8 years ago
Authorities say a woman has died after swerving to miss a deer on a southwest Kansas highway. The Kansas Highway Patrol identified the woman as 62-year-old Peggy Lee Snodgrass, of Ashland. She was killed Saturday night when she swerved into a ditch on U.S. 160 about two miles west of the Comanche County town of Protection. ...

8 years ago
Kansas officials are considering building an airport in Johnson County to compete with Kansas City International. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback told the Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/2kzMJxm) the state is exploring the possibility of building a major airport on the Kansas side of the metro area. Previous talks about renovating Kansas City International and combining all its gates ...

8 years ago
Kansas lawmakers are opting not to act this year on questions raised by an audit critical of the state's asset forfeiture laws. Instead, they are asking a judicial advisory group to review potential changes. The audit released last summer concluded that law enforcement agencies take advantage of vague laws governing how they should report and use ...

8 years ago
The Kansas Highway Patrol says a central Kansas police chief was injured after an unoccupied police car struck him. The patrol say 69-year-old Wilson Police Chief Robert Charles Doepp was hurt early Friday on a highway one mile east of Wilson. The Hays Post reports  a vehicle driven by 39-year-old Amanda Ann Thrasher, of Wilson, struck an ...

8 years ago
A 38-year-old man who said he beat his roommate to death because he thought she was a zombie pleaded no contest to second-degree murder. Christopher Duane Wallace entered the plea Friday in the January 2016 strangling and beating death of 35-year-old Jennifer Lopez in Overland Park. A Johnson County judge then found Wallace guilty of the charge ...

8 years ago
A Kansas City lawyer admitted conspiring with his former law partner to steal money from St. Luke's Health Systems. Mark Schultz pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy. His former law partner, Alan Gallas, pleaded guilty last April to mail fraud and was sentenced Friday to one year in federal prison. Gallas also was ordered to pay restitution of ...

8 years ago
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is pushing for changes that would strengthen the state's laws against human trafficking. The state Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday introduced a bill containing Schmidt's proposals. He said in a statement that the changes would put Kansas "in the top tier" of states in fighting trafficking. His proposed changes include specifically making ...

8 years ago
The man suspected of running over a Wichita police officer during a pursuit is now charged with aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer. During his first appearance in Sedgwick County Court Friday, 31-year-old Justin Terrazas also was charged with fleeing and eluding police and various drug charges. Terrazas was arrested Tuesday after officer Brian Arterburn was ...

8 years ago
The Libertarian Party overwhelmingly chose flight instructor Chris Rockhold as its candidate in a special congressional election to fill the seat vacated by CIA Director Mike Pompeo. Rockhold defeated Gordon Bakken 17-3 on the first ballot Saturday evening in Wichita. John Kostner did not receive any votes. The Wichita Eagle reports (http://bit.ly/2kFcI8N) that the instructor for Flight ...

8 years ago
Democrats are hoping to channel voter discontent into an upset as they pick their nominee Saturday for a south central Kansas congressional seat held for more than two decades by Republicans, but vacated when Mike Pompeo became President Donald Trump's CIA director. A special election April 11 will decide Pompeo's replacement, the nation's first special congressional ...

8 years ago
Police in Wichita, Kansas, have suspended use of a tire-deflation device after a police officer was run over and critically injured by a fleeing and stolen SUV. The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/2lAC1qk) reports that police are reviewing procedures and policies in the wake of the injury to officer Brian Arterburn. The 25-year police veteran suffered chest, abdomen ...