Drug Task Force arrests 7 after search of Kansas home

MARION –A Kansas man has been sentenced to more than 22 years in prison in connection with the disappearance and death of a Sedgwick County woman in April 2020, according to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt. Robert Bruce Mans Jr., 50, of Wichita, was sentenced Monday in Marion County...

COWLEY COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating several different scam calls in Cowley County Sheriff's Office over the past few weeks, according to Sheriff Dave Faletti. The first was a "Cybersecurity for Amazon" which resulted in a $21,500 loss in Apple gift cards and the scammer getting all the...

WICHITA, KAN. – A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging an Oklahoma man with two counts of interference with interstate commerce by robbery, two counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, and two counts of felon in possession of a firearm, according to the United State's Attorney.

MCALLEN, Texas– U.S. Senator Roger Marshall and Kansas Sheriffs Calvin Hayden (Johnson County), Brian Hill (Shawnee County), Roger Soldan (Saline County), Jeff Richards (Franklin County), and Tim Morse (Jackson County) toured the southern border last weekend for briefings, tours, and meetings with border patrol officials, within DHS and the state of Texas.

For Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan, his trip last week with U.S. Senator Roger Marshall to the Mexican border near McAllen, Texas, was an eye opener. Soldan was one of five Kansas sheriffs selected to accompany Marshall to the McAllen, Texas, area of the border for briefings, tours, and meetings with border patrol, Homeland Security, and State of Texas officials. The trip came amid the growing fentanyl crisis that is wreaking havoc in Kansas and across the nation.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The state of Kansas must pay former pizza executive Gene Bicknell more than $63 million to settle a long-running dispute over his tax bill. The court ruled on Friday that Bicknell was a Florida resident in 2005 and 2006 when he sold NPC International, which owned more than 800 Pizza Hut locations around the world.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — The Missouri Legislative session has ended without a sports betting bill being passed. The Missouri House approved sports betting legislation in March for anyone 21 and older to place wagers on college and professional sports teams. But in the Senate, members couldn't find a path forward, and it had to do with regulating slot machines.

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DENVER (AP) — U.S. government lawyers asked the appeals court overseeing four western and two midwestern states to recognize that the First Amendment guarantee of free speech gives people the right to film police as they do their work in public — a decision that would allow officers to be sued if they interfere with bystanders trying to record them.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is moving to provide $50 million in relief to businesses such as bars, gyms and hair salons that were forced by state or local officials to shut down or restrict their operations during the first weeks of the coronavirus pandemic. The Republican-controlled Legislature on...

The Kansas House of Representatives took the time to honor one of the state’s own before wrapping up Monday. The House presented filmmaker and Junction City native Kevin Wilmott with a certificate recognizing his contributions to the state of Kansas through his work in the film industry. Wilmott grew...

TOPEKA — The Kansas Department of Health reported 1900 new coronavirus cases in Kansas from Friday, May 13, to Wednesday May 18, for a total of 782,802 cases. The state reported 82 additional COVID-19 deaths in the past week for a total of 8,802. Kansas is providing fewer updates...

HUTCHINSON— Amtrak’s Southwest Chief will return to full service Monday. The train service was reduced to five days per week due to staffing shortages caused by the pandemic. “We still have a lot of hiring to do but we’re able to have enough hiring and enough cars back...

The COVID-19 pandemic hit air travel hard. The number of canceled flights skyrocketed, airlines hemorrhaged billions in losses and a lack of passengers turned once-bustling airports into ghost towns. For rural airports like the one in Hays — not bustling, but critical in their own way — the shutdowns hurt...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lamenting a uniquely American tragedy, an anguished and angry President Joe Biden delivered an urgent call for new restrictions on firearms after a gunman shot and killed at least 19 children at a Texas elementary school. (Cick below to watch the President's comments.) Biden spoke Tuesday...

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Kansas State Fair General Manager Bryan Schulz is ready to talk about the project to renovate the Bison Arena, now that the governor has signed the bill for the state's half. "With House Bill 2510 going through, that allocated about $14.6 million towards the fair," Schulz...

PITTSBURG— Sen. Kellie Warren and former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach repeatedly clashed Thursday over who was best suited to ensure a GOP victory on election night and battle Democratic administrations at the state and federal levels. On one side was a candidate with experience in statewide office...

TOPEKA — House Speaker Ron Ryckman confirmed Monday he would not seek reelection, along with nearly a dozen other representatives who announced plans to step away from the Legislature. The decision confirmed speculation the Olathe Republican would not run again. Ryckman was first elected to the House in 2012...