Butler County News

Former Butler County state legislator Peggy Palmer has thrown her endorsement to Mike Pompeo in the 4th Congressional District race.

University of Kansas students in the Dean's Scholars Program will be honored by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the University Honors Program at a reception at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov.

Kansas Medical Center in Andover has signed a contract with Preferred Health Systems, making the medical center part of the PHS network.

A 44-year-old Mulvane man remains in critical condition today after being hurt in a crash on U.S. 54 in Butler County Wednesday afternoon.

Justice Concepts Inc., a consultant that missed its deadline to reduce the Sedgwick County Jail's population by 25 percent, will receive additional money for work it says it did outside its contract.

Eyewitness News has put together a list of what how several Kansas counties are distributing the H1N1 vaccine.

Sedgwick Country Sheriff Deputy Narciso Narvais explains TASER manufacturer's new target area guidelines.

A Wichita day care owner was officially charged today in an incident Friday in which police said she drove seven children while she was drunk.

Cindy Miles opens up a box of keepsakes of her deceased 15-month-old grandson, Evan.

The Butler County man suspected of killing Carol Mould will be in court for his arraignment today.

Counselors will be available at Augusta High School this morning to help students mourning the death of freshman Andrea M. Young.

The Environmental Protection Agency is warning residents of Sedgwick and Butler County of a potential indoor air problem involving carbon dioxide and methane.

An Augusta man has been charged with second-degree unintentional murder in the shooting death of a teenager at a drinking party.

The shooting death of a Butler County teenager has authorities reminding adults to speak up about underage drinking.

Megun Jarvi stands in the living room of the house where 14-year-old Andrea Young died Friday night.

A 14-year-old girl was shot to death Friday night at an underage drinking party in Augusta, and the man hosting the event was arrested in her death, police said today.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be working with residents in four Kansas counties to check potential oxygen depletion issues in the basements of their homes.

A 49-year-old Eureka man was killed late Wednesday night in a one-vehicle accident shortly before 9 p.m. on U.S. 54 in Butler County, the Kansas Highway Patrol reported.

One person dies in a fiery crash in Butler County. Troopers tell us the driver went off the road and hit a tree at Highway 54 and River Road just east of El Dorado.

Butler County must spend $12.9 million of taxpayers dollars to update its emergency communications system.