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An inmate found hanging in a Saline County Jail cell remains unconscious at the hospital. According to Captain Roger Soldan with the Saline County Sheriff's Office, an inmate alerted deputies after waking up to find 49-year-old John J. Tripp hanging from the top bunk in his cell. Deputies performed CPR before Tripp was transported to Salina Regional ...

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TROY, Kan. (AP) - Authorities say an 8-year-old northeast Kansas girl has died after the car she was driving ran off a roadway and down an embankment. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 8-year-old Cadence Orcutt of Troy died in the accident Sunday. The patrol says a 56-year-old Missouri man in the car with the child sustained ...

10 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A University of Kansas residence hall is coming down this week. About 750 pounds of explosives will detonate Wednesday morning at McCollum Hall. In 18 seconds, the 10-story, three-wing, 220,000-square-foot residence hall will become a pile of rubble. Opened in 1965, McCollum initially housed 910 students. It has been the king — at ...

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A two-and-a-half-story Victorian home has moved to new spot in north Wichita. Months of planning led up to Sunday's move of the 240,000-pound home. QuikTrip bought the 1902 home for $203,000 to allow for a convenience store expansion. The home then was donated to the Historic Preservation Alliance, which found it a ...

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Vancouver, Washington-based nonprofit has given Kansas a grade of "C'' for its legislation addressing domestic child sex trafficking. Shared Hope International's rating places Kansas 29th in the country. The state Legislature passed a package of bills to protect and support victims in 2013. Deputy Director of the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit for the ...

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A group of African-American leaders are calling for expanding Medicaid, repealing restrictive voting laws, reforming criminal sentencing and putting more restrictions on payday lenders. The Lawrence Journal-World (http://bit.ly/1NjK5bp) reports that the agenda was adopted Saturday in Topeka. It was announced after a group called the Kansas Black Leadership Council came together for the first time to ...

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A study by a nonprofit health advocacy group says youth drug overdose rates are up in Kansas, but remain lower than the national rate. The study released Thursday by Trust for America's Health shows that Kansas' overall drug overdose death rate for 12- to 25-year-olds was 5.9 deaths for every 100,000 youths. That compares to 7.3 ...

10 years ago
Rolling Hills Zoo hopes that a new Black Friday event will be a hit with both children, and their parents. The zoo invites parents to drop off their children on the day after Thanksgiving, and then head back to town to hit the stores for a little shopping. Zoo Director of Development and Marketing Linda Henderson ...

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Several hundred bikers roared across Salina Sunday afternoon. For the 29th year in a row area bikers collected and delivered toys for Salina children. Riders on the past endured bitter cold at the event. That was not the case this year. Though it was a little chilly, the sun was shining and the temperature was holding ...

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A man has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of a woman in northeast Kansas. A news release says the Jackson County Sheriff's Office and the Potawatomi Tribal Police responded to the stabbing around 12:45 a.m. Saturday near Mayetta. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the victim was identified as 49-year-old Leann M. Sanchez, of Mayetta. Jackson County ...

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A convicted mail thief has been sentenced to federal prison after trying to cash a fraudulent check at a Kansas bank and leading police on a chase. The Kansas City Star reports that 64-year-old Ronald L. Hines has been sentenced to two years and six months in federal prison without parole. Prosecutors said in a statement that ...