‘I was an easy sell’: Police captain adopts abandoned dog found in dumpster outside station
Wichita Police have adopted Nora, a rat terrier-chihuahua mix, after she was found abandoned near a dumpster outside the station.
April Fools' Day prank leads to mom's arrest after telling relative she'd been shot, police say
Police and paramedics raced to a Kansas woman’s home thinking they were responding to a shooting. Officers said it was all a prank.
18-year-old buys first lottery ticket four days after her birthday, wins $25,000
A Kansas woman who just turned 18 won the lottery with the very first ticket she’d ever bought.
Oklahoma reports 4.2 magnitude earthquake near Kansas border
Residents in Tulsa, Oklahoma City and Wichita, Kansas, say they felt the earthquake.
First federal execution of female inmate in 67 years halted
A judge has granted a stay in what was slated to be the U.S. government’s first execution of a female inmate in nearly seven decades.
Deputies surprise mother of two with car after learning she walked miles to work each day
“Oh my God, I love it!” she cries after getting into her new van.
‘He was not surrounded by friends and family’: Kansas man’s obituary slams people who won’t wear masks
“He was born into an America recovering from the Great Depression and about to face World War 2, times of loss and sacrifice difficult for most of us to imagine,” the obituary said. “He died in a world where many of his fellow Americans refuse to wear a piece of cloth on their face to protect one another.”
Kansas hospital runs out of staff amid COVID-19 surge
A rural hospital in Kansas illustrates the depths of the COVID-19 crisis in small towns. It has been running out of healthy staff to care for the sick.
Man accused of murdering two boys and kidnapping two girls is in custody, girls found safe
Donny Jackson, 40, is in custody. Police say he killed two boys, who were about 11 and 14, and then kidnapped their sisters, who are three and six. The little girls were found by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol late Saturday.
Man threatened to 'slash' Wichita mayor's throat over mask mandate, police say
A 59-year-old man who prosecutors say threatened Wichita's mayor because he was upset about a mask mandate has been charged.
Trump calls for boycott of Goodyear after employee shares photo of 'discriminatory' zero-tolerance policy
Goodyear has since denied that the visual was created and distributed by its corporate office.
Video shows witnesses rushing to aid of driver accelerating into back of bus amid medical emergency
Dramatic video shows witnesses attempting to rescue a man after he crashed and accelerated into the back of a city bus amid a medical emergency.
Running legend Jim Ryun to receive Medal of Freedom
Trump is scheduled to honor the three-time Olympian with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House on Friday.
Judge halts execution amid claims inmate isn’t mentally fit
A U.S. judge has halted the execution of a federal death row inmate whose lawyers argue suffers from dementia.
Kansas Rep. Steve Watkins charged with 3 felonies in case of alleged voter fraud, according to DA
A Republican congressman from Kansas has been charged with three felonies and one misdemeanor after an investigation that began in December of 2019.
Death of Kansas girl, 3, leads to second arrest for murder
A second arrest was reported Saturday in the death of a 3-year-old Kansas girl whose disappearance triggered an Amber Alert.
Kansas newspaper's post equates mask mandate with Holocaust
A weekly Kansas newspaper has posted a cartoon on its Facebook page likening the governor’s order requiring people to wear masks in public to the murder of millions of Jews during the Holocaust.
Elderly crossing guard killed while saving 2 kids from being hit by car
A crossing guard who died after being hit by a vehicle in Kansas saved the lives of two children before the impact, a school principal said.
Trump congratulates Kansas City Chiefs of "the Great State of Kansas" in since-deleted Tweet
The Tweet, which has since been deleted, immediately went viral.
Kansas City hospital babies dressed as Chiefs players ahead of Super Bowl
These little football fans will melt your heart.