Two true crime YouTubers recently searched an abandoned property for signs of Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley, saying that “the public and their families and we want answers like yesterday,” a report says. The individuals looking for the two missing women from Hugoton, Kansas told KSNW that they investigated the home near the Oklahoma-Kansas border after receiving a tip from …
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Kansas deputy fatally shoots woman brandishing knife, scissors
A Kansas deputy fatally shot an Oklahoma woman who was wielding a knife and scissors and lunged at another officer, investigators said. A Harper County deputy responded to a report just before 7 a.m. Tuesday of a car stopped in the middle of U.S. Highway 60 near the town of Attica, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, which is …
Read More »Oklahoma missing women search: 'More and more challenging' to find them alive, investigators say
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) told Fox News Digital that “it’s becoming more and more challenging” to find Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley alive as the days mount with no signs of the missing Kansas women’s whereabouts. OSBI public information manager Hunter McKee made the comment Tuesday as it has now been 10 days since the women vanished …
Read More »Bipartisan group of Kansas lawmakers scrap tax cut plan after deal between Dem governor and GOP leaders
A bipartisan group of rank-and-file lawmakers in Kansas scuttled a plan for cutting taxes Thursday, with Republicans defying GOP leaders and Democrats ignoring a personal appeal from the state’s Democratic governor. The state House rejected a plan to cut taxes by about $1.4 billion over the next three years. It resulted from a deal between Gov. Laura Kelly and top …
Read More »Republicans, pro-life advocates urge Dem governor to sign bill making coercive abortion a felony
A Republican-led bill that would make coercive abortion a felony in Kansas is now headed to Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s desk. Both the House and Senate passed House Bill 2436, with the Senate passing the bill last week and the House passing it this week mainly along Republican Party lines. The bill would make it a felony to coerce a …
Read More »Kansas Democratic governor and Republican leaders strike tax compromise, leaving dissenters on both sides
Top Republican legislators and the Democratic governor in Kansas have brokered a deal on cutting taxes after GOP leaders gave up on moving the state to a single-rate personal income tax that the governor strongly opposed. The Kansas House and Senate were expected to vote on the compromise package Thursday or Friday, and Gov. Laura Kelly was expected to sign …
Read More »Kansas Republicans use 'power of the purse' to tie up immigration, DEI provisions in budget
Republicans are likely to approve a proposed state budget for Kansas with provisions aimed at forcing the state’s Democratic governor to restrict diversity initiatives on college campuses and help Texas in its fight with the Biden administration over border security. GOP negotiators for the state House and Senate have agreed to include those items in a single bill containing the …
Read More »Oklahoma missing women investigation: Lack of answers is 'weighing heavily' on fiancé, husband, pastor says
A pastor tells Fox News that the lack of answers surrounding the mysterious disappearance of two women who vanished while traveling to pick up children in Oklahoma is “weighing heavily” on their loved ones. Tim Singer of the Hugoton Assembly of God in Kansas made the remark as it’s now been four days since Veronica Butler – a 27-year-old member …
Read More »Foul play suspected in disappearance of two women last seen in Oklahoma: officials
Authorities say there is now enough evidence to suspect foul play in the disappearance of Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley, two Kansas women who vanished over the weekend while traveling to pick up children, according to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI). “Based on the information obtained from the victim’s vehicle, our investigators believe there was evidence to indicate …
Read More »After Kansas police dog strangled, legislators approve harsher penalties for K-9 killings
Kansas is poised to increase penalties for killing police dogs and horses after legislators gave their final approval Tuesday to a measure inspired by a suspect’s strangling of a dog last year in the state’s largest city. The Republican-controlled state House approved a bill with a 115-6 vote that would allow a first-time offender to be sentenced to more than …
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