11 years ago
Wichita authorities have rescued a 1,100-pound horse that partially fell through abandoned railroad tracks. Wichita police, animal control and firefighters worked together to pull the horse from the hole on Sunday. It took responders more than two hours to free the animal. Authorities constructed a pulley system and about six firefighters hoisted the horse out of the ...

11 years ago
An eternal flame soon will be relighted at a veterans' memorial on the northwest corner of the Osage County Courthouse. The flame is part of a monument that was dedicated in 1969. But the gas flame was snuffed out in the mid-1970s because of rising gas prices. American Legion Post 125 commander Jayson Massey says he ...

11 years ago
Authorities say a man has been wounded in a hunting accident in central Kansas. The Clay County sheriff’s office said in a news release Sunday that a 12-year-old shot 56-year-old Jerome Valdez of Holton in the back. The accident happened just before 11 a.m. while the pair was flushing a covey of quail. Valdez was taken to ...

11 years ago
While the Kansas campaign for U.S. Senate might be getting national attention, another Kansas congressional race might also be coming down to the wire. Democrat Jim Sherow is trying to unseat incumbent Republican Kansas Congressman Tim Huelskamp in what might potentially be a closer race than many expected for Kansas's 1st Congressional District. Though there is ...

11 years ago
A campaign flyer has another university official in Kansas explaining that he is not endorsing a candidate. Fort Hays State University President Emeritus Edward Hammond is issuing a statement after his photo and a quote from him appeared on a campaign flyer/mailer that was sent by the Kansas Republican Party endorsing Governor Brownback. The campaign ...

11 years ago
Tea party groups and other Republican rebels that thrive on bedeviling the party establishment are minding their political manners in the run-up to Election Day, while Democrats are struggling. That combination doesn't guarantee a Republican takeover of the Senate or big GOP gains in the House in elections midway through President Barack Obama's second term. But ...

11 years ago
With the beginning ofthe biggest hunting season in Kansas less than a week away, game wardens and state troopers are ready. The regular pheasant and quail seasons open November 8, the greater prairie chicken regular season starts November 15 and duck and goose seasons will also be underway. The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism ...

11 years ago
A rule that prevents utilities from disconnecting Kansas customers during extreme cold is in effect. The cold weather rule is enforced by the Kansas Corporation Commission and runs from this weekend through March 31. The rule bars utilities from disconnecting electric or natural gas service for non payment when temperatures of 35 or lower are forecast ...

11 years ago
A University of Kansas fraternity has agreed to remain suspended while a sexual assault investigation continues. The university sent a letter Friday to the president of the school's Kappa Sigma chapter. In it, university student conduct and community standards coordinator Joshua Jones wrote that it could be after the beginning of December before the investigation is ...

11 years ago
Kansas Democrat Gubernatorial candidate Paul Davis made a stop in Salina Saturday, as he criss crosses the state in the final days leading up to Tuesday's election. Davis, involved in a tight race with incumbent Republican Governor Sam Brownback, stood on a chair as he spoke to an enthusiatic group of supporters. Davis touched on a number ...

11 years ago
A train has injured two people on a bridge in northeast Kansas. Douglas County dispatchers say emergency personnel responded Saturday afternoon to the accident west of downtown Eudora. The Lawrence Journal-World (http://bit.ly/1zoJn4o ) reports that all train traffic was stopped while emergency vehicles parked on the tracks to attend to the victims. Two helicopters ...