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Commissioners Jim Howell and Richard Ranzau had accuse commissioners David Dennis, Michael O'Donnell and David Unruh of pulling a behind-the-scenes move to put part of the plan in motion without telling them. … Click to Continue »

Sedgwick County commissioners accused one another of various improprieties Wednesday as they battled over what to do about getting new government office space. Commission Chairman David Dennis accused an unnamed … Click to Continue »

Ten Kansas roadways — including a highway near Sedgwick County — will soon be dedicated to fallen law enforcement officers. The designations come after SB 375 was passed earlier this … Click to Continue »

Exactly what killed the computer hacker who gave up Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning to the FBI remains a mystery. Forensic pathologists who performed Adrian Lamo's autopsy were unable to determine … Click to Continue »

A 5-year-old girl was accidentally shot in her left arm by a sibling on Wednesday morning, Pratt County Sheriff James White said. The shooting happened in the southeast part of … Click to Continue »

Exactly what killed the computer hacker who gave up Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning to the FBI remains a mystery. Forensic pathologists who performed Adrian Lamo's autopsy were unable to determine … Click to Continue »

Two people were killed in a head-on collision in McPherson County and troopers are trying to piece together what happened before the crash, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. The … Click to Continue »

Four operators and another worker at massage parlors in three Kansas cities used their businesses as fronts for prostitution, a federal indictment states. The massage parlor operators generated millions of … Click to Continue »

A new study says Kansas is one of the most challenging states to live in if you’re poor. Kansas ranked fourth worst, following Georgia, Virginia and Mississippi. “Aside from a … Click to Continue »

A Sedgwick County jury on Tuesday convicted a Texas woman of killing a new mother in 2016 and stealing her baby to raise as her own. Yesenia Sesmas, 36, was … Click to Continue »