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Police Catch Burglar In The Act
Wichita police say a burglar wanted for a string of crimes was caught in the act Thursday night. Officers believe the thief is responsible for ten separate burglaries since November.
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Kansas Speaker Upset With DA Over Meetings Flap
Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor directed Gov. Sam Brownback and all legislators to preserve records and electronic files that could be evidence as Taylor investigates whether meetings the governor had with lawmakers violated the state's open meetings law.
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Storm Weakens As It Enters Kansas
Blizzard warning downgraded
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Police Shoot At Suspect, Arrest Him After Manhunt
A suspect accused of trying to run over officers, had been stealing diesel fuel, officials said.
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Wichita Sees Spike In Domestic Violence
Ten of the 27 homicides in 2011 are classified as domestic violence crimes. Police Chief Norman Williams is asking citizens to help be part of the solution.
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Kansas Abortion Insurance Lawsuit Set For 2013
A federal magistrate judge has scheduled a trial next year in a lawsuit challenging a Kansas law restricting insurance coverage of abortion.
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Three People Hurt In Salina House Fire
It happened in the 500 block of N. 13th around 1:46 a.m. Friday.
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Local Agencies Train For Boxing Tournament
The Guns ‘n Hoses Wichita event will take place at the Beech Activity Center, 9710 E. Central, Friday, April 27.
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Prosecutor Expects To Interview Brownback On Meetings
Gov. Brownback invited GOP lawmakers from 13 legislative committees to seven dinners in January.
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Inmate Convicted Of Threatening Judges, Officers
A state prison inmate has been convicted of threatening judges and other law enforcement officers.
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Sedgwick County Investigating Tornado Sirens
Sirens sounded early today while there was no active warning.
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Heavy Snowstorm Hits Colorado On Its Way East
A powerful winter storm swept across Colorado on Friday as it headed east, bringing blizzard warnings to eastern Colorado and western Kansas, and winter storm warnings for southeast Wyoming and western Nebraska.
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Grant County Considers Wind Farm Project
Developers are proposing a $600 million wind farm that would stretch across Grant and Haskell counties.
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Kansas Senate Leader Defends Meetings With Brownback
Jay Emler says Brownback's meetings with Republican members of legislative committees were similar to social gatherings other governors had with lawmakers at Cedar Crest.
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Get Out Of Jail Free
Kansas judges have said own recognizance bonds fight jail overcrowding issues and save taxpayers money. But others argue OR bonds can harm public safety.
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Hearing Postponed In Valley Center Compound Case
A preliminary hearing for Daniel Perez was rescheduled at the request of his defense attorney. The hearing will be held March 8.
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Fate Of Stafford County Hospital Hinges On Vote
Some Stafford County residents want to force a public vote on the county's decision to issue $555,000 in no-fund warrants for the Stafford County Hospital.
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Kansas Man Guilty In Teen Girl's Death
Joseph Rykiel will be sentenced April 2 for the death of a 15-year-old girl he injected with morphine.
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Kansas Nurse Sentenced To Three Years In Drug Tampering Case
Federal prosecutors are recommending that Wendy Parmenter receive a three-year prison term.
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Brownback Signs Order To Overhaul Medicaid
The $2.9 billion Medicaid program provides health coverage for the poor, disabled and elderly.
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Michael Foods Widens Egg Recall
Michael Foods, of Minnetonka, is recalling eggs in brine sold in 10- and 25-pound pails for institutional use, including Kansas.
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Survey: Recycling Up Statewide In Kansas
The number of Kansans who recycle reached 85 percent in 2011, up from 65 percent the last time the survey was administered in 2005.
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Fire And Danger Subsided At Site Of Grain Elevator Explosion
UPDATE: Fire units at the grain elevator have declared the fire and danger have subsided.
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Mild Winter Benefits City Construction And Maintenance Projects
Most Winters, Wichita streets are full of snow and ice. This year, they are full of construction cones.
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Ottawa Man Guilty Of Sex Crimes
An eastern Kansas man faces up to life in prison for a sexual crime against a young child. It was reported that 33-year-old Duane Francis Brannan had been scheduled for trial later this month on five counts of molesting a 6-year-old child. The Ottawa man instead pleaded no contest Wednesday to a single count, under an agreement with the Franklin County prosecutor's office.
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Missing Ellsworth Teens Found At Wichita Walmart
Connor Creech, 16, and Katelyn McKinney, 13, were last seen Monday.
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Ex-Marine Facing Multiple Homicide Charges
Police say an ex-Marine charged with killing four homeless men in Orange County is linked to the stabbing deaths of a Yorba Linda woman and her son.
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Inmates At Leavenworth To Showcase Artwork
A group of artists who spend little time mingling with the public will be showing their works at an unusual exhibition and sale in northeastern Kansas.
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Good Question: Wichita LED Highway Signs
Apparently, one viewer has noticed that there never seems to be anything on the signs. He asks, “Why, after an 8-million-dollar price tag, are the signs blank?” Good question.
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Cancer Concerns In Buhler School District
Cancer concerns among parents in one small, where they’re demanding answers as, one by one, teachers at their grade school are diagnosed with the deadly disease.
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Seatbelt Enforcement Angers Some NW High School Students
A seatbelt enforcement project conducted by Wichita Police has some Northwest High School students angry.
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Meteor Sighted Over Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas
A meteor sighting over Kansas and hundreds of miles south to Texas has been stirring up a lot of conversation among viewers. The meteor sighting we told you about last night took place just before 8:00 p.m.
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Glitches Cancel Two Boeing 787 Flights
All Nippon Airways had to cancel two of its first long-haul Boeing 787 flights on a new route between Tokyo and Frankfurt because of software glitches.
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Pratt Child In Protective Custody After Signs Of Abuse
During the child's treatment, the physicians and caretakers diagnosed the child with internal head and soft tissue injuries.
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Kansas Abortion Insurance Case Assigned To New Judge
A challenge to a new Kansas law restricting insurance coverage of abortion has been assigned to a new judge following the death of the federal judge who had been overseeing the case.
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Wichita Radio Personality Dies
Former Wichita radio personality Rick Gannon passed away today, reportedly from complications of heart surgery.
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Blue Cross Won't Bid For Medicaid Contract
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas said the effort to shift Medicaid programs to private health insurance companies would require it to dramatically change its businesses practices in less than a year.
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House Unlikely To Vote On Immunization Bill
A bill that would expand the number of exemptions allowed for parents who don't want their children to be immunized apparently will not go to a vote this year.
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Valley Center School District Researching 'Balanced' Calendar
Could the Valley Center school district be one of the first in the state of Kansas to have a balanced calendar? School officials are currently looking at that possibility.
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Churches More Alert After Car Break-Ins
Several churches holding Wednesday night service were more alert after a recent string of car break-ins.
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Drug Cartel Targets Police In Mexico
Every police officer in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez has been ordered to leave home and stay in a hotel after the killing of five officers by a local drug cartel.
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U.S. Nuclear Plants Must Be Reassessed
The federal government says nuclear plants throughout the central and eastern U.S. must be reassessed within four years to determine how well they might withstand earthquakes.
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Expo Experts Hosts Wichita Job Fair
Even though the Kansas Unemployment rate dropped again in December, it could still be better. Much of the blame for that has been placed on a sluggish general aviation market, but there are job openings in aerospace.
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Lies Trash Sells Business To Waste Management
The two companies announced the sale of Lies Trash Service operations to Waste Management of Kansas today.
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Facebook Files $5 Billion IPO
Facebook made a much-anticipated status update Wednesday: The Internet social network is going public eight years after its computer-hacking CEO Mark Zuckerberg started the service at Harvard University.
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Tax Refunds Cut Into Kansas Revenues
A high number of Kansas tax refunds added up to lower-than-expected state revenue collections in January.
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Crane Falls At Oklahoma City Hospital
Oklahoma City firefighters say they were called to the hospital at 5501 North Portland Avenue where a crane had fallen over.
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Kansas Senate Panel Passes Congressional Remap Plan
A Kansas Senate committee has endorsed a redistricting bill that is likely to give the state's senior Republican congresswoman a more Democratic district.
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Local Mom Delivers Baby At Home
A Bel Aire mom gave birth to a baby boy this morning at her home with the help of her great-aunt.
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