12 years ago
A U.S. Supreme Court decision that found juries should have the final say on facts triggering mandatory minimum sentences could impact "hard 50" cases now on appeal in Kansas. Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett also told The Wichita Eagle that the ruling could also change the way prosecutors deal with first-degree murder cases in the ...

12 years ago
New facilities and renovations of existing buildings are part of a new vision being pushed by officials at Washburn University over the next decade. The plans, approved Thursday by the Topeka university's board of regents, include a new building for the law school, student housing and a building to house a new welcome center. Washburn President Jerry ...

12 years ago
The Salina Parks and Recreation's Summer Baton festival has been postponed because of rain. It has been rescheduled for Sunday night July 21 at Oakdale park on the Eric Stein stage at 6:45 PM.

12 years ago
Authorities say a pilot made an emergency landing of a small plane in southern Nebraska. The Phelps County Sheriff’s Office says the Piper Turbo Arrow landed Friday afternoon on a dirt road north of the town of Holdrege. No injuries were reported. Pilot Mark Budde of Leoti, Kansas told authorities he took off from the Holdrege airport ...

12 years ago
A pack of four endangered dogs that went on display this week at Rolling Hills Zoo is already a hit with visitors. Earlier this week, four African Painted Dogs went on display. Zoo general curator Peter Burvenich tells KSAL News that the four new animals are quite rare, in fact there are less than 5,000 ...

12 years ago
The Kansas secretary of corrections says the state's prison system is at capacity and expected to add about 2,100 more inmates in the next decade. The Wichita Eagle reports that Kansas Department of Corrections Secretary Ray Roberts said Friday that get-tough-on-crime laws have had a lot to do with the rising prison population. Roberts was the ...

12 years ago
Justices of the Kansas Supreme Court have reversed lower court rulings in a lawsuit seeking to hold a southeast Kansas gun shop liable for selling a firearm later used by a convicted felon to kill his son. The justices held Friday that firearms dealers must use the highest degree of care in preventing the sale of ...

12 years ago
An elderly Osborne County farmer has died after being severely burned in a Thursday night fire involving around 300 hay bales. According to Osborne County Sheriff Curtis Miner, Lowell Lund of rural Waldo died in Wichita after being burned at the scene of the fire. He was initially transported by private vehicle to Osborne County Memorial ...

12 years ago
A woman whose 4-month-old baby lost seven fingers to a pet ferret has been sentenced to 30 days in jail. Carrie Waldo last month pleaded guilty to second-degree child endangerment. Waldo and her husband, Ryan Waldo, were accused of leaving the baby unsupervised with the ferret in 2011 in their Kansas City area home. Ryan ...

12 years ago
An Abilene man wins a $10,000 lottery prize. According to the Kansas Lottery, David Martinitz says he has been playing lottery games since the first “Up and Away” tickets went on sale back in 1987. And after what happened to him this week, Martinitz says, “I’m going to keep on playing!” The 48-year-old Abilene man was ...

12 years ago
A Nigerian man who was convicted on a federal weapons charge in Wichita has drawn an additional five-year sentence for threatening a federal agent's family. The U.S. attorney's office for Kansas said in a release Friday that 22-year-old Osayuwame Bazuaye was charged in 2012 with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition after he fired ...