11 years ago
The foster father of an 18-year-old man killed by Kansas officers says his son was approaching authorities when he was fatally shot. William Bruton says that Joseph Jennings was shot in his chest and legs Saturday night. Witness Houston Harris says officers had their weapons drawn and told Jennings to "get down." Ottawa police say officers and deputies ...

11 years ago
The U.S. Geological Survey says a 3.0 magnitude earthquake shook parts of southern Kansas. The quake was recorded Sunday evening about eight miles northwest of Harper. It had a depth of 8.7 kilometers. There were no reports of damage or injuries.

11 years ago
The Democratic nominee in Kansas' 1st Congressional District has crossed party lines to endorse independent candidate Greg Orman for U.S. Senate. Former Manhattan Mayor Jim Sherow is challenging Republican Congressmen Tim Huelskamp in the sprawling U.S. House district of western and central Kansas congressional district. Sherow told The Associated Press on Thursday he believes Orman has the ...

11 years ago
A southeast Kansas town has lost its latest bid to retry a class-action lawsuit claiming BP of North America should do more to clean up industrial pollution from a refinery that closed in 1970. The Kansas Court of Appeals on Friday rejected the request from residents and officials of Neodesha (nee-OH'-duh-shay), who sued in 2004 for ...

11 years ago
Authorities say an 18-year-old man was fatally shot in northeast Kansas during an altercation with police and deputies. Ottawa police said officers and deputies with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office responded Saturday night to the Orscheln's Farm and Home parking lot in response to "a person reportedly armed with a gun." The Kansas City Star reports that ...

11 years ago
State officials are considering easing regulatory protection of a nonvenomous snake. The Hutchinson News reports that the redbelly snake is a short, reclusive snake found in northeast Kansas. Some Johnson County officials have complained that its designation as a threatened species has held up developments. When a species is listed as threatened, developers must obtain permits and ...

11 years ago
Saline County Rural Route # 2 east of Salina has a broken water line. There could be low pressure, water loss and dirty water. Crews are on the way

11 years ago
Residents in the suburban St. Louis neighborhoods near where an officer killed an 18-year-old teenager say their lives have been upended in the last two weeks. Angelia Dickens says she has been afraid to leave her Ferguson apartment at night as protesters clash with police. The 55-year-old has stopped going to her job at a call ...

11 years ago
A judge is expected to decide soon whether to dismiss probation for the highest-ranking U.S. church official convicted of a crime related to the child sexual abuse scandal. The Kansas City Star reports that Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker filed a probation status report for Bishop Robert Finn on Friday. Finn leads the Diocese of ...

11 years ago
An 86-year-old man has died in a mowing accident in Hutchinson. The Hutchinson News reports that Harold E. Swanson of Hutchinson died Friday. Patrol Capt. Darrian Campbell said Swanson had been using a mower pulled behind a tractor to cut grass when he took a "not normal" path that ended in the middle of the yard. Campbell ...

11 years ago
A report of an alleged sexual assault prompts a safety warning to students at Fort Hays State University. Specific details of the alleged assault were not disclosed, nor was a location. Both university and city police have stepped-up patrols around both Hays and the FHSU campus. A message to students and parents was sent via the ...