Wil Day

Wichita

Digital Producer at KSNC-TV (Great Bend, KS)

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Dogs attack Great Bend mail carrier

4 weeks ago | ksn.com | Wil Day

GREAT BEND, Kan. (KSNW) — Two dogs in Great Bend have attacked a mail carrier. The Great Bend Police Department says officers, assisted by Great Bend EMS and the Golden Belt Humane Society, responded to the 1400 block of Larkin Ave. shortly after 11 a.m. Friday. Someone called 911 to report that two dogs were attacking a mail carrier. EMS took the postal worker to the hospital for treatment of their injuries. Police and humane society employees could not locate the two dogs in the area.
Tallgrass Film Association loses NEA grant

4 weeks ago | ksn.com | Wil Day

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Tallgrass Film Association, the organization that hosts the annual Tallgrass Film Festival, has lost its federal grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The association was awarded the grant in November through the NEA’s Grants for Arts Projects program. However, the Trump administration has revoked it. The organization had earmarked the funds to support festival operations, staffing, venue costs, and core programs.
Man sentenced in fatal 2024 downtown Wichita shooting

4 weeks ago | ksn.com | Wil Day

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A man has been sentenced to prison in connection with a 2024 fatal shooting south of downtown Wichita. In March, Yancy Hermosillo pleaded no contest to a charge of aggravated battery in the death of 35-year-old Ladonte Ostrander. Ostrander was found sometime around 5:10 a.m. in the 1000 block of S. Market. Ostrander died at the hospital. Hermosillo was initially charged with second-degree murder. However, he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.
Magistrate judge appointed to 18th district court seat

4 weeks ago | ksn.com | Wil Day

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A magistrate judge has been appointed to fill an open district court judge seat for the 18th Judicial District in Sedgwick County. Governor Laura Kelly announced Friday that she has appointed Kathleen Watson of Wichita to the bench. Watson serves as a magistrate judge, overseeing evictions, collections, and small claims cases in Sedgwick County.
Suspect in February homicide makes first appearance

1 month ago | ksn.com | Wil Day

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The man sought by Wichita police in connection with a Feb. 11 homicide in southeast Wichita has made his first appearance in court. Jerry Johnson, III was captured Monday in Fort Worth, Texas. He was sought in the shooting death of Manuel Roach, 23, at a home in the 1200 block of South Bleckley. A week after the shooting, two other men, Sergio Clement, Jr., 18, and Allen J. Griffin, 22, were charged with first-degree murder in the case.
KHP Leadership condemns release of trooper's killer

1 month ago | ksn.com | Wil Day

TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNW) — In the early morning of May 24, 1978, Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Conroy O’Brien was patrolling the Kansas Turnpike when he stopped a vehicle near Matfield Green for speeding. He was ambushed while writing a ticket, forced out of his vehicle at gunpoint, shot twice in the back of the head, and left to die in a ditch. The three men involved in his death were wanted for a string of armed robberies across several states, led by Jimmie Nelms.
KHP leadership condemns release of trooper’s killer

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Wil Day

TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNW) — In the early morning of May 24, 1978, Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Conroy O’Brien was patrolling the Kansas Turnpike when he stopped a vehicle near Matfield Green for speeding. He was ambushed while writing a ticket, forced out of his vehicle at gunpoint, shot twice in the back of the head, and left to die in a ditch. The three men involved in his death were wanted for a string of armed robberies across several states, led by Jimmie Nelms.
Pet Project: Oreo is a sweet cookie of a pup

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Wil Day

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Jordan Bani-Younes from the Kansas Humane Society brought Oreo by KSN News at Noon for Thursday’s Pet Project segment. Oreo is a 2-year-old Rottweiler/Pit Bull mix surrendered to the Humane Society. She weighs around 60 pounds and is fully grown. Jordan says she does well with children because she came from a home with them. Her previous home also had another big dog with whom she was best friends.
Plane hits car in Reno County; no injuries

1 month ago | ksn.com | Wil Day

NICKERSON, Kan. (KSNW) — A plane crashed into a car in Reno County on Thursday. It happened around 10:30 a.m. east of Nickerson near Kansas Highway 96/K-14 and West 82nd Ave. The Kansas Highway Patrol says an Air Tractor AT-301 was taking off from a private landing strip when it clipped the top of a 2014 Chevy Impala heading north on K-14/K-96. Neither the pilot nor the woman in the car was hurt in the accident.
Northwest Kansas town told to conserve water

1 month ago | ksn.com | Wil Day

PALCO, Kan. (KSNW) — A community in Rooks County is being asked to conserve water. Residents of Palco have been asked not to water lawns, gardens, or fill a swimming pool for the next two days. The city says they are doing maintenance on the town’s water wells on Thursday and Friday, which requires residents to limit their water use. Palco says it will notify residents when water services are fully available. For more Kansas news, click here.