Lawrence police are investigating reports that members of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity at the University of Kansas abused and killed a turkey at a party.

Authorities have identified a 31-year-old gunman who fatally wounded a concierge desk worker and killed himself at a Las Vegas Strip casino hotel as Edward C. Brandt of Lake Forest, Ill.

A Topeka police officer killed in the line of duty served nearly 25 years in the military with the Marine Corps Reserve and the Kansas Air National Guard.

Police have arrested a man for allegedly posting Facebook threats against Los Angeles elementary schools.

Wichita Police said that around 7:45 a.m. Sunday, a man drove to the county jail and told them he had killed his wife.

Authorities say the Connecticut elementary school where a gunman shot to death 26 people will be closed indefinitely while the crime is investigated.

A 19-year-old Topeka man who was left a paraplegic after an accident that killed a passenger in his car is scheduled to be sentenced to prison this week.

Newly public divorce paperwork shows that the mother of Connecticut school shooter Adam Lanza had the authority to make all decisions regarding his upbringing.

Officers were investigating a report of a suspicious vehicle.

Newport Beach police Sgt. William Depweg said shots were fired in the area of a Macy's department store at the Fashion Island mall Saturday afternoon.

It happened Friday evening at the Days Inn on E. Kellogg

A docket notation Friday shows a Jan. 7 hearing has been scheduled for Benita Cardona-Gonzalez in federal court in Wichita.

Police arrested 18-year-old Sammie Eaglebear Chavez at about 4:30 a.m. Friday after learning of the alleged plot Thursday.

Police were called because a man with a gun was walking through St. Vincent's Hospital on Saturday morning.

Lt. Paul Vance said Saturday morning that the suspect was not voluntarily let into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton.

The authorities have fanned out to New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts to interview relatives of Adam Lanza, 20, and his mother, who was one of Lanza's shooting victims.

DEA officials say over 1,000 pounds of the drug were seized along with cocaine and heroin

Family members are relaying what children told them about the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

Wichita police say three men broke into a home in the 2600 block of east Grail around 10:00 last night.

Police say the man got into a fight during a party at a home in the 1800 block of South Hiram around 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

It happened Wednesday night in southeast Wichita

An official with knowledge of a shooting at a Connecticut elementary school says 27 people are dead, including 18 children.

No one was hurt after a bullet struck a home with 5 people inside

Six Kansas City municipal employees and one Jackson County worker are facing federal wire fraud charges, accusing them of using an insurance benefit program to receive thousands of dollars in gift cards.