12 years ago
A man involved in a disturbance at a state parole office in downtown Wichita is in custody after spending two hours perched outside a second-floor window. The Wichita Eagle  reports that a standoff with authorities ended Friday with the man falling to the sidewalk. Wichita police Lt. E.J. Bastian says a canopy broke the man's fall. ...

12 years ago
A magnitude-4.5 earthquake recoded in central Oklahoma by the U.S. Geological Survey has been followed by two smaller earthquakes. No injuries or damage are reported. The USGS says the magnitude-4.5 quake was recorded at 12:10 p.m. Saturday near Arcadia, about 14 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. The agency reports that temblor was followed by a 2.8-magnitude earthquake ...

12 years ago
A Lawrence program that helps the homeless is training its volunteers to detect whether any of the people it's assisting endured trauma as a child. The Lawrence Journal-World reports  it's an initiative of Lawrence Family Promise, which uses churches and their volunteers to house homeless families. Nearly 1,000 volunteers took part recently in what is called trauma-informed ...

12 years ago
Great Bend is making plans to demolish one World War II-era hangar and to put another on the historic registry. The Hutchinson News  reports that the airfield in Great Bend was among 18 that were part of the war effort in Kansas. It was used to train flight personnel for B-29 bombers. The training mission required ...

12 years ago
An attempt to thaw a frozen pipe turned into a big problem for a southwest Kansas resident. The Dodge City Daily Globe reports  an above-ground water pipe beneath a mobile home froze and broke Thursday afternoon. The resident tried to unfreeze the pipe with a propane burner, but set a fire instead. No one was injured, but ...

12 years ago
Two days of hearings in Kansas by a national health care oversight panel raised questions about the implementation of the state's KanCare system and the impact on Medicaid services. The hearings were conducted Wednesday and Thursday by the National Council on Disability, which advises the president and Congress on health care issues. Members of the panel on ...

12 years ago
An attorney for former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline is asking the Kansas Supreme Court to consider modifying a ruling that indefinitely suspended Kline's law license. The motion for a rehearing was filed this week by Tom Condit, who argued that investigators in Kline's case were biased and facts about the former attorney general's investigations into ...

12 years ago
The women who coached the U.S. women's soccer team to two Olympic gold medals will be a distinguished professor at Bethany College in Lindsborg. The college announced Thursday that Pia Sundhage will start in January as this year's Distinguished Pearson Professor of Swedish Studies. Sundhage will teach a one-credit-hour class, work with Bethany's soccer team and other ...

12 years ago
A fixture on the Topeka skyline for more than three years is coming down as renovation of the Kansas Statehouse nears completion. The towering blue crane was used to carry building materials to the capitol roof and dome, including massive steel beams used to support scaffolding. Statehouse architect Barry Greis said Thursday the crane has picked up ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Department of Agriculture is helping investigate three separate thefts of cattle in Stafford County. The department's division of animal health says three groups of cattle were stolen between Dec. 3 and Dec. 4. The first group included 11 heifers, all solid black with black and white faces. The cattle had tags in one ear stamped ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a residential burglary. Officers were called to the 400 block of West South on Thursday afternoon at about 3:30pm after a homeowner returned to his house to discover a game controller and TV missing. Police say there was no sign of forced entry but someone apparently removed an internet router plus an Xbox ...