12 years ago
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt has been appointed to a national committee focused on combating human trafficking. Schmidt's office says he's the first Kansan to serve on the Human Trafficking Committee of the National Association of Attorneys General. The appointment comes in the same year that Kansas legislators voted to strengthen the state's anti-trafficking law. Schmidt has established ...

12 years ago
A 42-year-old University of Kansas building that formerly housed a small, experimental nuclear reactor has been reduced to rubble. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Burt Hall was demolished to help clear space on campus for expansion of the School of Engineering complex. The nuclear reactor was removed from Burt Hall in the early 1990s. But the demolition ...

12 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan.  - Bit by bit, panel by panel, the new copper skin of the roof and dome of the Kansas Statehouse is beginning to emerge from behind a beehive of construction equipment. The task of replacing the worn copper on the building is one of the final major pieces of a $332 million renovation project ...

12 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. - Crews have recovered the body of a 14-year-old boy reported missing Friday while swimming in a rain-swollen Wichita waterway. Police say the boy's body was found Sunday morning a few feet from where he disappeared in the turbulent floodwaters Friday. Police spokesman Lt. Brian White says members of the Wichita Fire Department found the ...

12 years ago
With the death last week of an 11-year-old Minnesota boy, there are now at least 14 children with autism known to have died in the U.S. this year after slipping away from their caregivers. The tragic phenomenon goes by various names - wandering, elopement, bolting - and about half of autistic children are prone to it. Advocacy ...

12 years ago
Heavy rain in Kansas has replenished wetlands that had gone dry along one of the continent's most important bird migration routes. That bodes well for the migrating birds that make Kansas one of their principal stopovers along the central flyway. It also has brightened prospects for the state's upcoming waterfowl hunting season. At the Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife ...

12 years ago
Authorities in Junction City have arrested a man suspected of stabbing four people. Four people were stabbed early Saturday in Junction City, and two of the victims appeared to have serious wounds. The other two victims suffered minor injuries. Police took a man into custody and were holding him Saturday on charges of aggravated battery. --- Information from: The ...

12 years ago
Wichita police have resumed the search for a 14-year-old boy apparently swept away by floodwaters Friday. Police told The Wichita Eagle  Saturday that search crews had found no sign of the boy, who was not identified. The boy went under the water about noon Friday while swimming with at least two other boys in a west Wichita ...

12 years ago
[caption id="attachment_2255" align="alignnone" width="300"] Julian hugs a stuffed animal won at the Tri-Rivers Fair.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2256" align="alignnone" width="300"] The Pen 15 car smokes from the hood after being hit by another demolition car.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2257" align="alignnone" width="300"] Angel holds on to his father while captivated by the flashing lights of a game booth.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2258" align="alignnone" width="300"] Braden ...

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A teen from Abilene is killed in a one-vehicle crash in Ottawa County late Friday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 32-year-old Earl Anderson from Mantua, Nebraska, was driving a pickup truck south on US 81 Highway. He swerved to miss an animal in the road, and lost control. The truck entered the west ditch and ...

12 years ago
A northwest Kansas resident has come forward to claim a $1 million cash prize in Wednesday's Powerball drawing. The Kansas Lottery said Friday the person lives in Hays but has chosen to remain anonymous, as allowed by state law. The winning ticket matched the first five numbers but not the Powerball in Wednesday's drawing, which had a ...