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A motorcyclist in northeast Kansas has died after a pickup truck pulled in front of him. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 49-year-old Kurt Lucas was killed Thursday near Perry-Lecompton High School. They say the 49-year-old truck driver didn't yield to the Lucas while making a turn. Lucas tried to avoid the collision but hit the back of ...

12 years ago
A Flint Hills family is offering access to its 4,600-acre ranch to Wichita State University for research. The gift will help researchers in biology, geology, grassland studies, anthropology and other fields. The land is located about an hour southeast of Wichita. The estate of Earl and Terri Youngmeyer will retain ownership and the land won't be open ...

12 years ago
State Treasurer Ron Estes says the Kansas Cash booth at this year's state fair resulted in more than $750,000 in unclaimed property being returned to its rightful owners. The treasurer says the number of people stopping at the booth and searing for missing money in a computerized database this year was far greater than in recent ...

12 years ago
Republican Attorney General Derek Schmidt wants a chance to argue in court that Kansas Democrats are legally obligated to pick a new nominee for U.S. Senate. Schmidt's office Thursday asked a three-judge panel in Shawnee County District Court for permission to file friend-of-the-court arguments in a disgruntled voter's lawsuit. A hearing in the case is set ...

12 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's top budget adviser says the administration has identified $101 million in savings to help the state reduce a $238 million budget shortfall predicted for July 2016. Budget Director Shawn Sullivan said Thursday the savings are in addition to efforts by seven major state agencies to review programs to find efficiencies. Sullivan discussed the ...

12 years ago
The headquarters unit at Fort Riley will deploy as part of the upcoming transition of authority in Iraq. According to the Army, about 500 Soldiers from the 1st Inf. Div.'s Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion will deploy to the Central Command area of responsibility in late October. Of those 500, about 200 will deploy to Baghdad ...

12 years ago
Police arrest a driver who led officers on a high speed chase. The pursuit began on Wednesday evening at about 9:15pm after an officer on patrol witnessed two cars drag racing at the light on S. Ohio and Magnolia. Police say 21-year-old Gustavo Hernandez-Flores would not pull his 2003 Acura over for a patrol unit following him ...

12 years ago
Police are investigating after a woman's credit cards are used to rack up more $5,000 in purchases. Police say a 66-year-old Salina woman contacted them this week after realizing that someone used her Sears, Master Card and Bank of America Visa card to make purchases at Target, Walgreens and Wal-Mart between September 17th and September 24th. The ...

12 years ago
Police are looking for a known suspect who kidnapped a woman and stole an SUV at gunpoint. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, a man and woman were playing pool inside a home at 562 Upper Mill Heights on Wednesday when a group of four people came in. Police say the male suspect pointed a handgun at them ...

12 years ago
Grasshoppers are once again infesting parts of Kansas, causing at least one small farmer in south-central Kansas to go out of business. Experts say the years of drought left perfect conditions for grasshoppers although there numbers are not expected to be larger than normal in Kansas. The U.S. Department of Agriculture shows significant grasshopper infestations from Kansas, ...

12 years ago
Two Union Pacific freight trains collided in central Kansas but no injuries or major hazardous waste spills were reported. The collision occurred early Thursday in McPherson County between Galva and Canton. Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis says an eastbound train hit the back of a westbound train that was moving onto a side track to ...