A Chanute woman was killed Monday in a two-vehicle accident south of Humboldt. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported Jerri L. Francis, 58, Chanute, died when the pickup she was driving crossed over the center line…

NEODESHA — Two young parents and their 2-year-old son were killed in a two-vehicle accident just west of Neodesha Monday. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported Adam and Kylie Brooks, both 21, and their son, Kohen,…

A Mound City man was killed after his car slammed head-on with a pickup south of Humboldt Tuesday. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported that Morgan L. Wakefield, 29, was killed after his car, a 2011…

Traffic along U.S. 169 was anything but normal on a harrowing Monday for motorists as emergency crews responded to a pair of accidents hours apart along the same stretch of road. The first, occurring just…

An attempted break-in in Iola and subsequent pursuit led to the arrest of a Le Roy man Tuesday afternoon. Samuel Van Patten, 44, Le Roy, faces multiple charges after he led officers on a lengthy…

GREENSBURG — A man wanted in connection to a woman’s death in Anderson County was killed in a crash during a police pursuit Saturday night near Greensburg.  Jerry Wayne Thompson, age 55, of Tidewater, Ore.,…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Highway Patrol took more than $15,000 in cash from Barbara Reese in 1995 during a traffic stop. It took her 24 years, several claims against the government, and legislative outrage to…

TOPEKA — Kansas chief deputy attorney general Daniel Burrows defended a hard-fought attempt to overhaul the state’s civil asset forfeiture law and urged rival factions to avoid the temptation to march to their castles, close…

HUMBOLDT — Teams of law enforcement officers descended upon Humboldt Wednesday afternoon for a manhunt that led to the arrest of a suspect in a Nov. 28 burglary in Iola. With use of a Kansas…

TOPEKA — Members of the Kansas Legislature on a bipartisan interim committee agreed to recommend reform of the system relied upon by law enforcement agencies to seize millions of dollars annually in cash and property…