9 years ago
A former Haskell Indian Nations University student originally charged with raping a fellow student will serve 60 days in county jail and two years of probation after a plea deal that drew strong objections from the victim and her family. Jared Wheeler was sentenced Friday after pleading no contest in November to aggravated battery. He originally ...

9 years ago
A suburban Kansas City woman has snared her own home improvement TV show, co-starring her father. The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/2iVjDb8) reports that the DIY Network has signed Tamara Day, of Leawood, Kansas, to star in "Bargain Mansions." Twelve 30-minute episodes will begin airing in October. Her father, Ward Schraeder, of Salina, will co-star. He's a principal ...

9 years ago
A mother and son from California who died after falling through ice on a pond in Kansas have been identified as 44-year-old Polly Claassen and 8-year-old Trent Claassen. Investigators say the woman and her son went through the ice Friday at William Pack Memorial Park in Moundridge. The boy's 43-year-old father was also on the ice when ...

9 years ago
Research money has been dedicated to growing better barley for beer in Kansas, which was the last state to do away with prohibition. The Wichita Eagle  reports that the Brewers Association awarded a group of brewers, researchers and agricultural experts a $35,000 grant to develop winter malting barley to be grown and harvested in the Great ...

9 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback has outlined two long-term initiatives designed to bring more doctors to rural Kansas. Brownback outlined a proposal Friday to set aside $5 million in state funds to provide seed money for new doctor-training programs at Kansas hospitals. He and Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer said the goal is to attract more federal and private ...

9 years ago
A judge has granted a civil trial for a Kenyan man who alleges immigration agents violently attacked him at a Kansas jail for refusing to be fingerprinted before deportation. The incident was captured on jailhouse surveillance video. The civil lawsuit filed by Justine Mochama, an international student who overstayed his visa, has languished in federal court ...

9 years ago
Lawrence, Kansas, police say two officers were injured during a confrontation with a suspected drunk driver they say led them on a chase. Police say they arrested the 50-year-old suspect after the pursuit early Saturday. There was no immediate word later that day about charges. Police said two officers were conducting a traffic stop when a man ...

9 years ago
A Kansas man faces up to two years in federal prison after having admitted his role in what authorities say was a $3.5-million identity theft scheme involving credit cards. Justin Alan Vanley of Rose Hill pleaded guilty Friday in Wichita to one count of aggravated identity theft. His sentencing is scheduled for March 24. As part of ...

9 years ago
A southern Kansas judge is giving attorneys for a man accused of sexually attacking a woman before setting her on fire more time to have him mentally evaluated. KAKE-TV (http://bit.ly/2jkNBJi) reports 28-year-old Cornell McNeal of Wichita already has been evaluated twice, with the last one recommending that he be found competent to stand trial. Sedwick County ...

9 years ago
Authorities say a California mother and her 8-year-old son visiting Kansas relatives died after being pulled from an icy pond. Investigators have not publicly identified the victims of the drowning Friday afternoon at Pack Park in central Kansas' Moundridge. The woman's 43-year-old husband managed to stay above the water and ice and was rescued. He was treated ...

9 years ago
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and top Kansas lawmakers are not on the same page about ending an income tax break for farmers and business owners. The GOP-controlled Legislature opens its annual session Monday and must close projected budget shortfalls totaling $1.1 billion through June 2019. Legislative leaders said this week that they see bipartisan support for repealing ...