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BY STAN FINGER, The Wichita Eagle
A quick-thinking employee at Hiland Dairy spotted and extinguished a fire in the engine room early this morning, averting a potentially damaging incident as the holiday season arrives.
BY STAN FINGER, The Wichita Eagle
A 66-year-old Florida man was killed Friday night in a crash on I-135 in McPherson County, authorities said. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported that a southbound Saturn sedan driven by 23-year-old Matthew Meek of Windom was overtaking a truck driven by Henry Hawkins of Homestead, Fla., 14 miles from the U.S. 56 exit at about 7 p.m. when Hawkins swerved left to avoid the Saturn.
BY STAN FINGER, The Wichita Eagle
A cold Saturday morning will make way for highs in the 50s in the Wichita area today - and Sunday should be even warmer, forecasters say.
BY JEANNINE KORANDA, Eagle Topeka bureau
Sen. Phil Journey plans to don his judge's robes a little early. The Haysville Republican won his race for Sedgwick County District Court judge on Nov. 4. Under normal circumstances, he would take the bench in January, but the death of Judge Karl Friedel in late September means the position is vacant.
BY STAN FINGER, The Wichita Eagle
The white Pontiac rolled through the intersection of Gilbert and Rutan in south Wichita as if there were no stop sign. Spotting the traffic infraction, Officer Greta Semsroth punched the accelerator and flipped on the lights and sirens of her patrol car. That turned on a small camera in her car, too.
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