Sarah Motter
Digital Producer
Topeka, Kan.
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A Kansas native that is interested in sharing the views of Kansans through a journalistic lens. I am a University of Kansas alumna and enjoy spending time with my animals while I am not working. I enjoy the social media aspect of my job as I feel it allows me to interact with more viewers.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2022 at 11:45 AM CST
|By Sarah Motter
Flags have been ordered to fly at half-staff to honor Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 7:21 AM CST
|By Phil Anderson and Sarah Motter
One man is dead after an officer-involved shooting in Central Topeka early Thursday morning.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2022 at 6:29 AM CST
|By Sarah Motter
A Wichita man is recovering in the hospital after he fell out of the bed of a truck on an interstate ramp in Kansas City.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 2:25 PM CST
|By Sarah Motter
Kansas Highway Patrol Troopers worked three fatal crashes, one of which was classified as a DUI, and made more DUI arrests than in previous years over the Thanksgiving weekend.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 8:40 AM CST
|By Sarah Motter
One person was hospitalized after a possible explosion at Emporia’s Thermal Ceramics overnight.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2022 at 1:28 PM CST
|By Sarah Motter
One turkey in Douglas Co. has been pardoned from a fowl situation.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2022 at 12:02 PM CST
|By Sarah Motter
Kansas Game Wardens are searching for the hunter responsible for poaching an 8-point deer in Atchison Co.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 1:20 PM CST
|By Sarah Motter
Former KU point guard Jacque Vaughn has been named as the new head coach of the Brooklyn Nets.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 5:55 AM CST
|By Sarah Motter
As the Election Day dust settles, Gov. Kelly has declared victory as the race for AG is called in Kobach’s favor.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2022 at 2:29 PM CST
|By Sarah Motter
Evergy has announced that it earned about $21 million less in the third quarter of 2022 than it did in the same quarter of 2021 due to fair weather and other factors.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2022 at 1:14 PM CST
|By Sarah Motter
Nearly $16 million will head to Kansas broadband providers to expand internet access.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2022 at 12:58 PM CST
|By Sarah Motter
A Utah man is recovering in a Salina hospital after he crashed his Prius into a bridge on I-70.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2022 at 12:50 PM CST
|By Sarah Motter
A bill to allocate more resources to USDA export promotion programs has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2022 at 11:29 AM CST
|By Sarah Motter
A Kansas man has been ordered to pay more than $15.2 million for a national insurance fraud scheme.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 7:39 AM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
Two men from Texas were seriously injured when a vehicle rolled off the interstate south of Salina.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 6:56 AM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
The Cold Weather Rule will begin just as Daylight Saving time nears its end for the winter.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 11:35 AM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
Two Salina men are behind bars after undercover cops found them in possession of a stolen tractor, meth and marijuana.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 8:44 AM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
Kansas hospitals will receive $341 million each year thanks to new enhancements to an old program.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 6:41 AM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
A Louisiana man was sent to the hospital after he was blown out of the bed of a truck with a canoe he was attempting to hold down along a Kansas highway.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 6:31 AM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
The driver of a semi-truck refused the hospital after his rig flipped along the Interstate in south-central Kansas.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 6:06 AM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
A Georgia woman is in the hospital after she hit a semi-truck from Iowa along a Kansas highway.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2022 at 9:33 AM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
The University of Kansas has been granted $10 million to promote equity leadership and well-being among educators in underserved communities.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2022 at 8:40 AM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
The University of Kansas has apologized to the Indigenous community and has restarted repatriation efforts after Native American ancestors were found in its museum collections.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2022 at 9:57 AM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
More than 80 animals have been removed from an Emporia home as the shelter remains closed to deal with intake efforts and formal criminal charges are pending for the owner.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2022 at 3:35 AM CDT
|By Lexi Letterman and Sarah Motter
One person is dead following an incident that began in the 4800 block of SW Topeka Blvd.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2022 at 3:45 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter and Emily Van de Riet
A woman in Kansas fought off a would-be burglar with a frying pan, police said.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 12:40 AM CDT
|By Lexi Letterman and Sarah Motter
One person is dead after an officer-involved shooting in Lawrence.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2022 at 10:11 AM CDT
|By Chris Fisher and Sarah Motter
The pursuit and shootout stemmed from a murder earlier in the morning at a home in the 3500 block of SW Kerry Ave. in Topeka.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 8:06 AM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
A 16-year-old has been arrested after a bomb threat at Salina South High School.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 5:00 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
Two Salina men have been sentenced to prison for the shooting of a local police officer during an attempted traffic stop.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2022 at 4:34 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
The Kansas Supreme Court has affirmed the conviction of a man who killed a rival gang member and a woman at a get-together at her home.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2022 at 4:16 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
Senator Roger Marshall has introduced legislation named after an Overland Park teenager to hold social media companies accountable and fight the fentanyl crisis.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2022 at 1:11 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
A 75-year-old man has passed away due to the injuries he sustained in a double-semi-truck accident along a highway in Grant County over the weekend.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 2:09 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
False reports of an active shooter drew a heavy police presence to Hayden High School.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 1:53 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
The Kansas Corporation Commission is now requiring Evergy to explain itself about a $1.2 billion increase in its capital spending plan and how it will affect Kansas customers.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 11:56 AM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
About 7% of all staff at Emporia State University will receive either a suspension, dismissal or termination notice by Friday - just two days after the vote to approve a new framework policy.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 12:21 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
Senator Moran has helped to introduce a bill that would ensure Tribal lands remain Tribal.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2022 at 9:03 AM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
Kansans have been invited to help catch and tag monarch butterflies with professionals in the Sunflower State.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 2:48 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
The Kansas Highway Patrol has released its Labor Day Weekend activity report which indicates that violations may be on the rise from 2021.
Updated: Sep. 4, 2022 at 1:32 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
More than 20 law enforcement officers from Kansas and Missouri graduated from the Use Force Instructor Training Program and will teach others in their communities about the appropriate circumstances for the use of police force.
Updated: Sep. 4, 2022 at 12:43 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly made a stop at Wichita’s first, largest and oldest urban farm during her Prosperity on the Plains Tour.
Updated: Sep. 4, 2022 at 12:24 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
Salina Police are looking for a woman accused of using a counterfeit bill to get out of a $100 gas pump visit at the end of August.
Updated: Sep. 4, 2022 at 12:08 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
A business lawyer in Wichita has been suspended from practicing law in Kansas for a year after multiple violent crime charges for hitting his wife and ex-wife and lying about his alcoholism.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 12:55 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
Gov. Kelly placed the first legal sports bet in Kansas with $15 on the Chiefs to win the Super Bowl.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 11:45 AM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
A retired math teacher at Fort Riley Middle School has been awarded $95,000 from the school district after a settlement agreed that her First Amendment rights had been violated when she used a student’s dead name and was required to not tell their parents about their social transition.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2022 at 7:52 AM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
A new grant program from Kansas State University will allow eligible Kansans to get an undergraduate degree with no in-state tuition paid out of pocket.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 12:43 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
The Sunflower State has been recognized as a leader in renewable wind energy.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 7:41 AM CDT
|By Sarah Motter and Victoria Cassell
Kansas - along with most of the midwest - has been found to be one of the hardest working states in the nation.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2022 at 12:13 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
Salina Police are looking for those responsible for $1,200 worth of vandalism to Bill Burke Park.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2022 at 12:43 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
While COVID-19 cases continue to trend downward, the lack of open beds and available staff have doctors in Northeast Kansas worried about the fall and winter seasons.
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