HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say more than five inmate fights that all occurred within a week at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility prompted jail officials to move up the timing of a large-scale search that confiscated contraband, including inmate-made weapons. Jail spokesman Jordan Bell said Friday the fights were all gang-related and none of the […]

SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a shooting and asking the public for help to identify a suspect. Just after 1a.m. Friday, police responded to report of a shooting at a home in the 800 Block of South San Pablo in Wichita, according to officer Charley Davidson. Officers found a 58-year-old woman with […]

MITCHELL COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a report of theft and asking the public to help identify a suspect. On Friday, a man wearing a Hollister hoodie and a gas monkey hat used several generated cards to extract money from ATM’s in Beloit, according to a social media report from Beloit Police. The […]

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A new $4.4 million facility is being built at the Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center in Wichita to treat veterans’ addictions. Medical center director Rick Ament said at a groundbreaking Friday that the inpatient center is “a badly needed service for veterans between Kansas City and Oklahoma City.” The hospital sends […]

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Lawmakers say a federal budget compromise approved by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump provides $50 million of additional federal funding to maintain Amtrak rail passenger service through New Mexico, Colorado and Kansas. New Mexico Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and Rep. Ben Ray Lujan said Friday the […]

CAMDENTON, Mo. (AP) — The parents of two suburban Kansas City victims of a Lake of the Ozarks boat crash have filed a lawsuit. The suit was filed in Camden County, Missouri, Circuit Court on behalf of the families of 23-year-old Joseph LeMark, of Overland Park, Kansas, and 21-year-old Hailey Hochandel, of Olathe, Kansas. They […]

By STEPHEN KORANDA Gov. Laura Kelly has said she has an easy solution for funding schools. Just renew the finance plan the Kansas Legislature agreed to last year and fold in an adjustment for inflation. But over in the Senate, lawmakers are picking that proposal apart. After months of wrangling last year, lawmakers approved a […]

GEARY COUNTY — Three people were injured in an accident just after 5:30p.m. Friday in Junction City. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2003 Chevy Tahoe driven by Ishmail Maurice Thomas, 21, Junction City, was eastbound on Ash Street in Junction City. The tire tracks show the Tahoe went left of center and was struck […]

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A Reno County District Judge kept her word and gave a downward departure to a 19-year-old Hutchinson man convicted of second-degree murder. Taylor Lukone entered a plea for the fatal 2017 hit-and-run accident that killed 51-year-old Jose Lopez who was riding a bicycle n 1200 Block of East 4th Street in Hutchinson. The […]

JEFFERSON COUNTY (AP) — A dog found in a ditch with electrical and duct tape around his mouth and legs has been reunited with his owner. Authorities believe the dog was in a ditch in cold temperatures for about 12 hours before a Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy found him Saturday . He was dubbed “Jimmy” […]