9 years ago
SOUTH HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — The 3-year-old son of a sheriff's deputy has died from a self-inflicted gunshot after he found a loaded handgun. Reno County Sheriff Randy Henderson said in a news release that Kaden Nagel died early Friday. The boy is the son of Reno County Sheriff's Deputy Andrew Nagel. Henderson says the boy found ...

9 years ago
A judge has rejected a request for lower bond from the woman charged with starting a fire that killed two Kansas City firefighters. An attorney for Thu Hong Nguyen asked that her $2 million cash bond be reduced to $100,000. Jackson County Associate Circuit Judge Jalilah Otto denied the request Friday. The Kansas City Star reports Fire ...

9 years ago
A Kansas bail bondsman and his wife have been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a child authorities believe to be the man's missing son. Wyandotte County prosecutors say Michael Jones and his wife, Heather Jones, were charged Friday. Both also are charged with child abuse. Michael Jones was arrested late last month after a ...

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The Kansas Family Policy Council says it has hired a Republican lawmaker from Wichita as its new executive director. However, the lawmaker, Representative Steve Brunk, said Friday that negotiations are continuing and nothing about his possible new job will be officially announced until January. The council is an advocacy group that opposes abortion and same-sex marriage. Brunk ...

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Kansas' top child welfare official says allegations that she attempts to block potential adoptions by same-sex couples are "fiction." Secretary Phyllis Gilmore says decisions by the Kansas Department for Children and Families and its contractors about troubled children are driven by a desire to find the best homes for them. The agency faces criticism that it discriminates ...

9 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Wichita State University officials say that an active marketing campaign has increased the amount of potential patents by school faculty and students. The Wichita Eagle reports that Wichita State University Ventures, an arm of the school that assists with patenting and commercializing inventions or software, has sharply increased the number of invention ...

9 years ago
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - Riley County authorities say one person is dead and another is facing drug charges after an early-morning home invasion in Manhattan. Officers sent to a Manhattan home early Friday found 21-year-old Tyler Nelson suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at a Manhattan hospital. KMAN reports a preliminary investigation found that ...

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A Kansas Congressman who lost seats on two House committees three years ago has been elected to a Republican committee. Rep. Tim Huelskamp, a western Kansas conservative, was elected Thursday to the Republican Steering Committee, which fills committee assignments. Huelskamp was elected to one of the committee's at-large positions, six seats created recently by current House ...

9 years ago
Salina Police Department celebrates the careers of three police officers today in the Saline County Sheriff's Department Training Room. Lieutenant Gerald Shaft, Captain Jim Norton and Master Officer Randy Jennings retire today, leaving the office with a combined 86 years of service to the department. [caption id="attachment_18000" align="alignnone" width="405"] Master Officer Jennings volunteered in the community as ...

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A counterfeit $20 bill was passed at the 24/7 Gas Station at 2230 North 9th Street between December 1-3. The bill was found fraudulent when deposited at Sunflower Bank at 176 North Santa Fe. Copyright © Alpha Media, 2015.  All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, or rewritten without Alpha Media’s express consent. ...

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A resident in the southeast part of Saline county lost two buildings on his property yesterday afternoon and another caught fire when he tried burning garbage in a trashcan. Fire District 1 responded to the fire at 1:30PM on the 7100 block of East Hobbs Road. A 20x40 building that housed a lawn trailer and equipment and a ...