Sarah Motter
Digital Producer/Assignment Editor
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: 6 hours ago
|By Sarah Motter
The man convicted of killing another in a New Year’s Eve drunk-driving crash has been sentenced to just over 9 years in prison.
Updated: 6 hours ago
|By Sarah Motter
Officials have highlighted the benefit of poison centers in Kansas as they save time, worry, lives and money during National Poison Prevention Week.
Updated: 7 hours ago
|By Sarah Motter
Robinhood Markets has teamed up with Kansas State University to invest in the future of all students with a new financial literacy program.
Updated: 7 hours ago
|By Sarah Motter
New research from a team at the University of Kansas has found that the internet service provider market has failed Kansans statewide.
Updated: 7 hours ago
|By Sarah Motter
Two area veterans were honored at a ceremony to proclaim Wednesday, March 22, Armed Forces Day and Vietnam War Veterans Day.
Updated: 7 hours ago
|By Sarah Motter
Senator Moran has warned legislative leaders to take action as China and Russia strengthen their alliance and China remains the nation’s greatest foreign threat to democracy.
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By Sarah Motter
According to a new report, Topeka has the lowest cost of living out of the largest cities in the U.S.
Updated: 9 hours ago
|By Sarah Motter
Officials continue to investigate where more than 5,000 pills that contain fentanyl came from after the were found in a PVC pipe in Coffeyville.
Updated: 9 hours ago
|By Sarah Motter
Officials in Manhattan are on the hunt for a stolen trailer and camping gear that cost the owner about $10,000.
Updated: 9 hours ago
|By Sarah Motter
Officials are in search of a man who stole about $600 from a pool table at a bowling alley in Manhattan.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By Sarah Motter
Officials in Riley County are on the hunt for a car stolen from a woman out of northwestern Manhattan.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By Sarah Motter
While resignation rates in America remain high, a recent report has found that Kansas has the lowest rates in the region and some of the lowest rates in the nation.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By Sarah Motter and Phil Anderson
Crews have blocked a downtown Topeka street as they battle a house fire.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By Sarah Motter
Stormont Vail Health’s Flint Hills Campus has welcomed some new team members who traveled across the globe to work and make a home in Junction City.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By Sarah Motter
Wet roadways have been blamed for a rear-end collision on a Kansas City metro interstate that sent one woman to the hospital.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By Sarah Motter
Stormont Vail Health is preparing to welcome surveyors to meet with team members and decide if the health network makes the cut for national recognition.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By Sarah Motter
Two people were hospitalized after an SUV hit the diesel tanks of a semi-truck and slid on top of nearly 30 sections of a barrier wall.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By Sarah Motter
Officials with the Brown Co. Sheriff’s Office have donned new bulletproof vests thanks to a national organization’s donation.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By Sarah Motter
Three people were hospitalized, two with serious injuries, after a 3-vehicle collision in south-central Kansas.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By Sarah Motter
Crews toiled for hours and one person was sent to the hospital after a mobile home caught fire in Eudora.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By Sarah Motter
One person was sent to the hospital after a 3-vehicle collision on a Central Kansas interstate.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By Sarah Motter
A recent report has found that most states in the region may be less innovative than others.
Updated: 14 hours ago
|By Sarah Motter
One man is dead and another woman is in the hospital with serious injuries after their car was hit by an SUV on a Central Kansas highway.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 3:04 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
A Missouri man is behind bars after he led officials on a dangerous high-speed chase north of Lawrence.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 2:28 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
Lawrence Police believe an early-morning theft could be connected to similar incidents in the Kansas City area.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 2:15 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
A woman is behind bars after she allegedly held an armored vehicle at gunpoint in an attempted robbery.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 1:53 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
A new fire station could soon be in the works as a site on N. Topeka Blvd. is now owned by the Soldier Township Fire Department.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 1:36 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
A 2-year-old has died and police remain on the scene after a collision in SE Topeka.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 12:58 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
Officials are on the hunt for a man accused of multiple child sex crimes after he was added to Shawnee County’s Wanted list.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 11:40 AM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
One man is behind bars after he allegedly led Troopers on a chase that ended in downtown Topeka after he allegedly nearly hit two with his vehicle.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 11:03 AM CDT
|By Tori Whalen and Sarah Motter
Charges have been formally filed against a 14-year-old who allegedly shot and killed 13-year-old Kaleb Lane.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 9:55 AM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
While Kansans may pay high taxes, government services far exceed those provided by other states according to a new study.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 9:17 AM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
Kansans are mourning the loss of Mrs. B, a Bald Eagle who made a home at the Great Bend Brit Spaugh Zoo and was suspected to have been about half a century old.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 8:39 AM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
Hedwig the Snowy Owl has hopped a flight back to Minnesota to get him a little closer to being released into his natural habitat.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 8:14 AM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
Three people were hospitalized after the truck they were in was run off the road by an unknown vehicle on a Kansas City highway in what officials are calling a hit-and-run.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 7:46 AM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
A malfunction that downed multiple railroad crossing arms in Emporia for hours has been resolved.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 7:34 AM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
Three people were sent to the hospital, two with serious injuries, after a collision with a semi-truck on a southwestern Kansas highway.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 7:22 AM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
Officials in Douglas Co. have warned residents of a mail scam that claims to seize property if taxes are left unpaid.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 6:59 AM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
A Wichita teen sustained minor injuries after “nodding off” at the wheel on an eastern Kansas interstate.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 6:43 AM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
As a local emergency has been declared for a part of Riley County touched by wildfire already in 2023, officials continue to investigate what caused it.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 6:07 AM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
An Arizona woman was pronounced dead by first responders following a head-on collision on a southeastern Kansas highway.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 2:59 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
One man is behind bars after he allegedly attempted to wield a knife during a disturbance north of Topeka.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 2:51 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
Officials have opened an investigation after a grassfire was reported in Central Topeka.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 2:45 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
Around 400 acres have already been scorched after a wildfire sparked in southeastern Riley County.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 2:30 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
No signage remains on the location of an old Denny’s in Topeka which closed for good the previous day.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 2:17 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
Officials broke ground on the site of the new home of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment Laboratory in Topeka.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 1:56 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
Five juveniles were returned to their parents after officials in Brown Co. broke up an underage party with alcohol present.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 1:52 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
One person was sent to the hospital with serious injuries after a late-night motorcycle crash in the Capital City.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 1:43 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
Two residents in Brown County were arrested after a Sheriff’s Office K-9 alerted officials to the presence of drugs.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 1:28 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
A Topeka man is behind bars after a stop for expired tags found the driver had a warrant and allegedly had drugs in the vehicle.
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