HIAWATHA, Kan. (AP) The family of a 9-year-old Kansas girl say she has died after being diagnosed with influenza in neighboring Nebraska. The family of Leighya Marie DeLong, of Hiawatha, confirmed to Topeka television…
BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) At least nine people have died in weather-related crashes across the Midwest amid a storm that dumped nearly a foot of snow in places, forced schools to close and snarled…
BENTLEY, Kan. (AP) Sedgwick County authorities say a 2-year-old boy died when a vehicle backed over him. Sheriff’s deputies went to a home near Bentley Sunday after receiving a report of an accident at…
WHAKATANE, New Zealand (AP) A volcanic island in New Zealand erupted today in a tower of ash and steam while dozens of tourists were exploring the moon-like surface, killing five people and leaving many…
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) Investigators worked to figure out why a boy known as a regular kid opened fire outside a Southern California high school on his 16th birthday, killing two students and wounding…
OVERBROOK, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Highway Patrol reports an 8-year-old girl died in a three-vehicle wreck caused by icy roads in northeast Kansas. The patrol said the collision occurred Monday on U.S. Highway 56…
DEERFIELD, Kan. (AP) Authorities have identified the victims of a western Kansas fire as a former Kansas State Board of Education member and her husband. The Kansas State Fire Marshals Office says the fire…
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) Authorities say a horticulturalist was slain outside his Kansas office, and a man in a vehicle that was linked to the original homicide scene killed himself hours later in Missouri…
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (AP) Authorities say an Iowa family’s attempt at a gender reveal party for a soon-to-be-born baby went horribly wrong when a homemade device that was meant to discharge colored powder instead exploded…
DALLAS (AP) Crews searched today through the rubble of homes and businesses torn apart by a tornado that ripped through the Dallas area the night before, and one person was killed by a falling…