Police say a man suspected of killing a University of Kansas law student killed himself while in custody in New Jersey. Lawrence police say 46-year-old Adolfo Garcia-Nunez was arrested in Elizabeth, N.J., on Friday night, after police found his unoccupied pickup in that town. Authorities say that while he was in custody in New Jersey, Garcia-Nunez took his own life.
A 3-year-old autistic boy drowned in a south Wichita lake Friday night, ending an extensive search by more than 13 fire department units and 15 police officers.
On a weekend known for grilling burgers, some consumers scrambled to see if ground beef they bought at Kroger stores, including Dillons, was part of a voluntary recall by the company.
A Wichita woman in her early 30s was critically injured Friday morning in a one-vehicle accident near the intersection of Maple and Maize Road.
Lawrence police are searching for a 46-year-old man charged with second-degree murder in the off-campus death of a University of Kansas student.
The former police chief of Kingman will have to wait two more weeks before hearing his sentence for domestic violence.
A small but enthusiastic crowd gathered for a Fourth of July eve concert by seven-time Grammy winner Gladys Knight - sans The Pips.
Some abortion opponents doubt a state law restricting late-term procedures needs to be rewritten, despite a grand jury's conclusion that it isn't clear enough to allow an indictment of Dr. George Tiller.
Attorney General Steve Six says it's acceptable under Kansas law for prospective casino developers to phase in their investments.
Police say an Ottawa woman has been cited after one of her family's pet bats bit her son.
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius remains coy about whether she wants to be Barack Obama's running mate on the Democratic presidential ticket.
Wichita police answered a call about a vicious dog in northeast Wichita Wednesday and turned up what was apparently a gruesome dogfighting site.
It was a big night for jackpots in Oklahoma.
A Wichita man has been sentenced to one year on federal probation for falsely claiming that he was awarded a Purple Heart for combat wounds.
Strong winds and heavy rains in the Kansas City area flood highways and leave thousands without power.
The lights at the Cotillion came down and country music legend Merle Haggard took the stage at 9:13 p.m. on Wednesday. Exactly one hour later, the lights came back on after Haggard had played most of the chart-topping hits he has made famous during the last 40 years.
A comfortable high near 82 degrees is forecast for today across Wichita. The National Weather Service, however, reports that temperatures will rise back into the 90s by the weekend, with the heat index topping 100 by Saturday across parts of central and south-central Kansas.
A former Westar Energy Inc. executive is trying to invalidate an appeals court decision that could send him back to prison.
Global challenges like soaring oil prices and the Earth's rising temperature await President Bush at a summit of top industrialized nations, but first he set out to soothe emotions on a sensitive Japanese issue that's entangled in the nuclear standoff with North Korea.
The three American hostages rescued by Colombia's military said in their first public statement that they are doing fine and are thrilled to "return home to the country we love."
Barack Obama celebrated "active faith" as an obligation of religious Americans and a chief agent of societal change while speaking Saturday to a nearly all-black roomful of churchgoers, but hoping to reach far beyond them.
A wildfire threatening thousands of homes in Southern California spread slowly through scenic canyonlands Saturday, straining resources as crews struggled to contain hundreds of other blazes around the state.
The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program - a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium - reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing two oceans.
Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert Saturday, landing in a field in Idaho.
Former Sen. Jesse Helms, an unyielding champion of the conservative movement who spent three combative and sometimes caustic decades in Congress, where he relished his battles against liberals, Communists and occasionally a fellow Republican, died on the Fourth of July. He was 86.
Dale Metta, who manages a gun shop just outside the District of Columbia limits in Maryland, has had to turn away dozens of city residents wanting to buy handguns in recent days. Never mind that the U.S. Supreme Court just struck down Washington's 32-year-old ban on possessing handguns.
When Venus Williams won her second match point of the day at Wimbledon, even little sister Serena could celebrate.
The nation's largest fireworks display exploded in a spectrum of color over the East River, temporarily stealing the spotlight from New York's world-famous skyline and helping to create a brilliant end to a day of July Fourth celebrations nationwide.
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