October 30, 2020 Coronavirus-laden nursing home loses federal Medicare funding A Kansas nursing home has lost its federal Medicare funding after a state investigation revealed faulty practices led to widespread coronavirus infection and 10 deaths.
October 25, 2020 Kansas father arrested, 2 daughters safe after 2 boys found dead: reports A Kansas man traveling with two daughters was located and taken into custody in Oklahoma on Saturday after the girls were reported missing from their Leavenworth, Kan., home.
October 21, 2020 Kansas McDonald’s customer threatens employee with gun over milkshake dispute Many people have left a McDonald’s frustrated after employees claimed the ice cream machine was broken. But most haven’t physically threatened an employee over it.
October 20, 2020 Sorority member put on probation for 'unbecoming' conservative values expressed on social media A University of Kansas student has been placed on probation by the college's Kappa Alpha Theta sorority for "unbecoming" values expressed through her social media posts expressing conservative viewpoints.
October 17, 2020 Kansas police officer and HS coach are shot; suspect in custody: reports A Kansas police officer was in critical condition and a 56-year-old high school basketball coach was also hospitalized with gunshot wounds Friday after a dispute broke out in a small city northwest of Wichita.
October 16, 2020 One arrested in threat to kidnap and kill Wichita mayor over COVID-19 mask mandate A Kansas man has been arrested in connection with threatening to kidnap and kill a mayor over a mandatory mask ordinance to combat the coronavirus, which he claimed were a form of tyranny, the mayor said Friday.
October 16, 2020 DOJ schedules first execution of female federal inmate in 6 decades The woman, Lisa Montgomery, was found guilty in 2007 of federal kidnapping resulting in death in connection with a premeditated murder-kidnap scheme.
September 29, 2020 University of Chicago takes home top honors, DePauw University the worst in free speech poll A newly-compiled list of free speech on college campuses found that the University of Chicago is considered the best campus for free speech in America while DePauw University ranks the worst.
September 29, 2020 Arrest announced in 2016 deaths of man, woman and her unborn baby Kansas prosecutors have announced an arrest in the case of a man, a woman and her unborn child who were found dead in a home that had been burglarized four years ago.
September 20, 2020 Performer accidentally shot during Kansas ‘cops-and-robbers’ reenactment A game of cops-and-robbers used to be a boyhood rite of passage, but this weekend a reenactment performance called, “Coppers raiding the Bootleggers,” at a Kansas history museum almost turned too real and left one of the performers wounded.
