April 22, 2019 Kansas couple killed in motorcycle crash caused by vulture, officials say A married couple was killed in a motorcycle accident that was caused by a vulture, Kansas Highway Patrol has said.
April 20, 2019 Zookeeper recovering after mauling by Sumatran tiger at Kansas zoo A zookeeper who was mauled by a Sumatran tiger at the Topeka Zoo in northeastern Kansas on Saturday was in stable condition following surgery, a local newspaper reported.
April 9, 2019 Kansas elementary school secretary killed, husband charged after found with self-inflicted wounds, police say A Kansas man was arrested on Monday after his wife was found dead after he was found with possibly self-inflicted wounds, officials said.
April 9, 2019 Illegal immigrant charged in 5 deaths in Missouri, Kansas found dead in jail cell, sheriff says An illegal immigrant who led authorities on a manhunt across two states after allegedly killing 5 people in 2016 was found dead in a jail cell early Tuesday, officials said.
April 5, 2019 Suspect steals truck hauling cookie dough, prompting multi-state police pursuit, report says Authorities reportedly pursued a suspect through multiple states earlier this week after the individual allegedly swiped a truck moving a sweet cargo.
April 3, 2019 Teen gamer pleads guilty in deadly Kansas 'swatting' case An Ohio teen changed his plea to guilty from not guilty on charges of conspiracy and obstruction of justice in a bizarre and tragic scheme known as “swatting.”
March 30, 2019 As 'swatting' defendant is sentenced, victim's family tells of further tragedies 'directly related' to case A hoax emergency call that resulted in police killing an unarmed Kansas man in December 2017 was the catalyst for a tragic chain of events that added two suicides to the heartbreak, the original victim’s family said Friday.
March 29, 2019 California man sentenced to 20 years for fatal ‘swatting’ of Kansas man A California man who made fake emergency calls to authorities across the country after a $1.50-bet dispute while playing a video game that led to the fatal shooting of a Kansas man by police was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday.
March 19, 2019 Surveillance footage from night Kansas college football player died was deleted, lawyer says Video surveillance footage on the night a Kansas college football player died of heat stroke during his team’s first practice of the season last year was erased, an attorney for the school said last week.
March 18, 2019 Midwest floods devastate Nebraska city, leaving many without homes Parts of the Midwest have been inundated with flooding as rainfall and melting snow force rivers to swell in parts of Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska.
