10 years ago
A northeast Kansas woman is awaiting her first court appearance in a hit-and-run accident that killed an elderly man. Clay County Sheriff Chuck Dunn says the Clay County resident was arrested Friday after the accident on U.S. 24 near Clay Center. She made her $4,000 bond and had a first court appearance scheduled for Nov. 17. Dunn ...

10 years ago
A mass of bitter cold arctic air will roll across Kansas beginning Monday evening. According to the National Weather Service, the  artic invasion is set to arriv with a strong cold front surging southeast across Kansas this afternoon. The front should enter Southeast Kansas early Monday evening. North winds will whistle to tunes  of 25 to 35 ...

10 years ago
Kansas health officials say the state has a plan for dealing with Ebola, although they are downplaying the risk the deadly disease poses to the public. Officials at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment began working with local health departments, the medical community and numerous other groups in August, more than a month before the ...

10 years ago
The number of small banks in Kansas and the U.S. continues to shrink at a significant rate. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. data shows that between June 30, 2004, and June 30, 2014, the number of Kansas-based banks with assets less than $100 million declined 44 percent. The Wichita Eagle reports that the data also showed the ...

10 years ago
A northeast Kansas school bus driver has been fired after leaving a sleeping preschooler on a bus. Eudora schools spokeswoman Kristin Magette says the child fell asleep Wednesday while being taken to afternoon preschool at Eudora Elementary School. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that after dropping off children, the bus driver took the bus home and went ...

10 years ago
Organizers are ready for one of the largest events of its kind in the Midwest. It's nearly time for the See 'N' Sell craft show. According to the Girl Scouts of  Kansas Heartland, the 48th annual See ’N’ Sell Arts & Crafts Show continues a long-running tradition of kicking off the holiday season with nearly 200 ...

10 years ago
A tiny mite whose bite packs a surprisingly big wallop has reappeared in Kansas, and it may make you think twice about outdoor activities, especially in close proximity to oak trees. The oak leaf itch mite, Pyemotes herfsi, has been confirmed in a sample submitted to the Insect Diagnostic Lab at Kansas State University. Although small ...

10 years ago
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and the GOP-dominated Legislature will get new revenue projections that are expected to make the state's budget problems look worse. Legislative researchers, officials in the Brownback administration and university economists are meeting Monday afternoon to draft a new financial forecast for state government. It will revise revenue projections for the budget year that ...

10 years ago
The last mild days of fall are winding down for the season. After a couple more days to of mild temperatures, a frigid winter chill is on the way. According to the National Weather Service, high temperatures Sunday and Monday will be in the mid 60s to the lower 70s. Beginning Tuesday, and for the rest ...

10 years ago
Seizures of homemade methamphetamine labs are down by nearly half in many high-use meth states. But use of the drug remains high, because of imported Mexican meth. Data compiled by The Associated Press shows that meth lab busts are down 40 percent this year in Tennessee, 34 percent in Missouri and nearly 50 percent in Oklahoma. Enforcement actions ...

10 years ago
A Kansas school district that has equipped high school and middle school students with laptop computers and tablets is finding its wireless network overwhelmed. The Derby Informer reports the problem is most acute during the 42-minute advisory period each afternoon at Derby High School. The school's roughly 2,000 students were issued laptops in the past year, and ...