March 17, 2017 Crews fight fires in Colorado, Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma Wildfires burning in Colorado, Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma have forced evacuations and destroyed several buildings.
March 17, 2017 The Latest: Firefighters injured battling Texas blaze The Latest on wildfires burning across the country's midsection (all times local): 8:25 a.m.
March 17, 2017 Weather service: At least 2 tornadoes hit Missouri The National Weather Service says at least two tornadoes have touched down in Missouri.
March 17, 2017 Bar shooting suspect asked victims if 'status was legal' An Indian man wounded in an apparently racially motivated shooting that killed his friend at a suburban Kansas City bar has told detectives the gunman asked if their "status was legal." Johnson County court officials released a redacted affidavit Monday for 51-year-old Adam Purinton, who is charged with murder and attempted murder in the Feb. 22 shooting at Austins Bar & Grill in Olathe, Kansas.
March 16, 2017 Authorities release 911 call from multi-state crime rampage New Mexico authorities have released 911 audio from a victim in a three-state crime rampage that included the killings of the suspect's girlfriend and a cleaning wman at a church.
March 16, 2017 Survivor of Kansas bar shooting released from hospital A Kansas man who survived an apparently racially motivated shooting at a suburban Kansas City bar has been released from the hospital.
March 16, 2017 Condition of wounded Kansas clerk upgraded to fair The condition of a Kansas convenience store clerk has been upgraded after police say he was shot by a fugitive charged with two Mississippi killings.
March 16, 2017 The Latest: Slaying suspect's arrest shocks his family The Latest on the capture of Alex Deaton, suspected of killing two people in Mississippi and shooting others in New Mexico and Kansas before he was captured (all times local): 12:15 p.m.
March 16, 2017 The Latest: Sheriff says fugitive will return to Mississippi The Latest on the capture of a Mississippi fugitive in Kansas (all times local): Noon Mississippi authorities say they will seek extradition of a fugitive who left a nearly 2,000-mile trail of violence that ended in a fiery crash Wednesday in central Kansas.
March 16, 2017 Suspect in Mississippi, New Mexico crimes arrested in Kansas Authorities have arrested a man suspected of shooting a Kansas convenience store clerk and kidnapping two hikers in New Mexico while on the run after his girlfriend was killed and a jogger was shot in Mississippi.