February 23, 2017 1 dead in Kansas bar shooting, suspect nabbed after manhunt Authorities arrested a man early Thursday who is accused of shooting three people at a Kansas bar, killing at least one person.
February 16, 2017 Chinese national in Kansas guilty in engineered rice theft A Chinese national living in Manhattan, Kansas, is guilty of conspiring to steal proprietary rice seeds developed in the U.S. and giving them to visitors from China.
February 16, 2017 Kansas deputy testifies about alleged sexual assault A Kansas sheriff's deputy says two Kansas City-area men who are charged with kidnapping and raping her referred to each other by name during the attack.
February 14, 2017 Dad recalls final words to son decapitated on water slide The parents of a 10-year-old boy who died while riding on the world's tallest water slide at a water park in Kansas said they are still grieving but are thankful for the condolences they have received from around the world, the AP reports.
February 6, 2017 Missouri man gets probation in 8-year-old driver's death A Missouri man whose 8-year-old granddaughter died in a car wreck when he let her drive him home from church has been sentenced to one year of probation.
January 24, 2017 Kansas man admits robbing Kansas bank to escape wife A 70-year-old man who told investigators after robbing a Kansas bank that he'd rather be imprisoned than with his wife has admitted carrying out the holdup.
January 19, 2017 3 men charged with smuggling meth in semi-trailer's gas tank Three men from Mexico are charged with smuggling more than 1,000 pounds of liquid methamphetamine into northeast Kansas in the gas tank of a semi-trailer truck U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said the men, all from Mexico, appeared in court Thursday and were each charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
January 12, 2017 Family of boy killed on Kansas waterslide settles with park The family of a Kansas lawmaker's 10-year-old son killed last summer on what was billed as the world's tallest water slide reached a settlement Wednesday with the park's owner and the raft's manufacturer.
January 3, 2017 Man pleads guilty to killing Kansas police detective A man accused of killing a Kansas police detective has pleaded guilty to capital murder.
December 30, 2016 Kansas school's libraries offer students pronoun pins University of Kansas students are being offered buttons through the school's library system meant to make their preferred gender pronouns clear.
