Workers will begin two bridge repair projects on U.S. Highway 183 in Kiowa County in March, but the highway will remain open.

KIOWA COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) – The Kansas Highway Patrol says a crash on Saturday night took the life of a man who was wanted for questioning in an eastern Kansas homicide case. The crash was on U ...

GREENSBURG, Kan. (WIBW) - A man sought in connection with a Thursday homicide in Anderson County was killed in a crash that occurred during a police chase Saturday night in Kiowa County in ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A Kansas Highway Patrol pursuit led to a deadly crash Saturday night in Kiowa County. Around 9 p.m., troopers located a stolen 2009 Ford Focus going east on Highway 54.

A trooper spoke to Thompson, who then fled in the vehicle, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. A chased ensued along eastbound U.S. 54. At 9:09 p.m., deputies from the Kiowa County Sheriff’s ...

The Kiowa County Independent is thrilled to welcome Mike O’Donnell as our new weekly business columnist. His column, titled “Woolgathering with Mike,” promises to bring a wealth of insights into ...

As a onetime reporter, columnist, copy editor and section editor at the University Daily Kansan, news that the University of Kansas Student Senate was proposing massive cuts to the news outlet’s ...

A Black former police detective who suffered severe injuries when a sheriff’s deputy “intentionally swerved” at him and ran him over with a truck sued the officer for damages in Kansas federal court.

The following day, Jan. 25, officers in Kiowa County, Kansas, saw Thompson’s vehicle and tried to pull him over to take him into custody. Thompson took off and led the officers on a chase down ...

Legislation in the House seeks to prevent the removal of children from homes based solely on poverty, an issue that child ...

WASHINGTON - A town in Kansas honored the lives of those lost in the DCA plane crash in January. A Facebook post showed multiple farmers lining the road with their farming equipment in Barber County.