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1 week ago | 
ksn.com | Carina Branson |Payton Steiner
GRINNELL, Kan. (KSNW) – Today marks one month since an EF-3 tornado devastated the town of Grinnell. “We were on our way to Colorado, we wanted to stop cause we’d lived here for six years … we wanted to see what our old house looked like, and it’s not there,” Kenneth Tidball said. Blocks of Grinnell where homes once stood were reduced to piles of jagged wood and metal.
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1 week ago | 
ksn.com | Carina Branson |Payton Steiner
STRONG CITY, Kan. (KSNW) – For 87 years, Strong City has been home to the Flint Hills Rodeo. Each summer, bull riders and rodeo fans flock to the small town to catch the action. Roping, racing, and riding — Strong City has built a legacy of getting down in the dirt. “I never met a guy who wasn’t nervous getting on,” Colorado bull rider Cooper McClain said. “It’s indescribable, when you ride … you’re on top of the world.”After nearly nine decades, the spurs and chaps have become generational.
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2 weeks ago | 
ksn.com | Carina Branson |Payton Steiner
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The Wichita Ethics Board met on Thursday to review its report on the 22 ethics complaints filed against Mayor Lily Wu. They found she violated one case of six alleged violations. There were two main points of alleged violation: Mayor Wu’s lack of signature on the document, and her decision to not read it aloud. It was the latter that the board found to be a violation of their ethics.
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3 weeks ago | 
ksn.com | Carina Branson |Payton Steiner
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Round after round of rain led to widespread flooding in south central and eastern Kansas on Tuesday. Water pooled on roads as drivers tried to make it through, only to stall their cars out. One part of Wichita that always floods is Bleckley Drive. Tuesday was no different. The city is currently working to fix the issue, but many people got stranded in high water, including a woman in her 80s.
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3 weeks ago | 
ksn.com | Carina Branson |Payton Steiner
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Round after round of rain led to widespread flooding in south central and eastern Kansas on Tuesday. Water pooled on roads as drivers tried to make it through, only to stall their cars out. One part of Wichita that always floods is Bleckley Drive. Tuesday was no different. The city is currently working to fix the issue, but many people got stranded in high water, including a woman in her 80s.
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1 month ago | 
ksn.com | Carina Branson |Payton Steiner
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW – An early morning shooting in south Wichita claimed the life of a 20-year-old pregnant woman. Thanks to the efforts of first responders and hospital staff, her unborn child survived and is currently being treated in an intensive care unit. Wichita police responded to reports of gunfire in the 700 block of S. Laura St. around 4:30 a.m. on Sunday. Upon arrival, they found Naomi Ogleby suffering from a gunshot wound. She was transported to a nearby hospital, where she later died.
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1 month ago | 
ksn.com | Carina Branson |Payton Steiner
GRINNELL, Kan. (KSNW) – In the wake of the destruction, donations of all kinds, from food and water to clothes, have flooded into Grinnell after an EF-3 tornado passed through the town. While residents are grateful, physical donations are not always the best way to help. The Hometown Grocery Store has not been a grocery store since the tornado; it has been converted into a makeshift clothing bank.
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1 month ago | 
ksn.com | Carina Branson |Payton Steiner
GRINNELL, Kan. (KSNW) — Recovery is just beginning in Grinnell after an EF-3 tornado struck the town. Community leaders say financial donations will be key. Equity Bank stayed open the day after the tornado tore through the west side of town. The chaos of the disaster left some missing their debit cards or bank information, and withdrawals still needed to be made. On Monday, the City of Grinnell, with the help of its local branch, set up a disaster relief fund.
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1 month ago | 
ksn.com | Laura McMillan |Payton Steiner
GRINNELL, Kan. (KSNW) — Recovery efforts continue in Grinnell after a tornado hit the town on Sunday. The destruction has nearly leveled the west side of town. From above, the scope of the destruction becomes clearer. “You just want to cry. You just want to do anything you can to help them,” volunteer Brian Mason said. The language of devastation is often indecipherable. John Kraus’s home was destroyed. While the walls still stand, much of the roof and the second floor are gone.
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1 month ago | 
ksn.com | Carina Branson |Payton Steiner
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The Kansas Prisoner Review Board announced that it has rescinded its previous decision to grant parole to a man who was convicted of killing a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper in the 1970s. Jimmie Nelms, 78, was sentenced to consecutive life terms plus nine years after being convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm, aggravated kidnapping, and murder in the first degree of Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Conroy O’Brien.
