SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a man has died after being electrocuted while working in the garage of a suburban Kansas City home. Police say the man’s death Wednesday morning at a homein the 6500 block of Hallet Street in Shawnee, Kansas,  is under investigation but appears to be an accident. The name of […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Some Republican lawmakers are calling for the resignation of University of Missouri-Kansas City Chancellor C. Mauli Agrawal over what they say was his inadequate response to the disruption of a conservative speaker’s appearance last week. Lawmakers also threatened to reduce the university’s budget to “make a statement” about what they […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that Gov. Laura Kelly cannot file a brief in support of a law that would add about $90 million annually to public school funding. The governor on Monday asked the court for permission to file the brief in support of a bill she signed April […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The families of victims of a mass shooting at a central Kansas business in 2016 have won a $2 million legal settlement from a pawn shop that sold the firearms to the shooter’s girlfriend. The settlement of three lawsuits in Harvey County District Court was announced Wednesday by Brady, a national […]

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a man suspected of driving away after crashing into the rear of a stalled car as people tried to push it off a Lawrence road. Andrew Walden, 25, Iola, faces one count of leaving the scene of the May 2017 crash that sent four people to a hospital, […]

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Law enforcement and school district officials continue to investigate vandalism to a music room at Pretty Prairie High School and have identified four students involved. It is still up in the air whether at least one student can even be prosecuted. Reno County District Attorney Keith Schroeder says he has only received […]

LENEXA — After a request for assistance, the Lenexa Police Department reported they have identified a man suspected of taking photos or videos of women in a department store changing room. Can you help us ID this man? He is suspected of taking pics/vids of women in a department store changing room in Lenexa. He […]

GLENWOOD, Iowa (AP) — The federal agency that manages dams along the Missouri River received stern criticism from several U.S. senators Wednesday during a hearing held in Iowa to examine the massive spring flooding this year that caused more than $3 billion in damage in the Midwest. Watch the hearing here. The flooding and actions […]

By DAN MARGOLIES Kansas News Service Kansas has dropped its effort to terminate Planned Parenthood’s participation in Medicaid, ending a three-year-long court battle that the state lost at every turn. The change in policy wasn’t announced publicly but rather came in the form of a joint stipulation to dismiss Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit challenging the state’s […]

DOUGLAS COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a stabbing and asking the public for help to locate a suspect. Just after 6a.m. Wednesday, police responded to the 900 block of Essex Court in Lawrence for reports of a stabbing, according to a media release. Responding officers made contact with the 28-year-old woman who had […]

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A Hutchinson farm implement dealer has been sold along with the company’s four other locations. KanEquip announced Wednesday that it has acquired Straub International. Straub also has locations in Pratt, Wichita, Salina and Great Bend. With this agreement Case IH authorizes KanEquip to assume responsibility for these markets. “Straub International has been […]

COWLEY COUNTY — A Kansas woman injured in a mower accident is recovering in a  Wichita hospital. Just before 1:30p.m. Sunday, sheriff’s deputies and Winfield EMS were dispatched to the 4000 block of 307th Road in Cowley County for the report of a woman trapped under a tractor-mower, according to Sheriff Dave Falletti. When first […]