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Evergy: More than 13k without power following overnight storms
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Thousands of people lost power late Wednesday night and into early Thursday morning as severe thunderstorm warnings rolled through the area. Just before midnight Wednesday, Evergy reported more than 26,000 customers without power. That number includes parts of Wichita and Topeka but was considerably influenced by more than 5,600 customers who lost power in the Leavenworth, Kansas, area as of 11:50 p.m.
Additional storms tonight in NE Kansas
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Severe storms tore through many part of NE Kansas Thursday night, resulting in considerable damage across the region. Some additional storms may develop this evening, though they should be a bit weaker comparatively. Last night’s severe storms resulted in many severe storm warnings, alongside a few...
Severe thunderstorm warning issued in NE Kansas
Update 10:11 p.m. A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage Shawnee and Wabaunsee Counties until 11 p.m. Update 9:53 p.m. The National Weather Service continued a severe thunderstorm warning for Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, Pottawatomie, Shawnee and Wabaunsee Counties until 10:15 p.m. Update 9:43 p.m. The National Weather Service issued a […]
Former police chief charged in Kansas newspaper raid investigated by CBI
The Kansas sheriff who raided a local newspaper last year has been criminally charged and Colorado investigators played a considerable part in the investigation.Former Marion Police Chief Giden Cody has been charged with felony interference with the judicial process. The charge comes just shy of a year after The Marion Police Department raided the Marion County Record, a local newspaper, and the homes of several of its journalists. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation was brought onto the case in November 2023 to help investigators in Kansas.The case has no apparent connection to Colorado, which is part of the reason the Kansas...
Tigers receive votes in AFCA Preseason Top 25 Poll
WACO, Texas – Fort Hays State received votes in the preseason release of the AFCA Division II Top 25 Poll, released on Monday. The MIAA has three teams ranked among the Top 25, including two in the Top 10, and FHSU joins Emporia State among the receiving votes list to give the MIAA five teams referenced in the first release of the poll.
FHSU plans part-time job fair
Hays area employers seeking to fill part-time positions or internships are invited to attend the Part-time Job Fair at Fort Hays State University on Wednesday, August 28, from 2 to 4 p.m. There is no cost to participate, but employers must register no later than Aug. 22 by phone (785-628-4260)...
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.
Kan. man dead, 3 hospitalized after truck rollover accident
RENO COUNTY—A Kansas man died in an accident just after noon Wednesday in Reno County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 EZ Liner Truck, a Reno County Public Works Department vehicle, driven by Melvin Joseph Hoyle, 25, South Hutchinson, was eastbound on Pretty Prairie Road just east of High Point Road.
It’s a go! $14 million manufacturing plant Elite Harness opens in Wellington
In one of Wellington’s most dynamic, well-planned ribbon cuttings in memory, Elite Harness officially opened its doors to business at 1515 N. A, the former TECT building, yesterday afternoon. A misty-eyed Nathan Smith, President of Elite Harness, picked up the Chamber scissors and made the ribbon cut with the...
Pair Of Changes In Goodland KS
Kansas Broadcast Company has made a pair of branding changes at its recently acquired stations in Western Kansas. Classic Rock “U-Rock 102.5” KKCI Goodland has rebranded as “RockIt 102.5“. No programming changes accompanied the rebrand as the station continues to feature its daily morning “Daily Blitz” Sports talk show from 7-8am, Goodland High School athletics, Northwest Tech basketball, and Denver Broncos football.
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