8 years ago
A portrait of a Muslim teenager from Kansas painted by a schoolmate will soon be hung in the U.S. Capitol. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Republican Rep. Lynn Jenkins of Topeka visited Washburn Rural High School on Monday to present a certificate to the artist, 18-year-old Claire Fallon. The Kansas congresswoman says Fallon's oil painting is the only ...

8 years ago
Police say a 23-year-old man has been arrested after trying to rob a Topeka bank with a sword. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the man was booked into the Shawnee County Jail on Tuesday in connection with an attempted robbery earlier that day. A police statement says the man walked into a Bank of America branch "wearing a ...

8 years ago
Forecasters are still anticipating a severe weather outbreak Thursday afternoon into Thursday evening. The National Weather Service in Wichita hosted a conference call event during the noon hour to discuss the developing situation. According to the bureau, there could be two rounds of storms. Initially, storms will develop in Oklahoma mid-afternoon and move into Kansas. This first ...

8 years ago
A trailer reported stolen from a landscaping company is spotted hours later behind a van in north Salina. Police arrested 48-year-old David Mersch on theft charges after an officer stopped him in the area of 5th Street and Woodland on Wednesday around 1pm. Staff at Landscape Consultants, 1777 E. Old 40 Highway reported the Diamond C. Roustabout ...

8 years ago
Forecasters are predicting a tornado outbreak in parts of the Southern Plains on Thursday, the latest in a stormy week that has raked the country's midsection and left two people dead. The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, is classifying Thursday's storm chances as high risk in parts of Oklahoma and Kansas - the most severe ...

8 years ago
Over a dozen people were left homeless Wednesday evening when two floors in a Salina apartment building were deemed unsafe. Those living in apartments located in the top two floors, the third and fourth levels of the Byron Apartments at 1111 East Iron, had to pack their belongings and relocate immediately. Representatives from the Salina Fire ...

8 years ago
Several witnesses asked the Kansas Prisoner Review Board to keep a man called the Wichita Holiday Inn sniper in prison. During a hearing Wednesday, no one spoke in favor of paroling 59-year-old Michael Soles, who killed three people and wounded eight others in 1976 in a sniper attack in downtown Wichita. Soles is eligible for parole in ...

8 years ago
The Committee to Reduce the Jail Population met today to update the group on the activities of subcommittees that were set up in February to look at the possibilities of: Creating a sanction house Creating a more extensive electronic monitoring (ankle bracelet) program Clearing space in the third floor of the City-County Building Providing services ...

8 years ago
Lawrence officials say emergency responders helped rescue a team of stranded rowers on the Kansas River after their boat capsized. At least eight people were stranded Wednesday morning on the river near the University of Kansas boathouse. No injuries were reported. Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical Capt. Pat Talkington says the water was choppy and winds were strong ...

8 years ago
Riley County authorities say the number of rapes reported in Manhattan and surrounding areas has doubled during the first quarter of this year compared with the same time last year. 16 rapes were reported in the first quarter of 2017, up from eight in the same period in 2016. Riley County Police Department director Brad Schoen says ...

8 years ago
A new Director will soon be in charge at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum. Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero Wednesday announced the appointment of Dawn Hammatt as the new Director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, effective May 28th. In making the announcement, the Archivist said, "In ...