10 years ago
The Shawnee County Sheriff's Office says a first-grade student brought a loaded handgun to school but didn't display it or make any threats. Sheriff's Maj. Phil Blume says that the pupil "self-reported" having the gun on Monday at Indian Hills Elementary School in Topeka. Blume says the gun was "rendered safe" by an officer at the scene. ...

10 years ago
Two Kansas men have pleaded guilty in federal court to operating a synthetic drug business that generated at least $16 million in sales in less than two years. U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom says 58-year-old Tracy Picanso and 56-year-old Roy Ehrett, both of Olathe, each pleaded guilty Monday to one count each of conspiracy, producing and selling ...

10 years ago
American Civil Liberties Union officials say they have begun a new and more aggressive effort to intervene in Missouri and Kansas over highly public issues like same-sex marriage, privacy and police policy. The ACLU's Missouri chapter has been actively involved in the protests in Ferguson over Michael Brown's shooting death by a Ferguson police officer. It's ...

10 years ago
The University of Kansas Endowment has reached a $1.2 billion fundraising goal two years early but officials say the effort will continue. The endowment's Far Above campaign met its goal last week after it received a $58 million gift from the estate of Madison and Lila Self, the largest individual gift in the university's history. That ...

10 years ago
An Abilene man contacts police after cash is stolen from his wallet. Justin Seaman told officers he had several people in and out of his room at the Quality Inn, 2110 W. Crawford on Sunday. Police allege someone removed $900 in cash from his  wallet and left.

10 years ago
Defense attorneys have finished making their case that a convicted murderer should be sentenced to life in prison and not executed for kidnaping, raping and killing an 8-year-old Topeka girl. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports clinical psychologist June Cooley of Atlanta testified Monday that Billy Frank Davis Jr. has bipolar disorder with psychotic features and post-traumatic stress ...

10 years ago
The state of Kansas is creating a new investigative unit to combat an increase in cattle theft. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt and the Kansas Department of Agriculture announced a joint agreement Monday to form a new Livestock/Brand Investigation Unit. The unit will help local law enforcement agencies investigate suspected cattle thefts. It will be part of ...

10 years ago
Salina Police report a theft by deception case that made victims out of Harley-Davidson of Salina, 2200 N. Ohio and a 67-year-old Kansas man who was duped in a Match.com scheme. Captain Mike Sweeney says a man identified as Neg Deeur, used a stolen credit card to purchase Honda motorcycle parts on November 8th. The 67-year-old male ...

10 years ago
Wichita police say two people are in custody after a weekend shooting that killed a 24-year-old man and injured another man. The shooting happened Saturday night near a company's private Christmas party in northwest Wichita. Police say the men were shot as they were leaving and got into an argument with people inside another car. KAKE-TV reported ...

10 years ago
A Salina woman's medication is stolen off her front porch. Police are investigating after someone grabbed a box that was delivered to a home in the 700 block of of West Iron on December 11th. Police say a UPS driver left the package full of medication needed by a 61-year-old woman who is suffering from leukemia. Total loss ...

10 years ago
Kansas weather is often unpredictable but Sunday was a particularly odd day in the state. The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings Sunday evening in Harper, Kingman and Reno counties in south-central Kansas. A tornado briefly touched down about five miles northeast of Harper but no injuries or serious damage was reported. Later Sunday evening, snow began ...