Robber robbed; naked escape try; therapy kangaroos banned

WICHITA, Kan. — Wichita police say a 41-year-old woman caught trying to shoplift at a clothing store bolted when she was confronted and left h…

INDIANAPOLIS — With the largest HIV outbreak in Indiana history on the wane, a state-run community outreach center that's been in operation si…

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Missouri school districts will be able to obtain the results of background checks more quickly thanks to a new system that …

WENTZVILLE, Mo. — The St. Charles County prosecutor says no charges will be filed against students arrested for a senior prank that involved r…

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Owners of a Kansas City, Kansas, store have pleaded guilty to defrauding a federal food stamp program out of more than $227,000.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.  — Margie Schrader did it in her office. Kirstin Milks did it in her classroom. Jami Hamman did it in her cubicle. And Jean …

MEDINA, Ohio — A 70-year-old northeast Ohio man has pleaded not guilty to a charge of receiving stolen property for allegedly accepting cash f…

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. — A man believed to have been the oldest Nebraskan had died at the age of 110 in Nebraska City.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — A man has been arrested after trying to flee police while nude at a Cape Girardeau park.

BURLINGTON, Iowa — Sen. Chuck Grassley has asked a U.S. attorney to consider whether the federal government should investigate an Iowa police …

XENIA, Ohio — Three miniature houses modeled after the "Three Little Pigs" folktale have been removed from the side of an Ohio road where a tr…

DES MOINES, Iowa — A Des Moines man has been arrested after he told police he was robbed by someone after he had robbed a gas station.

BEAVER DAM, Wis. — Beaver Dam officials have changed the city's rules on service animals after a woman took a baby kangaroo into a McDonald's …

BRAINERD, Minn. — Police say a patient in a locked unit at a central Minnesota hospital made a brief escape after setting a bed on fire.

CLEVELAND — The U.S. Department of Defense says the missing remains of a World War II fighter pilot from Cleveland have been recovered and wil…