11 years ago
A Kansas park ranger says two fishermen saved a man who accidentally drove into the Cheney Reservoir in south-central Kansas. Cheney State Park ranger Mike Satterlee tells KWCH-TV the accident occurred Saturday night. He says the driver "got turned around" and drove down a boat ramp into the water. Three passengers escaped but the driver couldn't get ...

11 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback says that his friend and former aide is not his obvious choice to fill a vacancy on the Kansas Supreme Court. Kansas Court of Appeals Judge Caleb Stegall was Brownback's chief counsel until the governor appointed him to the state's second-highest court in January of this year. Stegall is now among three finalists for ...

11 years ago
The Lawrence school district is using national sexuality education standards in all of its schools this year. District employee Sarah Oatsvall says the national standards are more comprehensive than state standards approved by the State Board of Education in 2006. The goal of the standards is to improve the students' self-image, promote good behaviors and help ...

11 years ago
Federal investigators say 57 wild horses that died after being transferred to a corral in Kansas likely succumbed to stress, age and changes caused by the move. A preliminary report says federal investigators found no signs of infectious or contagious disease in the horses. The report says the shift from pasture to corral environment, and the ...

11 years ago
The 36-year-old wife of the gunman who killed one man and wounded a woman in a shooting in Topeka has been sentenced to 14 years and one month in prison. Jamie Engstrom was sentenced Friday for conspiracy to commit second-degree murder and other charges in the February 2013 death of 34-year-old Ricky Mitchell of Topeka and ...

11 years ago
The humble remnants of a canal that was part of a 19th-century plan to irrigate southwest Kansas farms are among the state's latest nominees for the National Register of Historic Places. The Hutchinson News reports the Kansas Historic Sites Board of Review voted recently to forward nine nominations to the Keeper of the National Register in ...

11 years ago
A new television ad for Kansas governor Sam Brownback is giving his Democratic opponent a bit of unintended free advertising. The Wichita Eagle reported Friday that the ad features the governor touting his record and takes credit for 55,000 private sector jobs and a 4.9 percent unemployment rate. He assures the audience that "the sun is ...

11 years ago
A 19-year-old Lawrence man will go to prison for raping a 13-year-old girl with whom he said he had consensual sex. Mackenzie Lottinville was accused of having sex with the girl last October after sneaking her into the trailer where he lived with his parents. The Lawrence Journal-World reports he pleaded guilty in June to one ...

11 years ago
A 2-year-old boy is recovering after shooting himself in the hand at his grandparents' home in south-central Kansas. KAKE-TV reports the toddler was released from a Newton hospital after being treated for a wound to his finger Friday morning. Police said a handgun had been left on a table at the grandparents' home in Newton. The toddler ...

11 years ago
Greg Orman is now officially on the November ballot as an independent candidate in the U.S. Senate race. The Kansas Secretary of State's office said Friday it has certified enough signatures on Orman's campaign petition to qualify him for the general election. Orman is trying to unseat Republican incumbent Pat Roberts, who is seeking a fourth, six-year ...

11 years ago
A small vacant north Salina building was destroyed by a fire overnight. The Salina Fire Department tells KSAL News that crews responded to the report of a structure fire at around 11:30 Friday night. A small building at the corner of East Pacific and North Second Street was fully engulfed in flames when the first firefights ...