Kansas July 14, 2020 Kansas freshman GOP Rep. Watkins charged with 3 felonies A freshman Kansas congressman who had listed a UPS Inc. store as his residence on a voter registration was charged Tuesday with three felonies, including illegal voting.
Homicide July 11, 2020 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.
Homicide July 11, 2020 Kansas father jailed after police find body of 3-year-old daughter: reports A 29-year-old Kansas man who reported his 3-year-old daughter missing Friday was arrested hours later and jailed in connection with her death, according to reports.
Kansas July 8, 2020 Kansas man who murdered woman on cruise ship gets more than a decade in prison A Kansas man was sentenced Wednesday to more than a decade in prison for murdering his girlfriend during a cruise to the Bahamas in early 2018.
REAL ESTATE July 8, 2020 Luxury survival condo that can withstand nuclear attacks comes with indoor swimming pool, movie theater These rooms definitely don’t come with a view.
Kansas July 5, 2020 Kansas newspaper's cartoon equating governor’s mask mandate with Holocaust stirs controversy A weekly Kansas newspaper is in hot water after its publisher, a county Republican Party chairman, posted a cartoon on the paper’s Facebook page that appeared to equate the Democratic governor's mask order with the holocaust.
CRIME July 3, 2020 Kansas teacher had 210 photos, 31 videos of same 4th-grade girl, authorities say James Loganbill, 58, a former teacher at Meadow Lane Elementary School in Olathe, is due in court Aug. 18 on charges of reckless stalking.
Coronavirus July 2, 2020 Kansas governor issues executive order requiring masks in public amid coronavirus case surge Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly issued an executive order on Thursday mandating the use of face masks or coverings in public beginning Friday in an effort to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus in the state.
Supreme Court June 22, 2020 Thomas breaks with court on decision not to hear case of Kansas man's anti-cop threat Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday rebuked the Kansas Supreme Court for allegedly taking the high court's precedent too far in a ruling that let a man off the hook for telling a police officer's son that his dad would end up "in a ditch."
Coronavirus June 11, 2020 Lake of the Ozarks Memorial Day party leads to new confirmed coronavirus case A person in Johnson County, Kansas, who spent Memorial Day Weekend at the Lake of the Ozarks has tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Johnson County Department of Health and Environment.
First Family June 11, 2020 Ivanka Trump speech cancelation won’t cost Wichita State president his job: report The president of Wichita State University in Kansas will apparently stay on the job despite a donor uproar that followed the school’s recent cancelation of a planned commencement speech by Ivanka Trump.