Kansas tornado leaves 1 dead, destroys nearly two dozen homes, officials say

Central U.S. hit with more severe weather Central U.S. hit with more severe weather 00:59 One person died Tuesday and nearly two dozen homes were destroyed when a tornado ripped through the small city of Westmoreland in northeastern Kansas, authorities said. Pottawatomie County officials said on Facebook that a tornado struck the city Tuesday evening, … Read more

Kristen Trickle: Autopsy of the Mind

Kristen Trickle: Autopsy of the Mind – CBS News Watch CBS News A Kansas woman is found dying from a gunshot wound. Evidence at the scene doesn’t add up, so a prosecutor gets creative. “48 Hours” correspondent Erin Moriarty reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive … Read more

Kansas governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for minors, anti-abortion bills

Kansas’ governor on Friday vetoed a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors, a measure to require more reporting from abortion providers and what she called a “vague” bill making it a crime to coerce someone into having an abortion. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s actions set up a series of confrontations with the Republican-supermajority Legislature … Read more

Mother Accused Of Killing Her Own Baby By Putting Her In Oven

A woman in Kansas, United States, has been accused of killing her newborn baby by putting her inside an oven. The accused, identified as 26-year-old Mariah Thomas, has now been charged with a felony. The police found out about the incident after receiving a call from the woman about a “non-breathing infant”. They rushed to … Read more

Kansas couple living with corpse charged with collecting relative’s retirement funds 6 years after death

A Kansas couple has been charged with fraudulently collecting more than $215,000 in retirement benefits on behalf of a dead relative while they concealed his body inside their home for six years. Authorities say Mike Carroll’s pacemaker showed that he died in 2016 at age 81, but Overland Park police didn’t discover his body until … Read more

IHOPKC says some misconduct reports likely ‘not handled properly’

By Leonardo Blair, Senior Features Reporter Tuesday, January 16, 2024 Eric Volz of the David House Agency presents an update on the investigation of misconduct allegations at Forerunner Church on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2023. | YouTube/International House of Prayer Though reports of misconduct at the International House of Prayer Kansas City have been relatively low, … Read more

Kansas picks new license plate after work halted on earlier design

Kansans picked their new license plate design Monday after a weeklong statewide vote resulted in a landslide victory for a blue and yellow scheme.  The new plate comes after the previous proposal, plain gold with dark navy accents reminiscent of New York’s plates, was thoroughly rejected by the public. That design was lambasted as uninspired, … Read more

Colorado Republicans line up for shot to win Rep. Ken Buck’s open seat

U.S. Rep. Ken Buck’s decision last month not to seek reelection to Congress opened a tantalizingly rare window for Republicans in eastern Colorado: a red seat in one of the state’s few remaining conservative strongholds that, once won, would be tough to ever lose. “If somebody wants to be a congressman who lives in the … Read more