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DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) - The recent discovery of a dead mountain lion in western Kansas makes five confirmed mountain lion sightings in the state since August. The state Department of Wildlife Parks and Tourism says before 2007, Kansas went more than a century without ...

10 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - The Douglas County Sheriff's Office wants the county to commit to reducing the number of jail inmates who are seriously mentally ill. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the sheriff's office will the county commissioners to commit to the reduction during a ...

10 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A man has been charged in the death of a 17-year-old Wichita boy who was shot in the head at a birthday party. Forty-one-year-old Grover James is charged with first-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. Authorities say Leon McClennon died ...

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LYONS, Kan. (AP) - Authorities say one person has died in a central Kansas house fire. Lyons Fire Chief Brad Reid says crews responded to the fire around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday. KWCH-TV reports that the parents made it out of the home safely. But Reid ...

10 years ago
WELLINGTON, Kan. (AP) - A south-central Kansas woman has been convicted of fatally beating and stabbing her 10-year-old son to death in his bedroom. Lindsey Nicole Blansett of Wellington was found guilty Tuesday in Sumner County of first-degree murder in the December 2014 death of ...

10 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A woman is charged with two counts of second-degree murder and one count of first-degree arson in a fire that killed two Kansas City firefighters. Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced the charges Tuesday against Thu Hong Nguyen, an employee of a nail salon and spa that was one of ...

10 years ago
The Salina Bicentennial Center held its open house this evening as a celebration for the completion of renovations. The $13 million renovations added some aesthetic upgrades to the facility, as well as functional necessities such as bringing the locker rooms and other parts of the facility up to ADA regulation. Salina mayor Jon Blanchard, Bicentennial Center general ...

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Saline County Commissioners, among other things Tuesday, were briefed on a sexual transmitted disease outbreak. Jason Tiller, Health Department Coordinator briefed County Commissioners on an outbreak of syphilis in Saline County. There have been ten, lab-confirmed cases in Saline County in the past 75 days. Syphilis is a bacterial disease spread through sexual contact—oral, anal and ...

10 years ago
WELLINGTON, Kan. (AP) — A south-central Kansas woman has been convicted of fatally beating and stabbing her 10-year-old son to death in his bedroom. Lindsey Nicole Blansett of Wellington was found guilty Tuesday in Sumner County of first-degree murder in the December 2014 death of her son, Caleb Blansett. Wellington police say the boy had gone to ...

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Combining traditional elements of October like pumpkin carving and trick-or-treating with properties of engineering and technology, Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus is introducing a new kind of fall festival to the Salina community. For the first time, Kansas State Polytechnic will hold "Tech-fall-ogy Fest" from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29 on the campus grounds ...

10 years ago
DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) - A federal lawsuit that's part of a push by advocacy groups claims Dodge City imprisons people who can't afford to pay bond fees. The Hutchinson News reports the lawsuit was filed in federal court in Kansas City, Kansas, by Washington-based ...