Story updated at 3:45 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025 CARBONDALE, Kan. — Four law enforcement officers were shot Saturday morning while responding to a residence in a rural area south of Topeka, Kansas. The shooting was around 10:30 a.m. Three Osage County sheriff’s deputies and one Kansas ...

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' ...

Fines for some traffic offenses in Lawrence will be going up next year, in a move that Municipal Court staff says puts the city in line with other communities in the region. On Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted 5-0 in favor of the new fine schedule, which was originally on the ...