12 years ago
Officials say 25 people were injured and dozens of homes and businesses were destroyed by a tornado in the southeastern Kansas town of Baxter Springs. Southeast Kansas Incident Management Team spokeswoman Kari West said late Sunday night that one person died, but it was not clear whether the death was related to the storm. West said nine ...

12 years ago
Authorities in Topeka are blaming a lightning strike for a fire that forced several people out of an apartment complex. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports a man working at a nearby automotive shop heard a loud boom around 11 a.m. Sunday, then saw flames erupt on the roof of an apartment building. Fire Department shift commander Mike Thompson ...

12 years ago
First responders in Kansas' Butler County observed the 23rd anniversary of the deadly Andover tornado by brushing up on their rescue skills. The wedge tornado that roared over south-central Kansas on April 26, 1991, killed 13 people at an Andover mobile home park. Andy Hall of the Butler County Rescue Squad was part of the team that ...

12 years ago
A Wichita fourth-grade class has defied expectations and met a challenge requiring every class member to complete homework assignments for 100 consecutive days. Brianna Falvey's class at Colvin Elementary School set the goal in September. Two students did not have their homework done in October and the class had to start over. The Wichita Eagle reports the ...

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Kansas legislators reconvene Wednesday, ending their annual spring break to wrap up business for the year. They still face fiscal and criminal justice issues. The Republican-dominated Legislature has approved and GOP Gov. Sam Brownback already has signed the year's biggest measure. It's a school funding plan designed to comply with a Kansas Supreme Court mandate to boost ...

12 years ago
Kansas State has unveiled plans for a $65 million renovation of the north side of the football stadium that will break ground after the upcoming season and be ready for 2015. The project, funded through private donations, was revealed before Saturday's spring game. It comes less than a year after Kansas State finished a $90 million ...

12 years ago
From KSN : A 6-year-old boy has been the victim of a hit-and-run incident that took place around 1:45 p.m. Saturday, near the 6200 block of E. Eilerts. The boy arrived to Wesley Medical Center in critical condition but has since been upgraded to stable condition. Police say they are searching for a 2000s model Pontiac Grand ...

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A Kansas City, Kan., man pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a rap artist known as Creepyface. Wyandotte County prosecutors say 30 year-old Daniel Barlett is the brother-in-law of the victim, 37-year-old Chad Ford, who was shot in a gunbattle between vehicles in September 2012. The Kansas City Star reports a jury convicted ...

12 years ago
A Kansas man will be allowed to wear a turtleneck to cover mirror-image letters spelling out the word "murder" on his neck during his first-degree murder trial. Lisa Taylor of the Kansas Office of Judicial Administration says attorneys agreed last week to allow Jeffrey Wade Chapman, formerly of Pawnee Rock, during his trial in the November ...

12 years ago
Though not totally out of the question, the chances for severe weather in Central Kansas have diminished. According to the National Weather Service, there is a slight chance for an isolated severe thunderstorm this evening across central and especially south-central Kansas. If a storm can manage to develop, the primary threats will be very large hail, ...

12 years ago
Some south-central Kansas parents cited the Columbine and Sandy Hook massacres as reasons why senior citizens should not be allowed to use a new walking track at an elementary school while classes are in session. The Wichita Eagle reports a few hundred people showed up Thursday in Mulvane Grade School's new $13 million gym for ...