12 years ago
Members of a fraternity at the University of Kansas are moving back into their chapter house after a minor fire. 6NewsLawrence reports Lawrence-Douglas County firefighters were called to the Sigma Chi house around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday on a report of smoke coming from the third floor. The fire was under control at 12:30 p.m. and was contained ...

12 years ago
One voter. That's the total number of Kansans who registered using the federal voter form without proof of citizenship and actually cast a ballot in the Aug. 5 primaries under a dual election system. Secretary of State Kris Kobach said Tuesday that of the 180 Kansans who used the federal registration form without providing documentation, only one ...

12 years ago
Authorities in southeast Kansas say they've broken up a large marijuana-growing operation. Greenwood County sheriff's deputies on Tuesday seized more than 1,700 marijuana plants from a field in the south-central part of the county. Two people were arrested, and the investigation is still going on. Personnel from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the Highway Patrol and the ...

12 years ago
A report by a Kansas school board association finds the increase in children receiving free or reduced-price meals is tied to poverty rates and isn't a ploy to boost school funding. Over the past 15 years, the number of students eligible for the meals had swelled from 33 to 50 percent. The number of students who qualify ...

12 years ago
An Olathe man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the November 2013 death of a Kansas State University student. Riley County police say 21-year-old Gregory Haug Jr. was arrested Saturday and is charged in the death of 18-year-old freshman Jordan Forbit. Forbit, of Elkhart, was found dead on Nov. 20 inside a vehicle parked ...

12 years ago
A Topeka man who stole a work truck in Salina is caught by the Kansas Highway Patrol. Police say two Landscape Consultants employees were on a lunch break at the McDonald's on Ohio and Crawford on Monday afternoon - when they noticed a company truck stopped at the intersection was operated by a driver they did ...

12 years ago
A Salina man who was shot twice in the stomach is arrested after his release from a Wichita hospital. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that 20-year-old Melchizedek Fitzgerald has been charged with aggravated battery for allegedly throwing a board and hitting a man in the forehead during an argument in the parking lot of ...

12 years ago
The satellite motor vehicle registration office in Salina relocating. According to the Saline County Treasurer's Office, the satellite tag office located at 2000 S. 9th, Suite E, will be moving to the Galaxy Center at 2310 Planet Avenue. The move will happen the week of September 15th -22nd. Officials say that the new location will offer greater ...

12 years ago
Police have arrested four men who they say robbed a home and shot at the homeowner who pursued them in a car chase. Lt. Todd Ojile says two robbers held the 30-year-old man at gunpoint in Wichita while they ransacked his bedroom. They took items including a coin collection and fled in an SUV with two ...

12 years ago
Wichita police say a woman involved in a car crash that injured three people stole the van of a Good Samaritan who stopped to help. Sgt. Bob Gulliver says a truck hit a car and caused it to roll over. Two people were pinned in the wreckage. He says the truck driver stole the van and ...

12 years ago
A 47-year-old Wichita man who was pulled from a Kansas lake after going under while swimming has died. Tinajera Campos was swimming with friends at Santa Fe Lake near Augusta Sunday night when he started to gag. Campos was being taken to the shore of the lake's swimming area when authorities arrived and began lifesaving efforts. He ...