Updated: 7:47 AM A routine traffic stop lead to a manhunt by local and state authorities late Sunday night, and the Kansas Highway Patrol wouldn't say Monday morning whether or not the suspect was in custody.
Posted: 10:36 PM Ramirez, a California death-row inmate, dies of natural causes in a San Francisco-area hospital. He was dubbed "Night Stalker" for breaking into houses overnight and attacking victims. A California jury convicted him in 1989 of 13 murders.
Posted: 10:22 PM Attorneys for three kidnapped women allegedly held by Ariel Castro have "confidence and faith" in prosecution. Indictment lists use of chains, tape, vacuum cord against women. Castro also faces 139 counts of rape, 177 counts of kidnapping, one of aggravated murder.
Updated: 10:09 PM James Qualls has a new trial set for July 15. He appealed his conviction on second degree intentional murder for the death of Joseph Beier in a fight at the Whiplash Bar.
Posted: 4:28 PM 34-year-old Mario Alberto King, 29-year-old Justin Alcorn and two others allegedly assaulted a man and took his car around 3:00 p.m. on June 1st in the McDonald's parking lot on West 6th Street in Lawrence.
Posted: 10:50 PM The migrants were held in squalid conditions. Most of the victims are Central American migrants. Mexico's Interior Ministry says they were held for weeks. Rights groups have said drug cartels target migrants in Mexico.
Updated: 10:14 PM Police say a man in his 40s was fighting with a man and woman, who were both believed to 27-years old when the younger man stabbed the older man.
Posted: 10:26 PM Leslie Van Houten, 63, told a California parole board in unprecedented detail how committed she was to the murders Charles Manson ordered and asserted she has changed and is trying to live a life of healing.
Updated: 7:17 PM The Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) has chosen a new director of the Office of Victim Services (OVS). Kansas State alum Audrey Cress takes over the post, according to Secretary RAy Roberts.
Updated: 6:20 PM The charges against 37-year-old Steven Eastman were dismissed Wednesday morning during an appearance in Jackson County Court. Prosecutors say he will provide information about what happened the night of January 10th.
Posted: 2:54 PM Geary County authorities confirm that seven people have been federally indicted in connection with a massive crack cocaine bust that has netted more than 100 arrests.
Updated: 2:21 PM Discussions are underway in Geary County between the state and the defense in the cases involving a Junction City minister accused of molesting young boys in his congregation.
Updated: 10:19 PM The Leavenworth Times reports Elizabeth Michaud will serve 60 days in jail and spend a year on probation for leaving her seven-week-old son in an alley.
Posted: 7:25 PM Matthew Baker was arrested in early May after Atchison County authorities and the Humane Society seized several big cats and other wild animals from his rural property.
Updated: 11:02 AM Three people were taken into custody along Interstate 70 in Geary County after officials say 200 pounds of marijuana were found in the trunk of their car.
Updated: 4:42 PM The Kansas Historical Society says the inmate case files for the two men charged in the infamous ``In Cold Blood'' murders are online.
Updated: 5:01 PM At their meeting Monday morning, Shawnee County Commissioners approved a request from District Attorney Chad Taylor for $75,000. It would fund a new Cold Case Homicide Unit for his office through the end of the year.
