11 years ago
A pilot crop dusting in Rice County walks away from a crash landing on Wednesday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a crop duster airplane was flying east, spreading chemical. The aircraft contacted the ground while spreading the chemical, causing the plane to crash land. The pilot, 54-year-old Edward Smith from LeCompton, was not hurt. The incident ...

11 years ago
Top Republicans in the Kansas Legislature had dreamed of ending its annual session in 80 days, a show of efficiency that would have trimmed 10 days off the normal but often-violated schedule. But Senate President Susan Wagle said Wednesday that it's unlikely lawmakers can meet the goal because of an impasse over tax cuts. The Wichita Republican ...

11 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A detention hearing is scheduled to resume in federal court in Topeka in the case of a Kansas doctor indicted on four charges of illegal distribution of drugs from his Manhattan clinic. The hearing for 53 year old Michael P. Schuster will continue Thursday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Gary Sebelius. The hearing ...

11 years ago
More than 1,000 advocates for the developmentally disabled are rallying at the Kansas Statehouse to urge officials to maintain the current system for providing services. Many of those gathered Wednesday wrote messages on a 65-foot canvass banner addressed to Republican Gov. Sam Brownback. They argue that folding services for the developmentally disabled into the state's KanCare ...

11 years ago
A Kansas Senate committee has approved a bill authorizing an additional $202 million in bonds for a national biodefense lab after adding limits designed to address some conservative Republicans' concerns. The Ways and Means Committee's voice vote Wednesday sends the measure to the full Senate for debate, possibly as early as Friday. Kansas has authorized $105 million ...

11 years ago
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and the Kansas Legislature's top GOP leaders are negotiating over additional cuts in income taxes and changes in the state's sales tax. Brownback confirmed Wednesday that he's been talking directly to Senate President Susan Wagle of Wichita and House Speaker Ray Merrick of Stilwell about taxes. The Legislature reconvened Wednesday after a monthlong ...

11 years ago
A Canadian man will spend eight years in prison for taking a 12-year-old Kansas girl he met on the Internet. Stewart Kenneth Cody McGill, of Bewdley, Ontario, was sentenced Wednesday on one count of traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. The 21-year-old man pleaded guilty in February under a plea deal that spared him ...

11 years ago
The KBI is asking for assistance from the media and the public in an effort to locate a missing child. Lana-Leigh Bailey, an 18 month old female toddler, 2 feet tall, 30 lbs., with light brown hair, blue eyes, was last seen on May 1st in Olathe, Kansas on her way to rural Franklin county with ...

11 years ago
Police are investigating after several antique farm implements are stolen. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, sometime between April 1st and May 7th, someone removed four antique horse-drawn farm implements from outside a property at 500 W. Euclid. The owner described the pieces as a rake, harrow, disc and a miscellaneous implement. Total loss is listed at $700. ...

11 years ago
Severe weather rumbled through Kansas Wednesday evening, dropping heavy rain, hail, and even tornadoes. Spotters reported brief rope tornadoes in parts of Ellis and Russell Counties. Twin tornadoes were spotted about 20 miles north of Hays. In Saline County, heavy rain prompted flooding in some areas. Water flowing across Highway 140 between Brookville and Bavaria, and the ...

11 years ago
A "complex investigation" is culminating Wednesday in the Manhattan area. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the Geary County Attorney's Office, Junction City Police Department, Riley County Police Department, Geary County Sheriff's Office, Grandview Plaza Police Department, and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation are all cooperating in the effort. Law enforcement officers, including tactical units, have ...