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Wichita man sentenced to prison for human trafficking
WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - A 36-year-old Wichita man has been sentenced to seven years and eight months in prison for human trafficking. The Sedgwick County district attorney's office said Judge Christopher Magana on Tuesday sentenced Alan Jones to 92 months. He pleased guilty on June 25 to attempted commercial sexual exploitation of a child, promoting the sale of sexual relations, attempted robbery, criminal threat and criminal damage to property.
New Wichita police substation mural honors fallen K-9 officers and their handler
WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - A mural in the Wichita Police Department's new Patrol East substation is honoring two K-9 officers killed in the line of duty and their handler. Wichita City Communications Manager Megan Lovely says the new mural honors K9 Handler Daniel Gumm and his two K9s, Rooster and Bane.
K-State Agriculture Today: 1747 – Wheat Performance Tests…Cicada Killers
00:01:05 – Wheat Performance Tests, Part 1: K-State crop performance test coordinator, Jane Lingenfelser, starts today’s show with two segments to review the 2024 wheat performance tests in Kansas. In the first segment she discusses how the growing season faired for weather, disease and insects. 00:12:05 – Wheat...
Headlines for Thursday, August 15, 2024
Thousands Lose Power in Kansas, Missouri as Storms Rolled Through Wednesday Night. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KPR) — Thousands of people lost power late Wednesday night and into early Thursday morning as severe thunderstorms rolled through the area. Utility company Evergy says outages from the severe storms overnight peaked at about 37,000 customers without power throughout its service area - with Topeka, Wichita, Newton and Leavenworth heavily affected. As of 8 a.m. Thursday, Evergy had restored power for 65% of the affected customers. As of 4 p.m., about 4,500 customers were without power with about 360 outage events. A statement at the Evergy outage map website reported that the Wichita, Topeka, Newton and Leavenworth areas saw the greatest number of power outages. Evergy crews from surrounding communities have arrived to these areas to assist with power restoration. Damage reports have included broken poles, downed wires and trees in powerlines. In Topeka, where winds caused extensive damage to the power grid, restoration for some customers is expected to take until Friday evening. In the town of Sedgwick, nearly two dozen poles are being replaced, and work to restore some customers will take until Friday. Customers in other areas are expected to be restored by Thursday night. Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued for northeast Kansas and western Missouri late Wednesday night and into early Thursday morning.
How schools are navigating the use of AI
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Artificial Intelligence continues to advance, and schools say it’s a very real issue heading into a new school year. Schools across the nation are looking into ways to safeguard against AI. “You can use it in ways that are very beneficial, you can also get...
Kansas joins multistate challenge against ‘Bidenbucks’ voter registration scheme
Kansas and a coalition of several Republican-led states joined a lawsuit to block the Biden administration from using taxpayer-funded federal agencies to register new voters and decried it an “unlawful” overreach that could result in millions of new Democratic registrants. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, claims the […]
Firefighters rescue person trapped beneath tree in the Kansas River during violent storm
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Fire crews in Topeka helped rescue a person trapped beneath a tree in the Kansas River Wednesday night amid a dangerous thunderstorm. Rosie Nichols with the City of Topeka said in a press release that firefighters with the Topeka Fire Department (TFD) were called around 11:30 p.m. on Aug. 14 to the […]
Authorities working I-70 crash west of Topeka
Update 11:15 a.m.: A KHP patrol member told a 27 News reporter at the scene that the driver wasn’t wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash. The driver is injured but the injuries aren’t life-threatening. TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office, Topeka Fire Department and Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) are working […]
Police looking for man who failed to appear at sentencing
Wichita police are looking for a man who disappeared before his sentencing in a homicide case. Police said 64-year-old Kevin Harris of Lawrence was out on bond and was scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday. He was one of two suspects in the murder of 51-year-old Jose Lumbreras of Wichita in August, 2023 near 13th and Broadway. Harris left Wichita after the murder and he was later found at an apartment in Lawrence. He was arrested after a 16-hour standoff with Lawrence police.
Niles named Public Utilities Director for the City of Manhattan
The City of Manhattan announced on Wednesday the hiring of a new Director of Public Utilities for the city. Kevin Niles, who is the current Utilities Director in Odessa, Texas, will begin his work for the city beginning on Sept. 3. Niles is set to oversee the recently reconstructed Public Utilities Department, which provides services for Manhattan and surrounding infrastructure.
WATCH: KU coordinators, Matt Gildersleeve break down training camp
Kansas football training camp is getting closer to wrapping up. The Jayhawks have two more practices before they wrap up the camp portion of the preseason. After KU's 14th practice on Thursday, Jeff Grimes, Brian Borland and Matt Gildersleeve met with reporters. Click the video above to see what Gildersleeve had to say. Click the videos below to see what the coordinators had to say.
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