How America's oldest newlyweds found love at 96

One senior living community in Olathe, Kansas, isn't exactly known for its singles' scene, but widowers Doris Kriks and Carl Kruse found love there nonetheless.

• Nov 17, 2023

Prison employees accused of mocking injured female inmate are fired

Other inmates at the Topeka Correctional Facility said the injured inmate spent two hours crawling back to her cell after hurting herself.

• Oct 19, 2023

Sunflowers in bloom

For two weeks around Labor Day, Ted and Kris Grinter's farm in Lawrence, Kansas becomes a mecca for sunflower lovers from near and far. Correspondent Mo Rocca talks with the Grinters about the thousands of visitors that come each year to admire their seemingly endless fields. He also talks with Caitlin Eckard of Powell Gardens about sunflower lore, and with Steve Kaufer (known as "Sunflower Steve"), who shows Mo how he produces some unique varieties.

• Oct 15, 2023

Man charged in killing of 5-year-old Kansas girl, could face death penalty

Mickel Cherry faces one count of capital murder and one count each of first-degree murder and rape in the death of Zoey Felix.

• Oct 6, 2023

Man arrested hours after rape and killing of 5-year-old girl in Kansas

Police said the suspect was known to 5-year-old Zoey Felix, but did not provide additional details.

• Oct 4, 2023

Police identify suspect in woman's murder 34 years after her death

Krista Martin's case was the first in which the Wichita Police Department used Investigative Genetic Genealogy technology.

• Oct 3, 2023

Kansas police chief suspended in wake of police raid on local newspaper

Police raided the newspaper in August, seizing personal cellphones, computers, the newspaper's file server and other equipment.

• Sep 30, 2023

DNA links murders of 2 Kansas women in 1990s to same suspect

Gary Dion Davis is accused of killing Christina King, who was found dead on Christmas Day in 1996 and Pearl Barnes, whose body was found a month earlier.

• Sep 22, 2023

Kansas newspaper co-owner confronted officers during police raid

An angry 98-year-old Joan Meyer is seen on home footage, following officers around the house and confronting them.

• Aug 23, 2023

"Insufficient evidence" for raid of Kansas newspaper, prosecutor says

The Marion County attorney said his review found "insufficient evidence exists to establish a legally sufficient nexus between this alleged crime and the places searched and the items seized."

• Aug 16, 2023

Kansas newspaper says co-owner, 98, died after police raid

Police defended the raids of the Marion County Record office and the home of the newspaper's 98-year-old co-owner, insisting that the co-owner was a suspect in the investigation.

• Aug 15, 2023

Kansas newspaper raided by local police

First Amendment rights advocates are criticizing police in Kansas for raiding the offices of a local newspaper, the Marion County Record, and the home of its publisher and owner, Eric Meyer. Meyer claims the raid put so much stress on his 98-year-old mother that it contributed to her death over the weekend. Sherman Smith, editor-in-chief of the Kansas Reflector, another publication in the state, joined CBS News with a rundown of the situation.

• Aug 14, 2023

Montana Republicans are third state legislators to receive letters with powder

Republican officials in Tennessee and Kansas have recently received similar letters.

• Jun 24, 2023

Doctor dies saving his daughter from drowning on Colorado rafting trip

The family had rafted the same river in previous years but the rapids were more turbulent than usual due to high amounts of rainfall, the family said.

• Jun 19, 2023

2 arrested in shooting death of 6-year-old Kansas boy

Lakevis Sloan, 20, and an unnamed 17-year-old male were charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Sir'Antonio Brown.

• May 18, 2023

Child shot to death while playing in front yard: "Somebody knows who did this"

Police haven't said whether they think more than one person was involved in the attack, or whether the intended target was the boy or the adult he was with.

• May 5, 2023

Federal probe finds hospitals that denied emergency abortion broke law

An investigation found two hospitals put a pregnant woman's life in jeopardy and violated federal law by refusing to provide an emergency abortion when she experienced premature labor at 17 weeks.

• May 1, 2023

Kansas passes bill to end gender-affirming care for minors

Republican legislators in Kansas have approved a proposal to end gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

• Apr 7, 2023

Kansas' anti-transgender bill could have potential veto by governor overturned

A Kansas bill that would bar transgender people from using public bathrooms or changing their name or gender on their driver's license cleared the Senate Tuesday.

• Apr 4, 2023

Man looking for deer antlers finds human skeleton in Kansas

Law enforcement said identification is "expected to take longer than typical cases due to the condition of the remains."

• Mar 21, 2023

Kansas plan could help employers who pay disabled low wages, angering advocates

Kansas legislators may expand a tax credit for vendors employing disabled workers and paying them minimum wage, but it has a carveout allowing them to pay some workers less.

• Mar 6, 2023

Kansas Republicans pick election conspiracy promoter as their new leader

Republicans narrowly chose a former Kansas secretary of state candidate who promoted election conspiracies to lead it for the next two years.

• Feb 11, 2023

U.S. states are flush with cash. It's sparking "tax cut fever."

Some state officials want to eliminate their income tax entirely. But experts warn of risks from a slowing economy.

• Feb 9, 2023

Man claiming he's a messenger from God convicted of threatening to kill congressman

Chase Neill, who represented himself in court, testified that he was passing along a message from God threatening Rep. Jake LaTurner for ignoring concerns about sorcery, wizards and extraterrestrials.

• Jan 20, 2023

Judge delays woman's third trial in double murder case

Dana Chandler's conviction in the murders of her ex-husband and his fiancée was overturned, and her second trial ended in a hung jury.

• Jan 18, 2023

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