WICHITA, Kan. - Wichita police are investigating a fatal shooting that happened during a party at a home that was being rented out. The shooting was reported near Douglas Avenue and Oliver Street around 3 a.m. Sunday. Wichita Police Officer…
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - A judge dismissed a lawsuit filed against the Blue Valley school district by a Johnson County Commissioner who was denied entry into a district meeting because she refused to wear a mask. Johnson County District Judge…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. - A Texas man has been sentenced to three years and two months in prison in a deadly Kansas crash. The Hutchinson News reports that Benjamin Buzzini also was ordered Friday to pay about $2,090 in restitution. He…
OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma City police officers shot and killed an inmate who took a correctional officer hostage at a county jail Saturday, authorities said. Oklahoma City police Sgt. Megan Morgan said the officer who was held hostage was freed…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. - A Kansas man convicted of killing an 18-year-old woman and the 2-year-old twins she was baby-sitting in 1984 has died in an Oklahoma prison. Arnold Ruebke Jr., of Kingman, died on Tuesday, confirmed Karen Cunningham, Victim Services…
STRAFFORD, Mo. - A Missouri man…
TOPEKA, Kan. - Leaders of a Kansas school district that is named for an early 20th century Ku Klux Klan leader are meeting Monday to discuss whether to ditch the name. The discussions come after student journalists at Seaman High…
ST. LOUIS - Missouri’s rate of new coronavirus cases is ticking upward after months of decline. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the state’s coronavirus…
MISSION, Kan. - A fire that destroyed an annex building of the First Baptist Church in Mission, Kansas, has been ruled an accident by investigators, and there will be no criminal investigation, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and…
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Health officials and community groups are working together to help vaccinate seniors and other people who might have difficulty getting to a clinic for the coronavirus. As part of the vaccination campaign, the Urban League of…
OKLAHOMA CITY - The number of Oklahoma hospital patients with COVID-19 continues to sink. State health officials say under 13,000 patients with the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 are hospitalized as of Saturday. That's 407 fewer than on Friday. State health…
OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma State Department of Health reports more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases and nearly 30 new deaths. The 1,036 new cases and 26 new deaths reported by the Oklahoma State Department of Health brings the state’s…
ST. LOUIS - An 18-year-old woman is dead after the car she was in crashed into a concrete median as the driver tried to speed away from a shooting. The incident happened just before 1:30 a.m. Saturday in north St.…
OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma State Department of Health reports that more than 681,000 people in the state have now received the coronavirus vaccine, including more than 204,000 who have received both required doses. The state ranked 12th in the…
Officials cite low enrollment.
The man told investigators he left the woman in the tub while he worked because she has multiple sclerosis.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri will not move ahead with a plan to process feral hog meat to help feed poor people after conservation officials said the invasive animals don’t meet food safety standards. The Missouri Department of Conservation sends…
CLAYTON, Mo. - Two people have been charged with stealing a funeral home van that had a body inside from a gas station in the St. Louis area. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 38-year-old Brian Schaake was charged Saturday…
Federal, state and local authorities in Texas have been searching for a tanker truck days after a 911 caller in the San Antonio area reported dozens of people were trapped inside it.
WICHITA, Kan. - Three men avoided prison for hunting deer in areas of Fort Riley where explosives are discharged during training exercises, but they will each pay several thousand dollars in penalties. The men will also be banned from hunting…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A 29-year-old Kansas City man is charged in the stabbing deaths of his aunt and uncle in Raytown. The Jackson County Prosecutor's office announced Friday that Desmond Richardson is charged with two counts each of first-degree…
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Some Oklahomans who lost wages due to the coronavirus pandemic will receive a one-time payment of $400 from the state starting next week. Oklahoma Employment Security Commission Director Shelley Zumwalt said Thursday that his commission has…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for the coronavirus, making him the latest in Trump's inner circle to contract the disease that is now surging across the U.S. Giuliani was exhibiting some symptoms…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The average number of virus cases Missouri reports each day is on the rise again after declining for more than two weeks. The seven-day rolling average of new cases in the state had been declining since…
