May 26, 2016 Tornado damages at least 20 homes in rural Kansas About 20 homes were damaged Wednesday night in a rural area of northern Kansas after a large tornado passed through but there were no immediate reports of injuries, the state Highway Patrol said.
May 26, 2016 Officials: At least 2 hurt, homes damaged in Kansas storms Homes were damaged and at least two people were critically injured in Kansas amid severe storms that swept across the Plains, authorities said.
May 25, 2016 Missouri woman accused of embezzling $1.2M from Garmin A Missouri woman already accused of embezzling more than $300,000 from engineering firm Black & Veatch stole $1.2 million during an earlier job at Garmin International, a new federal indictment alleges.
May 25, 2016 One dead, 2 critically hurt after tornadoes, storms sweep Plains Crews are evaluating the damage Wednesday after tornadoes destroyed several homes and left two people critically injured in western Kansas as a series of severe storms swept across the Plains.
May 25, 2016 Univ. fires teacher who used racial slur in class after discrimination probe cleared her A white University of Kansas assistant professor who used a racial slur during a class discussion on race said the school won't renew her contract after the next academic year.
May 25, 2016 Tornadoes spotted in Plains states, no major damage reported A half dozen tornadoes spotted in Great Plains states caused no major damage but kicked off what's expected to be a busy week of severe weather.
May 25, 2016 The Latest: Crews evaluate damage from Kansas tornadoes The Latest on severe weather affecting parts of the central United States (all times local): 7:35 a.m.
May 23, 2016 Suspect pleads guilty in foiled bomb plot against Kansas military base A man accused of conspiring in a foiled plot to bomb a Kansas military base on behalf of the Islamic State group has pleaded guilty to conspiracy.
May 23, 2016 Change-of-plea hearing set in Kansas bomb plot case A federal judge is slated to hear a change-of-plea request from a 29-year-old Topeka man accused of helping another man who plotted to bomb a northeast Kansas military installation last year.
May 20, 2016 Missouri plans to seek death penalty for Mexican national Missouri prosecutors plan to pursue the death penalty for a Mexican national in the shooting death of a man a day after he allegedly killed four people in Kansas.