KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police officials and the AAA auto club are urging drivers to be especially cautious this time of year as collisions with deer become more frequent. Cooler weather and shorter daylight…

A motorcyclist was killed after he collided with a law enforcement vehicle responding to an accident Thursday. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported Karl R. Sturm, Republic, Mo., was eastbound on U.S. 400, north of Fall…

Arrests reported Allen County sheriff’s deputies booked Erick W. Trickey, 47, rural Iola, into the Allen County Jail July 31 for a pair of warrants. Deputies arrested Jamie Quintero, 19, Wichita, for suspicion of driving…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A man who was shot and killed by Kansas law enforcement was wanted in a Nebraska killing. Omaha, Nebraska, police identified the man killed Monday in Lawrence, Kansas, as 31-year-old Nicholas…

Arrests reported Allen County sheriff’s deputies arrested James W. Shaw, 44, Iola, Monday for suspicion of aggravated battery with a vehicle and driving while suspended. Iola police officers Monday arrested Orion C. Nicholas, 20, LaHarpe,…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities are investigating a spike in people impersonating law enforcement officers in Kansas. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said in a news release Friday that it has identified about 10 reports…

PARSONS, Kan. (AP) — A woman is jailed on suspicion of driving drunk and fatally injuring a pedestrian in Parsons. Tiffany Jakee, 29, of Parsons, was jailed without bond Thursday afternoon in Labette County on…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Highway Patrol says five people died and one person was injured when two vehicles collided on Interstate 70 west of Topeka. The State Patrol says the crash happened around…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two years after a crash left two sisters dead and three family members injured, the state of Kansas is suing the children’s parents and other parties for the cost of repairing…

EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) — The number of children hurt when a bus overturned on a slush-covered Kansas highway has climbed to 27.  The Wichita Eagle reports  that the injury count increased Thursday based on a…