9 years ago
Crews in Wichita have been searching for a man who was reported missing while kayaking in the Arkansas River. The Wichita Eagle reports (http://j.mp/29pVWmx) that Wichita Fire Department crews spent Saturday searching for the man, identified as 24-year-old Brian Bergkamp, a native of Garden Plain. He had been scheduled to enter his third year of theology ...

9 years ago
Wyandotte County has lost about 7,000 registered voters over the last two years while the state has added more than 10,000 voters to its registration rolls. The Lawrence Journal-World reports (http://j.mp/29o0VnP) Kansas has added 10,591 more voters since July 2014. But Wyandotte County, a traditional Democratic stronghold and the third largest county in the state, has ...

9 years ago
Twenty-five years ago mass protests led to nearly 2,700 arrests outside Wichita abortion clinics. Now that city is bracing for a Summer of Mercy anniversary that its supporters hope will draw hundreds of activists. The Wichita Police Department has spent months putting together a 60-page plan that aims to ensure everyone's rights are protected and everyone ...

9 years ago
PHILLIPSBURG, Kan. (AP) - An inmate who escaped from a northern Kansas jail is back in custody. Norton Police Chief Ron Ridley says 18-year-old Trent L. Ludwig was arrested without incident Friday at a home in Norton. Hayspost.com reports Ludwig was found hiding in a closet. Phillips County Sheriff Paul Wisinger said Ludwig of Hayward, Wisconsin, was ...

9 years ago
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A former Connecticut state correction officer and Army reservist is accused of collecting state wages while serving time in a Kansas military prison. The Hartford Courant reports Dennis Dockery, of Bloomfield, was arraigned Friday on charges of first-degree larceny by defrauding a public community and second-degree forgery. Dockery worked at the Enfield Correctional ...

9 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Transportation officials in Missouri and Kansas are encouraging motorists to resist the urge to get in line at the first sign of an upcoming lane closure. Advocates of the "zipper merge" method say using both lanes for as long as possible shortens lines in construction zones by up to 40 percent. ...

9 years ago
A Topeka woman has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing a child over several years. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports (http://j.mp/29ot2ag) Tiffany Seel pleaded guilty April 13 to charges including aggravated indecent liberties by an offender older than 18 when the victim is younger than 14, aggravated indecent liberties with a child 14-15, criminal ...

9 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The state attorney general says there was a recent "steep decline" in Kansas in the number of applications for concealed carry permits. Attorney General Derek Schmidt said Thursday in a release that between July 1, 2015, and June 30, 2016, the Concealed Carry Licensing Unit received 5,874 applications. The Kansas City Star ...

9 years ago
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) - A suburban Kansas City police officer has been fired after officials confirmed he made a Facebook post that appears to threaten a child. Overland Park, Kansas, Police Chief Francis Donchez Jr. says the department began investigating after being notified of the post Friday morning. He says the officer was terminated immediately after ...

9 years ago
A rented skid steer loader was damaged by a shotgun blast. The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a Genie brand skid steer loader, owned by Foley Equipment Company, 529 N. Broadway, had glass on two windows shot out by shotgun blasts. Deputies say the equipment was parked on a job site in the 1400 block ...

9 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a state of disaster emergency declaration for Greenwood County after a tornado demolished homes in a small town. Brownback's office said in a release Friday that the emergency declaration allows the state to use its resources and personnel in response to the tornado that hit the small town of Eureka ...