March 24, 2017 Kansas cattle ranchers struggle to recover from devastating prairie fires Kansas rancher Jenny Giles-Betschart and her family has owned 30,000 acres near the city of Ashland where they have raised cattle since the 1940s but in an instant, it was decimated by wildfire.
March 24, 2017 Police: Parents delay help for wounded boy to scrub evidence The parents of a 9-year-old boy who was shot in the head in their Phoenix home put off calling 911 as they cleaned up evidence in multiple rooms of the house, police said, calling it a case that "shocks your conscience." Wendy Lavarnia told police that her 2-year-old son found a gun left on a bed and accidentally shot his older brother Monday.
March 23, 2017 Police: Mom let 2-year-old handle gun before fatal shooting A 9-year-old boy shot in the head by his 2-year-old brother with their mother's handgun died, and their mother told police she had previously let the toddler handle the gun when it wasn't loaded, authorities said.
March 22, 2017 Kansas siblings' plea to be adopted together gets tremendous response Some are calling them the "Fab 5:" Bradley, 11, Preston, 10, Layla, 8, Landon, 6, and Olive, 2, are five siblings from Central Kansas, who have been in foster care for a little more than year a now, separated and placed in different homes and looking for one family that will adopt them all.
March 20, 2017 Kansas bomb suspect's attorneys ask to be let go from case The court-appointed attorneys for a man accused of plotting to bomb a Kansas apartment complex filled with Somali immigrants asked a judge to let them withdraw from the case, saying in a filing Monday that they have lost their client's trust and cannot satisfy his expectations.
March 17, 2017 Woman ordered to stand trial in Kansas slaying, abduction A Mexican national charged with killing a Kansas mother and kidnapping the victim's newborn daughter has been ordered to stand trial.
March 17, 2017 The Latest: 2 of 3 fires burning in Texas fully contained The Latest on wildfires in Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado.
March 17, 2017 Officials say Kansas wildfires are under control Officials say wildfires that have charred more than 1,100 square miles in Kansas are under control, prompting the state to withdraw response teams from the firefighting effort.
March 17, 2017 Slower winds in forecast could aid crews battling wildfires Fire crews are expecting slower winds as they work to extinguish blazes that have scorched hundreds of square miles of land in four states and killed six people.
March 17, 2017 Wind conditions should ease, helping crews battle wildfires Winds are expected to diminish as emergency crews in four states continue to battle wildfires that have killed six people and destroyed hundreds of square miles of land.
