11 years ago
A south Wichita neighborhood is losing its door-to-door mail delivery service because of problem dogs. Postal officials say the letter carriers in the neighborhood have been "challenged" several times by loose dogs and dogs that are on chains that are too long. Neighbors told The Wichita Eagle that mail for residents in the affected blocks is being ...

11 years ago
Officials in a south-central Kansas city have voted against supporting a group's efforts to house unaccompanied children who've arrived in the U.S. illegally. Newton spokeswoman Erin McDaniel says the City Commission voted 4-0 in a special meeting Friday against issuing a letter of support to EmberHope, a nonprofit faith-based agency that has applied for a ...

11 years ago
The father of one of two soldiers reported missing from Fort Riley has raised concerns about his son's disappearance. A flier from the Kansas Missing and Unsolved Facebook page says Pfc. Richard "Connor" Ferguson and Pvt. Bradley Kappel were last seen July 21. Military records show the men were serving in the 2nd Armored Brigade ...

11 years ago
Kansas has a lot of to offer hunters. Abundant wildlife, a multitude of hunting opportunities, and diverse landscapes are just a few of the things that make Kansas truly a hunter’s paradise. And while it’s always been a safe place to hunt, it’s a safer-than-ever place to hunt, now, according to the 2013 Kansas Hunter ...

11 years ago
Prosecutors say a Kansas foster father was high on marijuana when he left a 10-month-old girl in a hot car, where she died. The details of the case surfaced during a bond hearing Friday for Seth Jackson. He's charged with first-degree murder in the July 24 death. Police say the girl was in the ...

11 years ago
An aging Labrador retriever who walked 30 miles back to a Kansas family that didn't want her has found a home with an heiress in Florida. Kelsey Loyd, with the Chautauqua County Animal Shelter in southern Kansas, says the dog, named Lady, was adopted twice, but the first family said the old dog didn't get ...

11 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback has named a former Kansas House member and two attorneys to the board overseeing the state's higher education system. Brownback on Friday announced the appointments of former state Rep. Bill Feuerborn of Garnett, Joseph Bain of Goodland and Zoe Forrester Newton of Sedan to the Board of Regents. Feuerborn served in the House from ...

11 years ago
Some Kansas church leaders are upset over a remark by Secretary of State Kris Kobach questioning the veracity of those opposed to the state's voter photo identification law. Kobach said during an interview on Topeka radio station WIBW this week he didn't know of any churches that oppose the voter ID law. He told The Wichita ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has completed its report into the death of a 56-year-old Kanopolis man shot by McPherson police. The McPherson Sentinel reports the KBI was looking into the June 4 death of Timothy Lloyd, who was unarmed when police say he charged at an officer. Authorities said when officers were called to investigate a ...

11 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's office is investigating the overnight stabbing death of a 13-year-old girl on Remington Road. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski held a media conference on Friday morning and said the Sheriff's Office was notified of a stabbing at about 1:45am. Sheriff Kochanowski said when officers arrived at the scene in Northwest Saline County they found the ...

11 years ago
Kansas collected $1.6 million more in taxes than anticipated in July, breaking a streak of monthly shortfalls in collections. The Department of Revenue reported Thursday the state took in almost $409 million in taxes in July, when the state's official fiscal forecast predicted revenues of $407 million. The July surplus was only four-tenths of 1 percent, but ...