US regulators warn of infant deaths in rockers, prompts new rule
Fatal incidents related to infant sleepers and rockers prompt a new rule for the products.
Author: Associated Press
Fatal semi-truck crash
WICHITA, Kan. - One person was killed and another injured Saturday after a semi-truck rear ended another one on I-35. The Kansas Highway Patrol said one of the semi-trucks was carrying vegetable oil and caught fire in the crash. KWCH-TV…
Inmates captured in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY - Two men who had escaped from an Oklahoma county jail and a state prison in separate incidents have been found and returned to the facilities where they were being held, according to authorities. On Sunday, prison staff…
Deadly shooting in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Police are investigating after a man was killed in a shooting Saturday afternoon in Kansas City. The shooting was reported around 3 p.m. and officers who were in the area near the 4500 block of Chestnut…
Kansas City detective accused of sexually abusing women
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Federal authorities are investigating a former Kansas police detective who has been accused of sexually abusing mostly minority and poor women for decades and helping to frame a man who was wrongfully imprisoned for a double…
Critics say Senator Roger Marshall's statements on COVID-19 are dangerous
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Roger Marshall won't let people forget he's a doctor, putting “Doc” in the letterhead of his U.S. Senate office's news releases. But when he talks about COVID-19 vaccines, some doctors and experts say the Kansas Republican…
Fatal shooting in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS - Police are investigating after an 18-year-old man was fatally shot less than a mile from his home Saturday evening. Police said officers found Richard Walters on a porch in the 4440 block of Red Bud Avenue around…
Fatal shooting in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Police in Kansas City, Kansas, are investigating a fatal shooting. The shooting was reported just before noon Saturday. Officers called to the scene found a man with an apparent gunshot wound. He was taken to a…
Kansas nurse pleads guilty to over-drugging dementia patient
A Kansas nurse who texted a co-worker a picture of a dementia patient slumped over in a wheelchair and then suggested she was responsible and deserved thanks has pleaded guilty to intentionally administering the wrong medication. The Kansas City Star…
Invasive insect in Kansas
HUTCHINSTON, Kan. - Kansas State Fair officials judging the 4-H entomology entries last week discovered an invasive insect that prompted quarantines elsewhere. Fair Board member Gregg Hadley said the student who caught the bug didn't know it had prompted quarantines…
Shootings in East St. Louis
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Multiple victims were reported shot in southern Illinois late Thursday afternoon and three suspects who crashed their getaway vehicle into a passenger train remained on the loose, authorities said. The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office…
Kansas teacher found guilty of stalking a 4th-grade girl
OLATHE, Kan. - A former Olathe teacher was found guilty Wednesday of stalking a fourth-grade girl while he was teaching her at an elementary school. James Longabill, 59, of Lenexa, was convicted by Johnson County District Judge Thomas Sutherland of…
Deadly water scooter accident in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS - Authorities say a 14-year-old St. Louis teen died following a water scooter accident on Table Rock Lake in Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident happened at about 4 p.m. Saturday. The girl was pronounced…
Semitruck hits and kills man in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A 28-year-old Kansas man is dead after being struck by a semitruck on Interstate 70 in Kansas City, Missouri. Kansas City police say the accident happened just before 3:30 a.m. Saturday in the westbound lanes. A…
Weekend homicides in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City police are investigating two separate homicides that were reported Saturday night. Police department spokesman Sgt. Jake Becchina said officers found a 15-year-old boy with gunshot wounds on the front porch of a home around…
Missouri teacher charged for alleged role in U.S. Capitol insurrection
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Missouri teacher has been charged for her alleged role in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in January. Federal prosecutors this week charged Kelsey Leigh Ann Wilson with knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building.…
Parents of 3-year-old boy who died at dentist office sue
The lawsuit said the boy developed an irregular heart rhythm and inadequate ventilation shorty after receiving two medical anesthetics.
Elderly man drowns
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Mo. - A 74-year-old man drowned in a private pond in eastern Missouri Saturday morning after falling out of a boat. The Missouri Highway Patrol said Dennis Breitenstein of Fenton and another man were in a boat together…
Wind farm clean up plan in Oklahoma announced
OKLAHOMA CITY - The owner of a dilapidated Oklahoma Panhandle wind farm has presented plans to clean up the most dangerous of the wind turbine towers. The Oklahoman reports the plans are to address dangerously broken-down towers and turbines of…
Kansas racial justice panel recommends Medicaid expansion
TOPEKA, Kan. - A Kansas racial justice panel appointed by Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has recommended expanding Medicaid, adding another income tax bracket for top-income earners, restoring a food sales tax rebate and banning Native American mascots and team names…
Former Kansas Attorney General Vern Miller passes away
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Former Kansas Attorney General Vern Miller, who gained notoriety for several law enforcement stunts during nearly 50 years in law enforcement, has died. Miller died Friday at his home in Mesa, Arizona. He was 92. His…
Oklahoma prisons up and running again
SAYRE, Okla. - Nearly all Oklahoma prisons have returned to normal operations after a statewide lockdown following a fight at one facility in the western part of the state. The statewide lockdown had been ordered Friday after a fight among…
Federal funds go towards helping homeless in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Officials said Saturday that the city of Kansas City will receive more than $8 million in federal money to address issues related to homelessness. Some of the money will help pay for 140 beds in the…
Kansas car split in half
FAIRWAY, Kan. - One person is dead after their vehicle slammed into a tree in the Kansas City area with enough force to split the car in two. The crash happened Sunday morning along Shawnee Mission Parkway near 55th Street…
