Crime, Fire & Courts
Suspect in deaths near Ottawa to appear in court
The man charged with killing four people on an eastern Kansas farm is set to appear in court Monday afternoon.
2 inmates charged in Missouri with attempted kidnapping
Two inmates who fled a Kansas prison face several charges in Missouri, including trying to kidnap the mayor of the small town where they were eventually captured.
Lawrence woman sentenced for crashing car into a house
Megan Wilson was sentenced to 6 months in jail and 24 months probation.
Search ongoing for dead 18-month-old near Ottawa
Crews on foot, horseback and all-terrain vehicles resumed their search for an 18-month-old girl who is presumed dead after the bodies of her mother and two men were found at an eastern Kansas farm.
Rapper sentenced for gun possession after Lawrence shooting
Willie Fleming was sentenced to 18 months in prison for felony gun possession Thursday.
Burglar takes Kansas man's belt buckle collection
A man who lives in western Sedgwick County is hoping police can recover a belt buckle collection stolen by a burglar.
Arrest made in deaths near Ottawa, baby presumed dead
Authorities in eastern Kansas say they have arrested a 27-year-old man in the deaths of three people at a rural farm home.
Canadian who took Kansas girl sentenced to 8 years
A Canadian man will spend eight years in prison for taking a 12-year-old Kansas girl he met on the Internet.
Bodies found on farm near Ottawa identified
Authorities have identified the woman and two men who were found slain on an eastern Kansas farm earlier this week.
DA: Shooting of man who killed Topeka officers justified
Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor says law enforcement officers acted correctly when they shot and killed a man who killed two Topeka police officers.