9 years ago
Firefighters in Kansas rescued a cat from a tree. They also rescued its owner. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the woman climbed the tree Wednesday trying to get to her cat but she wasn't able to get back down. Topeka Fire Department Shift Commander Todd Williams says the woman and her cat were about 16 feet up ...

9 years ago
A Gypsum man was sent to the hospital after failing to stop at a stop sign and hitting a light pole on South 9th in Salina. The accident happened back on April 10th at 3:18 P.M. Tyson Dahl, 35, was driving eastbound on Sullivan Dr. when a medical episode occurred. Due to his condition, Dahl failed to stop ...

9 years ago
Nebraska officials say they'll complain to Kansas about smoke from its agriculture burning that sometimes makes it unhealthy to breathe in some parts of Nebraska. The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department issued a health warning Wednesday, warning people to stay indoors. Gov. Pete Ricketts' spokesman Taylor Gage says Nebraska officials will follow up with their counterparts in Kansas. ...

9 years ago
Kansas could sign a contract this fall with a private company to build a new prison to replace its oldest and largest one in Lansing. Documents show that the state is limiting the search for the $155 million project to firms that already have built multiple prisons. The Department of Corrections is telling potential bidders they would ...

9 years ago
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has announced his first known prosecution of a non-citizen voting illegally since lawmakers in 2015 gave him the authority to prosecute voter fraud. Kobach says in a news release Wednesday that Victor David Garcia Bebek pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of voting unlawfully in 2012 and 2014. The plea deal ...

9 years ago
A Kansas woman is accused of decapitating her ex-boyfriend's mother when the victim went to collect her son's belongings. Thirty-five-year-old Rachael Hilyard of Wichita was charged Wednesday with one count of first-degree murder in the death Sunday of 63-year-old Micki Davis. During a brief court appearance, a Sedgwick County judge assigned Hilyard to be represented by ...

9 years ago
Two sisters injured in a Kansas waterslide accident that killed a state lawmaker's 10-year-old son have reached a settlement with the water park's owner. Attorney Lynn Johnson on Wednesday confirmed the out-of-court deal with the Schlitterbahn park over the "Verruckt" slide accident last summer. Johnson wouldn't reveal details of the settlement. The sisters' names haven't been publicly ...

9 years ago
Federal investigators say mistakes by a delivery driver and an employee of a northeast Kansas distilling plant led to the mixing of incompatible chemicals, causing a noxious cloud to spread over Atchison last year. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board said in a preliminary report issued Wednesday that design and labeling deficiencies at the loading station at ...

9 years ago
Republicans have pulled out a victory in Kansas in the first of four U.S. House special elections to replace GOP congressmen named to top jobs in President Donald Trump's administration, but the next contest for a seat in Georgia could be tougher. The margin of victory Tuesday for Republican Ron Estes in the Kansas 4th District ...

9 years ago
Authorities say no one was hurt when a small plane made an emergency landing in a pasture near Emporia because of engine problems. The Emporia Gazette reports that the plane landed Tuesday night about three miles west and one mile north of the Emporia Municipal Airport. The Lyon County Sheriff's Office says the pilot was unharmed, and ...

9 years ago
Salina USD 305 is looking for a new superintendent.  Salina School Superintendent Bill Hall resigned Tuesday night. Hall submitted his resignation during an executive session Tuesday evening.  It is effective June 30th. According to USD 305, the Board has accepted Superintendent Hall’s resignation. The vote was 5-2, with Board President Johnna Vosseler and board member Ann Zimmerman ...