US carries out its 1st execution of a female inmate since 1953

A Kansas woman was executed Wednesday for strangling an expectant mother in Missouri and cutting the baby from her womb, the first time in nearly seven decades that the U.S. government has put to death a female inmate.

Man accused of murdering two boys and kidnapping two girls is in custody, girls found safe

Donny Jackson, 40, is in custody. Police say he killed two boys, who were about 11 and 14, and then kidnapped their sisters, who are three and six. The little girls were found by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol late Saturday.

Death of Kansas girl, 3, leads to second arrest for murder

A second arrest was reported Saturday in the death of a 3-year-old Kansas girl whose disappearance triggered an Amber Alert.

Tiny houses in Kansas City give homeless veterans a place to call home

The Veterans Community Project (VCP), a nonprofit group based in Kansas City, has made it a mission to provide transitional homes and services to veterans, one community at a time.

WWII Marine vet, 99, beats COVID-19: 'I've gone through hell more than once and this came almost as close'

A 99-year-old Marine veteran earned a new medal this week -- to go along with the two Purple Hearts he was given for his actions during World War II -- after winning a long and tough battle against the coronavirus.

Kansas middle school student charged with felony for finger gun gesture: reports

A middle school student in Kansas has been charged with a felony after she reportedly made a gun gesture with her fingers and pointed at other students.

Suspect arrested, another at large in Kansas bar shooting that left 4 dead, 5 injured

One of the two men accused of opening fire inside a Kansas bar early Sunday, killing four people and wounding five others, was arrested Sunday afternoon while the other remained at large, police said.

Kids are eating vaping cartridges, drinking liquid nicotine, poison control center says

As health officials across the country grapple to find the cause behind some 805 cases of e-cigarette-linked lung illnesses, doctors in Kansas — which has seen at least two vaping-related deaths — are seemingly dealing with something new: Kids eating vaping cartridges.

Dog that lived at shelter for more than 400 days finally gets adopted after human moves in

A Kansas dog who has lived in an animal shelter for more than a year was finally adopted on Tuesday, a week after a man moved into the shelter to try and help find the dog a home.

Police: Toddler injected with enough methadone to kill adult

Court records say a Wichita toddler who died at a motel had enough methadone in his system to kill an opioid-addicted adult.