there. Parts of the prison date to ...

8 years ago
Police in the Kansas community of Gardner say four people were injured in a crash involving a 15-year-old boy who had fled after striking a police officer. An officer was checking on a car Saturday night when the driver suddenly sped away, striking and slightly injuring the officer. Kansas Highway Patrol troopers later chased the suspect on ...

8 years ago
Jeff Colyer has been a loyal lieutenant governor to GOP Gov. Sam Brownback since 2011 and is preparing to become Kansas governor after nearly a decade of helping fellow conservative Republicans shape health care policy. Colyer is a plastic surgeon who squeezed in international medical relief missions in disaster and war zones. Colyer would be elevated to ...

8 years ago
A judge has sentenced an 18-year-old to life in prison for intentionally setting a fire that killed his mother and sister in 2013. Samuel Vonachen was 14 when he set the fire and 17 when convicted. The Hutchinson News says Reno County District Judge Trish Rose sentenced Vonachen to mandatory life sentence on each count of first-degree ...

8 years ago
A northeast Kansas doula, an assistant to women giving birth, has started a nonprofit to help teenage mothers, incarcerated pregnant women and low-income single mothers. Juliet Swedlund tells The Topeka Capital-Journal that women in these groups may not even be aware that a doula is an option because they are not covered by most insurance in ...