TOPEKA — In her 13 years working as a corrections officer, Jennifer Wyman has fielded threats to herself and her family, sat with other officers in the emergency room and helped to rehabilitate inmates, all while working three other jobs because of insufficient pay.
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, people across the U.S. can log on to a government website and order free, at-home COVID-19 tests. But the White House push may do little to ease the omicron surge, and experts say Washington will have to do a lot more to fix the country’s long-troubled testing system.
EL DORADO — The El Dorado Police Department and the El Dorado Kansas Crime Stoppers are looking for an individual who burglarized storage units on Dec. 28, 2021.
A murder case against Kaleb Hogan, a correctional officer for the Department of Corrections at El Dorado at the time of his arrest, continues to move forward through the court system. County prosecutor Darrin C.
EL DORADO — Evergy has proposed to rebuild a portion of its electrical distribution throughout certain areas of El Dorado. This would upgrade the power system built in the 1950s that is nearing the end of its service life.
The Butler County Warrant Division is on the hunt for a man who’s wanted for failing to appear in a felony case. Joseph Allen Ehret, 44, is a white male at 5-foot-10 and 160 pounds.
Kansas and Missouri logged their warmest average December temperatures on record last month, according to data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Average temperatures over the last half of 2021 were higher than they’ve ever been in either state — and across the country.
Doyle Eugene “Gene” White, Jr. will sit at the bench of the Andover Municipal Court for the last time Jan.
KISMET, Kansas — As morning light creeps across this pasture, Bryan Garrison all but disappears into the High Plains landscape. Motionless and covered in camo, he reclines on a cushion next to a sagebrush.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas prosecutor said Tuesday that he won’t file criminal charges over the death of a Black 17-year-old who became unresponsive while being restrained facedown for more than 30 minutes following an altercation with staff at a Wichita juvenile center in September.