WICHITA – A Wichita woman pleaded guilty Friday to producing child pornography while she was baby-sitting a 7-year-old girl in her home, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister.Stefanie Larsen, 46, pleaded guilty to one count of production of child pornography. In ...
WICHITA — A Wichita church preschool director has resigned as more concerns surface about a fired employee who's accused of sexually assaulting two children at a YMCA child care.The Wichita Eagle reports that 21-year-old Caleb Gaston was fired in October from his job at Plymouth Learning ...
LINWOOD — A summer camp for children with muscular dystrophy is moving from Kansas to Missouri, causing confusion for families on both sides of the state line.The Muscular Dystrophy Association announced Feb. 1 the merger of annual camps at Tall Oaks in Linwood, and Springfield, Missouri. The ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A business watchdog has found that only a small portion of money from a Missouri-based veterans' group that Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is associated with actually goes toward helping veterans.Kobach is listed as a member of the advisory board for Veterans in ...
TOPEKA ? Top leaders updated the Kansas Legislature's policy against sexual harassment on Friday without requiring an outside review of complaints or altering their longstanding approach of having them handled as privately as possible.The revised policy approved by the top seven legislative ...
WICHITA — Firefighters have rescued an injured cat from an icy river in downtown Wichita after the animal apparently was thrown off an overpass.The Wichita Eagle reports that a motorist spotted the black cat Thursday afternoon and called 911. Wichita Fire Lt. Kenneth Ast says the cat was ...
TOPEKA — Two Topeka police officers who fatally shot a man have returned to work with the police department.City spokeswoman Molly Hadfield said Thursday that officers Michael Cruse and Justin Mackey returned from administrative leave on Wednesday. She would not reveal their duty ...
The case of a former University of Kansas basketball player who was arrested last weekend on suspicion of distributing marijuana is still under investigation, the Kansas Highway Patrol said Friday.A report is expected to be forwarded soon to the Wabaunsee County District Attorney’s Office for ...
Kansas City, Kan. — A woman has been charged in a Kansas City, Kan., stabbing death after she was arrested over the weekend following a disturbance at a Missouri hotel.Tara Treece, 28, of Kansas City, Kan., is awaiting extradition to Wyandotte County, where she is charged with second-degree ...
Meriden — The owner of a Topeka-area auto body and restoration shop says it was “brutal” watching his business burn, knowing that six classic cars inside the building were destroyed.High Torque Racing Auto Body and Paint in Meriden was destroyed in the fire early Wednesday.The company ...
Gardner — A mother of a slain 2-year-old has filed a lawsuit against the suburban Kansas City girl’s father, his fiancee and the fiancee’s father.The Kansas City Star reports that Stephanie Porting alleges in the lawsuit filed Tuesday that Lindsey Thomasson committed intentional battery ...
Topeka ? The Kansas House on Thursday passed and sent to Gov. Jeff Colyer a bill authorizing the placement of a statue on the Statehouse grounds honoring former President and five-star Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.The statue will be a replica of one designed by the late Lawrence artist Jim ...
WICHITA — A Wichita area man charged with the rape of a 4-year-old girl at a YMCA has now been accused of sexually assaulting a 3-year-old girl at the same location.The Wichita Eagle reports 21-year-old Caleb Gaston was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of aggravated indecent liberties with a ...
Topeka ? Vowing to make state government more transparent to the public, Gov. Jeff Colyer signed executive orders on Thursday aimed at increasing access to open records, open meeting information, official correspondence, and data about how well state agencies are performing."We want to start ...
Whether a Lawrence scientist who has been in the U.S. for 30 years will be deported is now in the hands of a judge. Syed Ahmed Jamal, the Bangladeshi-born father of three who was recently detained by ICE, has been granted a temporary stay of removal. Jamal’s attorney, Rekha Sharma-Crawford, ...
Topeka ? Gov. Jeff Colyer gave his first address to a joint session of the Legislature on Wednesday, laying out a number of initiatives he wants to pursue involving government reform and transparency, job growth, health care and education.But he made no new specific proposals about the biggest ...
Topeka ? The Kansas House gave first-round approval Wednesday to a bill that would allow the state to collect sales tax instead of a liquor enforcement tax on beer sold at convenience stores and grocery stores starting in 2019.The bill is intended to correct one of the unintended consequences ...
UPDATE: Lawrence scientist Syed Jamal granted temporary stay of removal, law firm says• • • Syed Ahmed Jamal, the longtime Lawrence resident and father of three whose deportation case has made national headlines over the last week, could be deported as soon as next week.Those close to the ...
Kansas City, Kan. ? Procter & Gamble says it is closing its plant in Kansas City, Kansas, in 2020.Company officials told about 280 full-time employees of the decision on Wednesday.The Kansas City Star reports the company plans to transfer production of its Our Dish Care business from ...
WICHITA — A Wichita hospital says two children have died from the flu there.Wesley Healthcare spokeswoman Susan Burchill could provide no details about the pediatric flu deaths because of privacy laws. The Wichita Eagle reports that the hospital defines pediatric as newborns through ...