By The Associated Press The FBI is warning sports leagues about crime organizations targeting professional athletes following a string of burglaries at the homes of prominent NFL and NBA players. The athletes’ homes are targeted due to the perception they may contain high-end goods like designer handbags, jewelry, watches and cash, the FBI said in
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By AP PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Cybercriminals who hacked Rhode Island’s system for health and benefits programs have released files to a site on the dark web, a scenario the state has been preparing for, Gov. Daniel McKee said Monday. The state has an outreach strategy to encourage potentially impacted Rhode Islanders to protect their
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Eldridge – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 30—It isn’t lost upon Xavier Bell that this is the final season he will wear a Wichita State men’s basketball uniform. And that makes the current hot streak the Wichita native is on all the more special. Bell delivered his third straight 20-point explosion, this time
Continue ReadingBy Lindsay Smith – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 30—Have you ever been pulled over and asked to take a sobriety test? That can happen at DUI checkpoints, when drivers are randomly pulled over and tested for alcohol or drugs. These checkpoints are usually done during the weekends or holidays to keep as many drunk
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER and MICHAEL R. SISAK – Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a jury’s finding in a civil case that Donald Trump sexually abused a columnist in an upscale department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a written
Continue ReadingBy AP NEW YORK (AP) — Federal appeals court upholds jury’s $5 million award and sexual abuse finding against President-elect Donald Trump.
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By CHRIS MEGERIAN – Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jimmy Carter’s memorial journey will end at his house in the tiny town of Plains, Georgia, where he grew up on a peanut farm. That is where his wife, Rosalynn, was laid to rest last year in a burial plot that they chose years ago. But
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By BRIAN P. D. HANNON – Associated Press Charles F. Dolan, who founded some of the most prominent U.S. media companies including Home Box Office Inc. and Cablevision Systems Corp., has died at age 98, according to a news report. A statement issued Saturday by his family said Dolan died of natural causes, Newsday reported
Continue ReadingBy Eduardo Castillo – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 29—One man was killed and another seriously injured in a wreck just after midnight Sunday in the Delano neighborhood. The identity of the man who died, who is from Wichita, was not released. Wichita police responded to a collision call at 12:21 a.m. in the 200
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Cameron – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 29—More than 80 miles of bikeways could be added to streets and shared-use paths in Wichita over the next 10 years, according to a draft of the city’s bike plan. Many of the paths will connect to existing bike lanes in the city. The bike paths
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By JOSH FUNK and JULIE WALKER – Associated Press Three firefighters and a dozen passengers were injured in Florida on Saturday when a fire truck with its lights flashing drove around rail crossing arms and into the path of a high-speed passenger train after waiting for another train to pass, according to video of the
Continue ReadingBy Amy Renee Leiker – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 29—Looking for a place to dine out, shop for food or stay in the Wichita-area? You might consider visiting businesses that passed recent health inspections. Places that serve and sell food or offer lodging to the public are regularly inspected by the Kansas Department of
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By JOHN HANNA – Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republicans made claims about illegal voting by noncitizens a centerpiece of their 2024 campaign messaging and plan to push legislation in the new Congress requiring voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship. Yet there’s one place with a GOP supermajority where linking voting to citizenship
Continue ReadingBy Michael Stavola – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 28—A Wichita man died after running a stop sign on a mini motorcycle Saturday morning in east Wichita, police said. Kevin Wilson, 25, died at the scene. Police were called at 11:38 a.m. to the two-vehicle crash at Edgemoor and Gilbert. The man, who lived in
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Eldridge – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 28—In his first start of the season, senior guard Xavier Bell scored a season-high 24 points and led the Wichita State men’s basketball team to a 19-point thumping of Kansas State. Bell is no stranger to the starting lineup with the Shockers, starting a total of
Continue ReadingBy Amy Renee Leiker – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 28—An ongoing cockroach problem, a mouse infestation so bad it forced a temporary shutdown, foods stored directly on the floor, contaminated liquor, old pasta, water issues, employees who mishandled food and grimy kitchen conditions are among violations Kansas Department of Agriculture inspectors discovered during recent
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By AP ROSEVILLE, Minn. (AP) — Republicans will start the year with at least a temporary majority in the Minnesota House after a Democrat decided not to appeal a judge’s decision that he failed to establish residency in the suburban district he was elected to represent. That means Republicans will have a slim 67-66 majority
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By AP NEW HOPE, Pa. (AP) — Dayle Haddon, an actor, activist and trailblazing former “Sports Illustrated” model who pushed back against age discrimination by reentering the industry as a widow, has died in a Pennsylvania home from what authorities believe was carbon monoxide poisoning. Authorities in Bucks County found Haddon, 76, dead in a
Continue ReadingBy AP DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Train collides with fire truck in Delray Beach, Florida; police say 3 firefighters and several passengers hurt.
Continue ReadingBy Kellis Robinett – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 28—Phoenix The loudest cheer of the night on Thursday at Chase Field didn’t come during Kansas State’s thrilling 44-41 win over Rutgers at the Rate Bowl. It came afterward as head football coach Chris Klieman wrapped up the victory ceremony by shouting a message to the
Continue ReadingBy Kellis Robinett – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 28—Phoenix Bowl games have lost some luster in recent years, but it didn’t feel that way after Kansas State pulled off an improbable 44-41 comeback victory over Rutgers on Thursday night at Chase Field. The Wildcats won the Rate Bowl and ended their season with a
Continue ReadingBy Carrie Rengers – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 27—Ziggi’s Coffee finally is opening in the Wichita area, first in Rose Hill at 906 N. Rose Hill Road on Dec. 31st and then at another planned site in northwest Wichita. The chain had one false start a couple of years ago with a couple of
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Cameron – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 28—In 2021, the city of Wichita received $72.4 million and Sedgwick County received $100.2 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds. At the time, it was a lifeline for the local governments, allowing them to continue services and to pay staff who would have otherwise
Continue ReadingBy Michael Stavola – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 27—A 32-year-old man forced his partner from the Great Bend restaurant where she was working Friday morning, then fatally shot her before killing himself during a pursuit by officers, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation said. Mario Martinez-Garcia was found dead in a 2021 Chevrolet Silverado of
Continue ReadingBy Denise Neil – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 27—Back in October, I reported that the vacant Doma restaurant building that sits northeast of Towne East Square was getting a new tenant: The Sweet Spot, whose owners Julie and George Yang had decided to move their 5-year-old restaurant from its home of five years at
Continue ReadingBy The Manhattan Mercury, Kan. (TNS) Dec. 27—Milford Lake in Geary County has tallied 1.25 million visitors in 2024, officials announced Thursday. They said that number solidifies Milford Lake’s position as one of the state’s premier tourist attractions, drawing visitors from across the region and beyond. “We are thrilled to witness the incredible impact Milford
Continue ReadingBy The Manhattan Mercury, Kan. (TNS) Dec. 27—In 2019, Manhattan Municipal Court sought to improve how technology aids the court and the public. Five years later, a technology company is honoring the court for its effort to be more modern, efficient and accessible. Tyler Technologies gave the court its Tyler Excellence Award for its use
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By MELISSA GOLDIN NEW YORK (AP) — The last of the crystal triangles that make up this year’s Times Square New Year’s Eve ball were installed on Friday morning, marking the first time in 10 years that all 2,688 were replaced at once. Rapper Pitbull and inventor Joy Mangano were among those on hand to
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By MICHAEL CASEY – Associated Press The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of the country, federal officials said Friday. The U.S. Department of Housing and
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By AUDREY McAVOY – Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Warren Upton, the oldest living survivor of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the last remaining survivor of the USS Utah, has died. He was 105. Upton died Wednesday at a hospital in Los Gatos, California, after suffering a bout of pneumonia, said Kathleen
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