October 2013

FOWLER - On July 13, 2013, Tim Milford was helping a neighbor when he fell fifteen feet off a platform. The fall resulted in several broken ribs and spinal injury, leading to a diagnosis of paralysis…

A 65-year-old man has died after his pickup truck was hit by a tractor-trailer that was trying to pass on a northeast Kansas highway.
The Kansas Highway Patrol says Larry Roger Mueller, of Hanover, w…

Wichita State University has chosen a new dean for its College of Engineering.
The university on Tuesday announced the hiring of Royce Bowden, effective Jan. 14. Bowden has been associate dean for ac…

Authorities say a Pittsburg State University international student fabricated a story about being abducted.
The Joplin Globe reports that the 26-year-old student reported that a man abducted her Sept…

An Ottawa man who accidentally shot a 4-year-old boy will serve most of his more than four-year sentence on probation.
The Lawrence Journal-World reports that 40-year-old Brian K. Bruno will serve 60…

Enrollment at Dodge City Community College (DCCC) and Pratt Community College (PCC) remains relatively strong this year.

Enrollment at DCCC is about flat compared with last year. Although enrollment…

Gov. Sam Brownback is urging communities to fight obesity, saying people are eating themselves to death.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Brownback's comments came Monday during the second ann…

Authorities are investigating after a man's body was found in a ditch near the Sedgwick County town of Kechi.
KAKE reports that a man walking his dog found the body in a ditch Monday morning. Lt. Dav…

A proposal to drill for oil below downtown Wichita's Century II convention center isn't dead but faces major obstacles.
The Wichita Eagle reports that driller Trek AEC has offered alternative approac…