LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) When cars collide with deer in Douglas County, residents can benefit. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department has a rotating list of county residents who are called and offered the chance to pick up freshly hit deer. Lt. Steve Lewis, a Douglas County Sheriff’s Department spokesman, says the so-called “deer list” has been in effect for about 25 years. Lecompton resident and deer-list member Timothy Kilburn is on the list, and says one medium-sized deer can “take care of you for a month at least.” Douglas County residents can apply to be on the…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A 36-year-old man was seriously injured when a grappling hook grabbed the cab of the pickup truck he was in at a Topeka salvage yard. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the accident occurred Saturday at the recycling center, where the victim works. Shawnee County sheriff’s Cpl. Steve Evans says the injured man was in the cab of a pickup truck when a large piece of heavy machinery reached down, grabbed the cab of the truck and started to grasp it using a grappling hook. The pickup was being lifted off the ground and about to be crushed when…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A 59-year-old Topeka man is undertaking a 350-mile bike ride to help raise money for two children with cancer. Eric Nordgren said he considered not going through with his eighth annual Sunflowers-to-Roses cancer fundraiser, a 350-mile, nonstop bike ride through northeast Kansas. But Nordgren told The Topeka Capital-Journal he changed his mind after he reviewed the stories of the two young cancer patients he’s supporting with this year’s ride’s proceeds: 6-year-old Karis Selk and 3-year-old Londyn Hibbert. Nordgren says the children and their families had endured more than he could even imagine in their ongoing battles against…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) An adult elk has been spotted on a trail within the Topeka city limits. The Topeka Capital Journal reports Topeka resident Dan Byl has a trail camera on his property that captured two images this month of the large animal. He says at first he didn’t believe it could be an elk because the nearest elk herd is 60 miles away at Fort Riley. So he sent the photos to the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, which confirmed he had captured images of a bull elk. Matt Peek, elk program coordinator for KDWPT, says it’s…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Some parts of Kansas received up to half a foot of snow in the season’s first snowstorm, but the white stuff isn’t sticking around very long. The Wichita Eagle reports 6 inches of snow fell in the northwest part of the state, while the Goodland area got 5 inches and eastern Hodgeman and western Pawnee counties received about 3 inches. National Weather Service meteorologist Marc Russell says roads got slushy in areas with the biggest accumulations, but the snow melted quickly because the ground is still warm. Wichita had a trace of snow, but it wasn’t enough…
SUBLETTE, Kan. (AP) Someone in southwest Kansas is a bit wealthier after winning a $1 million prize in a Powerball drawing this week. The Garden City Telegram reports a Sublette resident who doesn’t want to be identified claimed the prize Thursday morning at the Kansas Lottery’s office in Great Bend. The winning ticketholder bought $20 in tickets at a convenience store in Sublette, one of which matched the first five Powerball numbers, but not the Powerball, in Wednesday’s drawing. The store will get a $1,000 bonus for selling the ticket.
Running both Saturday, October 19 and Sunday, October 20, Sunset Zoo hosted this year”s SPOOKtacular event. Throughout the zoo, five different candy paths were positioned among the exhibits and both kids and animals were flocking to their activities. Kids were there for candy and animals were partaking in pumpkin enrichment activities in their habitats. The Nature Exploration Center allowed for more activities as it housed a 100 straw bale maze for the kids to run through. In the classroom, there was pumpkin bowling, pin the nose on the pumpkin, among others. Ella Casey, Marketing Development Officer, mentioned there were also some…
In her first public event since leaving as Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton rallied supporters of VA Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe, pointing to the race as a test between ‘common ground’ and ‘scorched Earth’ politics.
Two convicted killers who were freed from a Florida prison by phony documents are back in custody. Authorities say they were arrested together Saturday night at a Panama City, Florida, motel.
DERBY, Kan. (AP) Authorities say two men are dead after a small airplane crashed shortly after takeoff from Wichita’s Mid-Continent Airport. Sedgwick County Sheriff Jeff Easter says witnesses reported seeing a wing and other debris falling from the twin-engine Cessna before it crashed and burned around 10:15 a.m. Friday in a field southeast of Derby. The two men were the only people on board. Their names were not immediately released. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Tony Molinaro says the plane was bound for New Braunfels, Texas. Molinaro says the 1975 Cessna was registered to Dufresne Inc., whose listed agent is the…