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Ammonia leak at Kan. plant sends 7 to hospital

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:09:30 -0400

EMPORIA, Kansas - Seven people have been released from an Emporia hospital after an ammonia leak at the city's Tyson Foods plant.

Sheriff: Girl slain on Kan. farm, body was moved

Sun, 12 May 2013 17:28:10 -0400

OTTAWA, Kansas - Authorities believe that a slain 18-month-old girl whose body was found over the weekend was killed on the eastern Kansas farm where her mother and two men were killed, and that the child's body was later disposed of in the next county.

Kan. woman struck, killed by freight train

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:49:37 -0400

EMPORIA, Kansas - Authorities are investigating the death of a pedestrian who was hit by a freight train in east-central Kansas.

K-State employees consider leaving civil service

Wed, 01 May 2013 13:20:13 -0400

TOPEKA, Kansas - Hourly employees at Kansas State University are discussing whether to stop being civil service employees - a move that would give the school authority to make decisions about their pay and other job-related issues instead of the Legislature.