12 years ago
A bucking horse has died after running into a fence during a Kansas rodeo event and breaking her neck. The 6-year-old mare, Jitterbug, had her head down while bucking at the Phillipsburg Rodeo on Friday and went straight into a fence. A veterinarian at the arena says the horse died instantly and did not suffer. Veterinarian John ...

12 years ago
Kansas' two U.S. senators are seeking to rename a Veterans Affairs clinic in Junction City after a decorated World War II veteran who continued serving the military community around Fort Riley long after he retired. Sens. Jerry Moran and Pat Roberts filed the measure Friday to honor Lt. Gen. Richard Seitz by renaming the health facility ...

12 years ago
A Topeka man is on the run after escaping from a minimum security unit at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility where he was being held on burglary and shoplifting convictions. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Mark Edward Lucas fled from the facility between 1 and 2 p.m. Saturday. The 44-year-old is described as 6 feet tall, 180 pounds ...

12 years ago
A 16-year-old Pratt High School football player has died after his car crossed the center line and struck a semitrailer in south-central Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 16-year-old Drake Evert was killed in the crash at 6:38 a.m. on K-61 near Preston. The Wichita Eagle reports the truck driver, Robert Myerski of Pennsylvania, was taken ...

12 years ago
Waters True Value of Salina has donated a helping hand and key essentials to the residents of Lindsborg. Major flooding affected approximately 125 homes and left an estimated $3.8 million in damage earlier this week. Waters True Value employees set out on Wednesday morning to deliver over $1,000 of merchandise to the Lindsborg Convention ...

12 years ago
About half of parents enrolling their students for USD 305 schools for the upcoming school year used the new on-line process. According to USD 305, about 77 percent of the total student body is currently enrolled. Of those that are now enrolled, about 39 percent of them participated in walk-in enrollment at their respective schools on Wednesday ...

12 years ago
A Sedgwick County judge imposed a Hard 50 prison sentence on a man convicted of killing a Wichita woman while he was on parole for another murder in Lawrence. Tyrone Walker was sentenced Thursday for strangling 44-year-old Janis Sanders in June 2011. He had been paroled in February of that year after serving a 12-year sentence ...

12 years ago
Yesterday, three teens got into an altercation at the Making The Connection group home in Salina. The victims, boys, a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old were in an argument with a 15-year-old boy. The argument soon escalated when the youngest of the three drew a knife and cut the two older boys. The cuts were superficial and needed no ...

12 years ago
About 75 residents affected by Monday's flash flood in Lindsborg, gathered at the town's middle school Thursday night to get an update from city officials. City Administrator Greg DuMars told the group that having FEMA declare the event a disaster are slim. "The bench marks for initial declarations deal with public infrastructure, either losses, damages or expenses ...

12 years ago
On July 24, Christopher Hallock started to notice that items of his were disappearing. Hallock, 38, reported to police yesterday the theft of a wide assortment of his property ranging from gold earrings to Applebee's gift cards. There were never any signs of forced entry into his home on the 2000 block of Linden Lane and it ...

12 years ago
Kansas concealed carry permit holders will now be allowed to carry their weapons in Wyoming. Attorney General Derek Schmidt says Friday that Wyoming has become the 32nd state to honor permits issued in Kansas. The decision is a result of legislation passed by Kansas lawmakers this year. The law recognizes all valid out-of-state permits when ...