Category: Kansas

68-Year-Old Woman Dies After Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine: Family

A 68-year-old woman from Kansas died a day after having a reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine, according to family members.


Kansas Senate Majority Leader Arrested for Allegedly Driving Under Influence

Kansas state Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop, a Republican, was arrested on Tuesday morning for allegedly driving under the influence. According to jail records, Suellentrop was booked into the Shawnee County jail at around 3:55 a.m. He was charged with misdemeanor driving under influence of drugs or alcohol, fleeing or attempting to flee from a law enforcement…


Hundreds of COVID-19 Vaccines Discarded Due to Storage Error at Kansas Hospital

A hospital in Kansas had to discard about 600 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines on March 11 due to mistakenly storing them in a freezer, a hospital spokesperson said. Lawrence Memorial Hospital (LMH) received 570 doses of the J&J vaccines on March 10 “in a refrigerated state” and placed them into a…


Trump Endorses GOP Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas for Reelection

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday offered an endorsement of Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.). “Senator Jerry Moran is doing a terrific job for the wonderful people of Kansas. Strong on Military, Vets, the Border, and our Second Amendment, Jerry has my Complete and Total Endorsement for his re-election in 2022!” Trump said in a statement…


Magnitude 4.2 Earthquake in Rural Oklahoma at Kansas Border

MANCHESTER, Okla.—An estimated magnitude 4.2 earthquake was recorded Friday in a rural area along Oklahoma’s border with Kansas, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake was recorded at 7:56 a.m. near Manchester, a town of about 100 residents about 100 miles north of Oklahoma City, the USGS reported. Grant County Commissioner Max Hess, whose…


Former Sen. Bob Dole Diagnosed With Stage 4 Lung Cancer

Bob Dole, former Republican presidential candidate and longtime senator, has been diagnosed with lung cancer. “Recently, I was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer,” Dole said in a statement released Thursday. “My first treatment will begin on Monday. While I certainly have some hurdles ahead, I also know that I join millions of Americans who…


US Appeals Court Upholds Prison Sentences for Men Who Plotted To Bomb Kansas Somalis

A U.S. appeals court upheld the convictions and prison sentences of three white men who plotted to bomb a Kansas apartment complex that was home to Somali immigrants and a mosque, rejecting in a ruling on Monday that the FBI had entrapped them. Curtis Allen, Gavin Wright, and Patrick Eugene Stein were found guilty by…


Woman Set to Be Executed for Killing Woman, Cutting Baby From Womb

MISSION, Kansas—Becky Harper sobbed as she spoke to a Missouri dispatcher after stumbling across her expectant daughter in a pool of blood, her womb slashed open and the child she had been carrying missing. “It’s like she exploded or something,” Harper told the dispatcher on Dec. 16, 2004, during the desperate yet futile attempt to…