WICHITA, KAN. – A Kansas woman pleaded guilty Friday to robbing three local businesses, according to U.S. Attorney Tom Beall. Christina A. Messerschmidt, 26, Wichita, Kan., appeared in federal court in Wichita to enter her plea. She admitted to the following robberies: June 14, 2017: Kwik Shop at 2809 E. Douglas in Wichita. She threatened […]

By CELIA LLOPIS-JEPSEN Millions of victims of a data hack that targeted a Kansas state agency in possession of Social Security numbers were not informed of the breach directly, according to information obtained through an open records request. The Kansas Department of Commerce says it only had valid email addresses for about 2.5 million of the […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A spokeswoman says former Republican presidential candidate and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole is hospitalized for low blood pressure. Dole spokeswoman Marion Watkins said in an email Friday that the 94-year-old former Kansas senator has been hospitalized since Sept. 13 at the Walter Reed Military Medical Center outside Washington, D.C. […]

RILEY COUNTY — A teen reported missing this week has been found safe, according to Riley County Police. Cal0b Haymond, 15, Ogden reportedly went missing from Salina on September 17 at approximately 4:30 p.m. According to police, his family took him to Salina on Friday, September 15, and dropped off at a friend’s house to […]

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped two first-degree murder charges against a Kansas man accused in a 2015 drive-by shooting. The Kansas City Star reports that the charges against 25-year-old Christopher Lewis were dismissed Thursday. He was tried last year, but jurors deadlocked over whether to convict him of killing 23-year-old Deron Rucker and […]

SEDGWICK COUNTY — Young Kansas immigrants continue to express their distress following President Donald Trump’s decision to rescind DACA, the immigration program protecting those who were brought to the United States illegally as children. A group gathered at the Wichita Area Builders Association, 730 North Main, Thursday evening prior to Kansas congressman Ron Estes appearance. […]

Hutchinson Police reported late Thursday they did locate the vehicle believed involved in the hit-and-run accident. They have not located the driver. ——- RENO COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a hit and run accident. Just after 1a.m. Thursday, the Reno County Sheriff’s Department reported they learned that a man was unconscious on the […]

DOUGLAS COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a shooting and questioning suspects following a multi-county chase. Just after 9p.m. Wednesday, police responded to multiple reports of shots being fired near 101 North Michigan Street in Lawrence, according to a media release. Callers reported vehicles and people were fleeing the scene. Officers found a 32-year-old […]

EUDORA, Kan. (AP) — A judge has ordered a Eudora home daycare worker to stand trial for murder in the death of a 9-month-old baby. After a preliminary hearing Thursday, Douglas County District Court Judge Sally Pokorny ruled 43-year-old Carrody Buchhorn should be tried in death of Oliver Ortiz. The child died in September 2016 […]

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for setting fire to a house last year while seven people were inside. District Attorney Marc Bennett says Christopher Clark, 38, Wichita, was sentenced Wednesday after being convicted last month of aggravated arson and arson. He says a security video showed […]

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A man accused of shooting a Kansas Department of Revenue agent has been charged with attempted first-degree murder. Ricky Wirths made his first appearance in court Thursday. He’s charged in Tuesday’s shooting of tax agent Cortney Holloway at a Wichita office. Revenue officials say Wirths owes almost $400,000 in taxes and […]