10 years ago
Hutchinson fire officials say a woman was burned in an apparent explosion and fire at her home. Battalion Chief Jeremy Unruh says the firefighters found the house engulfed in flames when they arrived early Thursday. KAKE-TV reports witnesses told Unruh that someone ran into the home and helped the woman who lived there. She was taken to ...

10 years ago
Agribusiness giant Cargill has chosen an architect for a new Wichita facility to house its protein operations. The Wichita Eagle reports that Kansas City-based HOK has been selected. Wichita is home to the company's beef business and its turkey and cooked meat business, which includes deli meats. Its processed-protein services, such as its North American egg business ...

10 years ago
A Junction City man is in ICU after a semi truck hauling scrap metal and an SUV collided at Crawford and Burma Road just before 1pm on Wednesday afternoon. First responders were able to free 69-year-old Joe P. Grimes of Junction City from his truck in a matter of minutes and transport the unconscious man to ...

10 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a suspected arson fire set early Thursday morning. According to Lt. Mike Smith, a fire that consumed a shed, over 720 bales of alfalfa hay plus farm equipment has been deemed suspicious. Lt. Smith tells KSAL News that the State Fire Marshal is also joining the investigation into the fire ...

10 years ago
A mistrial has been declared in the trial of a former Haskell Indian Nations University student accused of rape. The Lawrence Journal-World that a Douglas County jury couldn't reach a verdict in the case. District Court Judge Paula Martin on Wednesday declared a mistrial, the second such result in the reported rape of a Haskell Indian ...

10 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback assured constituents that the income tax cuts he championed would stimulate the Kansas economy and supply plenty of money for public schools. But voters, including many Republicans, appear to have rejected that idea in the face of the state's budget woes and court battles over education funding. On Tuesday, they ousted 11 of ...

10 years ago
Authorities say several shots were fired into an unoccupied patrol car belonging to the Wyandotte County Sheriff's office. The sheriff's department says the patrol car was parked in an off-duty deputy's driveway in Kansas City, Kansas, when the shots were fired early Wednesday. The Kansas City Star reports that no one was hurt. Someone who lives nearby ...

10 years ago
A pit bull is quarantined after attacking a U.S. postal carrier at a south Wichita home and leaving him with 26 stitches. The Wichita Eagle reports that the 53-year-old carrier was bitten Friday morning after the dog pushed through a fence weakened by wet soil. Wichita police Lt. Joe Schroeder, who oversees the city's animal control operations, ...

10 years ago
A Girl Scout got to close to a parade float during Tuesday night's march down Santa Fe. Police say the 14-year-old girl sustained a broken bone on her right foot after the tire on a trailer/float rolled over her big toe.   Police are investigating a forgery case after an audit revealed a woman's checking account number ...

10 years ago
A student who was sexually battered in the bathroom of a Wichita high school is suing the principal and school board for negligence. The Wichita Eagle reports that the suit filed in Sedgwick County District Court cites unsafe security practices at Wichita East High School, where the student was assaulted in September. The Eagle and The ...

10 years ago
Police are investigating a residential burglary that occurred sometime between July 17 and August 2, at a home in the 400 block of S. Connecticut. Angela Collins told police she found a broken window and then discovered someone had taken her Takamine G series guitar, plus a 32-inch TV. Loss and damage is estimated at $950. ...