11 years ago
A northeast Kansas man accused of causing the death of a Manhattan bicyclist will not be eligible for diversion. Assistant Riley County Attorney James Garrison said during a hearing Monday that 33-year-old Derik Kesler of Rossville will not be eligible for diversion because of his past criminal history. Garrison did not detail Kesler's past crimes. ...

11 years ago
One person was hurt in a series of crashes near Abilene Monday night that was caused by a spilled load of I-beams. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a semi hauling I-beams was headed west on Interstate 70 in Dickinson County. The truck traveled off the road, and the trailer lost control. The trailer jackknifed and detached ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court is considering whether a lower-court panel should still review a lawsuit over state funding for public schools. The Supreme Court directed school districts that sued the state in 2010 to declare in writing Tuesday whether they want a three-judge panel in Shawnee County District Court to have more hearings in the case. The ...

11 years ago
A Wichita high school principal says he was brought to tears after a senior prank didn't pan out the way he expected. A student recently asked North High principal Sherman Padgett to hold a bucket, while monitoring students passing in the hallway. He declined, joking that he feared she would dump fish eyes into it. He reluctantly ...

11 years ago
Firefighters have rescued a dog that fell into a partially ice-covered lake in Kansas City, Kansas. Police saw the canine at Big Eleven Lake and called for the city's Fire Department's water rescue team. Two firefighters jumped into the frigid waters and used a lasso to capture the dog and pull it back to shore. The firefighters ...

11 years ago
The largest supplier of electricity in Kansas is asking state regulators to increase its rates by $152 million annually to cover upgrades at power plants and other costs. Westar Energy Inc. of Topeka said that the request it filed Monday with the Kansas Corporation Commission would increase its rates 8 percent. It said most residential customers ...

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Police Monday were back at a North Salina convenience store that has been a recent source of controversy. According to the department, officers Monday afternoon executed a search warrant related to an alleged sexual battery complaint at the Pump Mart at 1118 N. Ninth Street. Back in August two arrests were made at the store after a ...

11 years ago
Koch Industries Inc. will donate $2.6 million to Kansas State University. The university announced in a news release Monday that the funds will support diversity initiatives, research and creative inquiry. Koch has sponsored Project IMPACT at the university for eight years, and the latest gift renews that support and directs new money to other projects. Project IMPACT ...

11 years ago
Weather officials in Kansas are worried that the state's lack of tornados last year will make citizens complacent going into tornado season this spring. The Wichita Eagle reports that officials are urging residents to not have a false sense of security since the state saw only 40 tornados last year. Kansas has averaged 100 tornados a ...

11 years ago
A 15-year-old central Kansas boy ordered to stand trial as an adult in the fire-related deaths of his mother and sister has pleaded not guilty to murder charges. KWCH-TV of Hutchinson reports that Buhler High School student Sam Vonachen was arraigned Monday in Reno County on two counts of premeditated first-degree murder. Vonachen also is charged with ...

11 years ago
The University of Kansas has spent $3.5 million of taxpayer money flying coaches and university administrators on 641 trips on private jets. The university's planes were bought by donors but taxpayers pay the costs of their operation. About two-thirds of those expenses were for flights by Kansas coaches and athletic administrators, and basketball coach Bill Self ...