A college student on Monday told a Douglas County jury that shortly after he left a bar one night last winter another young man jumped him, gouged his eyes and pulled him to the ground. The 21-year-old student said that the man — defendant Hector Seeger, who is charged with the felony of ...

Story updated at 11:44 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025 CARBONDALE — Four law enforcement officers were shot Saturday morning while responding to a domestic violence call at a home in a rural area south of Topeka, and a 22-year-old male suspect died of gunshot wounds at the scene. The ...

When Lt. Myrone Grady appeared in a Topeka courtroom accused of hitting a man while off duty at a kids' basketball game, the gallery was so packed with his supporters that the judge said he'd find a bigger courtroom for the next hearing. That was heartening to Grady — or “OG,” as he’s ...

A wrongful conviction trial that was expected to conclude Thursday will spill into next week after the plaintiff’s attorney spent the entire day attempting to discredit a doctor who concluded that a baby had died from abuse, not natural causes. During an often tense six hours, Dr. Terra ...

Child abuse is what killed a 9-month-old boy at a Eudora day care, not natural causes, according to a child abuse pediatrician who testified Wednesday at the wrongful conviction trial of Carrody Buchhorn, a day care worker who was accused of murdering the baby nine years ago. The opinion of ...

Story updated at 12:24 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12: The suspect in a hit-and-run crash that killed a University of Kansas student last week was charged on Wednesday with leaving the scene of a fatality accident and several other crimes. On Wednesday, Douglas County District Attorney Dakota Loomis' ...