Late media mogul Ted Turner owned a large ranch in Kansas Tim Hrenchir CNN founder and media mogul Ted Turner, who died May 6 at age 87, owned a large Kansas ranch. Turner was married from 1991 to 2001 to movie star Jane Fonda. He owned the third-most lan... See more
Office chair fire temporarily shuts down West Ridge Mall Tim Hrenchir Topeka's West Ridge Mall closed temporarily May 5 after an accidental electrical fire burned an office chair there. No one was hurt. The interior of the mall closed for one day for clea... See more
Who will be part of the automatic military draft pool in Kansas? Tim Hrenchir American men have had to sign up manually to register for a potential military draft in 1980. But that will change in December of this year when the federal government will begi... See more
Why tourists flock to Kansas to see world's largest ball of twine Tim Hrenchir When Cawker City farmer Frank Stoeber began making a ball out of the twine that littered the floor of his barn on Dec. 24, 1953, he had no idea that ball would one day grow int... See more
Topekan Damian Lewis convicted in revenge shooting murder Tim Hrenchir Jurors convicted a Topeka man May 1 of crimes that included first-murder linked to what a prosecutor said was a revenge shooting committed in North Topeka. Damian L. Lewis, 31, was con... See more
