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.
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A Linn County firefighter has passed away due to the extent of the injuries he sustained while battling a blaze on Monday night.
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N 1900 Rd. has been closed at the railroad tracks after a train derailed toppling 20 cargo cars full of coal.
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Students at Kansas Board of Regents colleges and universities will not see a tuition increase in 2023, however, a slight fee increase is in store for a few students.
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Kansas has been ranked among the top half of states which are best for racial equality in civic engagement.
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Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has warned about 10 million food-insecure children will lose access to two guaranteed hot meals per school day with the end of the extension on Child Nutrition Waivers.
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The man who allegedly told Lawrence dispatchers that God made him kill his wife has been granted a competency evaluation.
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A 5-year-old boy taken from Rose Hill, Kansas, has been found safe.
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The Kansas Supreme Court has decided that redistricting maps brought before it for the Sunflower State were completely legal and valid.
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Kansans will soon be able to place bets on their favorite sports teams with the Governor’s signature freshly inked on the state’s new sports betting bill.
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Evergy has warned against decorative metallic Mylar balloons ahead of graduation parties as they pose a threat to electric lines.
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The Topeka Zoo will reveal the name and gender of Bornean orangutan Rudy’s new infant as it continues to learn and reach new milestones.
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After a thorough investigation and review, a Lawrence priest has been cleared of sexual assault allegations made against him.
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Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has signed a bill to help address the state’s ongoing housing shortage - especially in rural communities.
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A southwest Kansas man has been convicted of the murder of 3-year-old Carlos Valenzuela III after the child had been physically abused.
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The Kansas Board of Regents has suggested high schoolers take one more unit of math in order to graduate, as well as a computer science course.
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A Kansas girl remains in a medically-induced coma after her mother said a tree limb fell on her daughter’s head while they were walking to a local park.
A GoFundMe has been created for a second-grader in St. Mary’s who is in critical condition after high winds caused a tree branch to fall on her.
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Albert Wilson, the man convicted in a 2019 Lawrence rape case that was dismissed has filed a lawsuit to sue the State of Kansas for wrongful conviction and imprisonment.
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Former Kansas State University President Jon Wefald has died of a heart attack. He was 84-years-old.
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Governor Laura Kelly has vetoed two bills - one which targets transgender athletes and one that would have created the parents’ bill of rights for elementary and secondary school students.
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Governor Laura Kelly signed House Bill 2644 Tuesday morning to designate the Sandhill Plum as the official fruit of Kansas.
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Sanctuary cities will become a thing of the past in Kansas after Governor Laura Kelly signed a bill that would outlaw them.
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Kansas health care workers are in for a bonus for their outstanding work during the COVID-19 pandemic - of about $51 million.
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A GoFundMe has been created to help the family who lost their 12-year-old son in a Shawnee County car accident on Sunday which may leave their other son paralyzed.
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A State of Disaster Emergency has been issued for Kansas as high winds and dry weather are expected for the foreseeable future.
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Former K-State men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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An inmate at Lansing Correctional Facility died on Friday after he was taken to the hospital.
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The Kansas Legislature and Governor Laura Kelly passed a bill that will allow the state to build a Gold Star Families memorial on Statehouse grounds.
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Police are accusing a Kansas man of murder in the death of his infant daughter.
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A bill that would ban sanctuary cities in the Sunflower State has passed the Kansas Legislature and is headed to the Governor’s desk for consideration.
The question of whether or not to add a ‘legislative veto’ amendment to the Kansas Constitution will appear on voters’ ballots in November.
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A KHP Trooper who risked his own life to help a stranded driver and her daughter during a February snowstorm was honored by the Governor on Wednesday.
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Emergency crews and Jackson Co. residents helped pull an 85-year-old Holton man out of his vehicle after it slid into a creek Friday morning.
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Ft. Riley’s senior commander and about 300 other Kansas soldiers are headed to Europe as tensions between Ukraine and Russia intensify.
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Overland Park police will get a pay bump to help direct traffic for the opening of Kansas’s first Whataburger location.
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The U.S. Senate has passed a resolution introduced by Senator Roger Marshall to ban the CMS COVID-19 vaccine mandate from taking effect and now heads to the House of Representatives.
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13 NEWS has obtained a recording of a conference in which the state’s education commissioner made comments that have state leaders calling for his resignation.
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Kansas’s Attorney General has urged courts to reopen litigation into one of the nation’s four COVID-19 vaccine mandates currently entangled in legal battles.
Governor Laura Kelly is hoping to make good on her 2018 campaign promise to expand Medicaid with new legislation introduced on Wednesday.
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Nearly a year after her death, an Atchison Co. woman’s autopsy report has finally confirmed she died from an allergic reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Over $22 million is headed to Kansas communities to help purchase emergency vehicles and other needed equipment.
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Multiple human trafficking suspects taken into custody after warrants served at six Shawnee Co. spas
Multiple human trafficking suspects have been taken into custody after warrants were served at six spas in the Shawnee Co. area.
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After a family member took a 2-month-old girl to the hospital for difficulty breathing, the child’s father was arrested for child abuse by the KBI.
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Kansans could see two new issues on the ballot in November 2022 - marijuana legalization and Medicaid expansion.
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A Kansas couple is now pleading with the community to get vaccinated against COVID-19 after their brush with the virus almost took their unborn child.
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Steaks for turtle soup and alligator sausage - Sen. Roger Marshall made bets with Senators from Louisianna ahead of the K-State LSU bowl game Tuesday night.
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Following a windstorm, wildfires and extreme drought, the USDA has offered assistance to help Kansas farmers rebuild.
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Salina Police are looking for the public’s help to solve a Christmas Eve hit-and-run that left one person with severe injuries.
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Applications for broadband acceleration grants are now open.
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One parent with experience in the child welfare system will be chosen as a voting member of the Task Force on Permanency Planning.