10 years ago
Firefighters grappling with the biggest wildfire in Kansas history got a welcomed Easter assist from pre-dawn snow that blanketed the hardest-hit area. The National Weather Service says about a half an inch of precipitation in the form of rain and snow fell early Sunday southwest of Wichita in Barber County. Shawna Hartman, a Kansas Forest Service spokeswoman, ...

10 years ago
Kansas legislators are considering a measure aimed at limiting wrongful convictions by requiring law enforcement agencies to create written policies for dealing with eyewitnesses to crimes. Innocence Project policy advocate Michelle Feldman says eyewitness misidentification accounts for the majority of convictions overturned nationally based on DNA evidence since 1989. The bill would create safeguards against law enforcement ...

10 years ago
An event for weather enthusiasts is coming to Salina. National Weather Service meteorologists are currently finishing up their schedule of annual spring severe weather safety and spotter classes. For those people who want to learn even more, a special advanced session will be offered this year. The advanced spotter presentations are a rare event, not offered annually. ...

10 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Wichita police have been cracking down on the sale of drug paraphernalia at local businesses. Police said complaints from the community led to the recent crackdown on some products sold at new vape shops as well as convenience stores and other businesses. Capt. Kevin Mears says the state passed a law in 2008 ...

10 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - A Kansas City, Kansas, man has been ordered to stand trial in connection with a shooting death during a robbery attempt last year. The Kansas City Star reports that a Johnson County judge ordered the trial after a preliminary hearing for 19-year-old Marquise Stokes. Stokes is charged with first-degree felony murder, ...

10 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A western Kansas woman is suing the state and some of the agencies involved in questioning and removing her 11-year-old son from her home after he spoke up at school about her marijuana use. The Wichita Eagle reports that Shona Banda's federal lawsuit alleges the state and the agencies are depriving her ...

10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Before starting their annual spring break, Kansas lawmakers approved an education funding plan designed to satisfy a state Supreme Court mandate to help poor school districts. They also approved an overhaul of the juvenile justice system and new protections for religious groups on college campuses. But the Republican-dominated Legislature is likely to ...

10 years ago
MEDICINE LODGE, Kan. (AP) -- An 87-year-old man who lost his 19th-century home to a prairie fire that has scorched a large swath of southern Kansas is recounting how he narrowly escaped the flames with his wife. Korean War veteran Don Gerstner says the blaze that spread into Kansas from Oklahoma advanced quickly Wednesday on the ...

10 years ago
The Kansas Highway Patrol is investigating a fatality crash that happened late Friday night south of Salina. According to the agency, a vehicle was headed south on I-135. For an unknown reasons it left the left side of the road, entered the center median, crossed to the northbound lanes and was struck by another vehicle. Names, and ...

10 years ago
One of the oldest events at the White House has become a favorite event in Abilene. Cool damp weather did not deter the enthusiasm of a large crowd at the Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home's annual Eisenhower Easter Egg Roll Saturday. The local event in Abilene featured an Easter egg hunt, games, face painting, ...

10 years ago
Legislation in Kansas that would restrict how public schools and colleges accommodate transgender students is receiving national attention. Under separate but identical bills before House and Senate committees, students would be able to collect monetary damages if someone was in what is deemed the wrong bathroom. The bills are described as privacy protections for students and limit ...