Russell Colburn, KSN News Wichita

Russell Colburn

KSN News Wichita

Kansas City, MO, United States

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Past articles by Russell:

Mini Arrowhead Stadium built in Overland Park backyard

Nate Bukaty of Sports Radio 810 and Sporting KC play-by-play built the field in his backyard at his Overland Park home. → Read More

Community auctioning off Chiefs-themed gift basket for Kansas toddler battling cancer

The little girl from Paola, Kansas is battling neuroblastoma. Doctors first found a tumor in her stomach, and most recently, in the lining between her skull and brain. → Read More

KC Sisters search for fans who comforted them after dad’s passing

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two sisters from Kansas City are looking for the pair of women who comforted them in an impossible time during last year’s AFC Championship game at Arrowhead Stadium. → Read More

Kansas City Chiefs fans brave bitter cold to tailgate before AFC Championship

Kansas City Chiefs fans brave bitter cold temperatures to tailgate in line before parking lots at Arrowhead open for the AFC Championship game. → Read More

Leads have run out on 2020 killing of KCK man, police say

Officers say Enice Fuel, 29, was shot and killed in his vehicle in December 2020 at N. 11th Street and Orville Avenue in KCK. → Read More

‘His life had meaning’: Shooting victim’s mother blames Kansas City apartment complex

Jackson County prosecutors charged Paul Wright in connection to the death of Terylle Gorham, near the Swope Plaza Apartments on East 49th Street in May. → Read More

Kansas City Royals confirm new stadium plans

The Kansas City Royals confirmed they plan to the move to a baseball stadium in downtown or somewhere near it, CEO John Sherman said. → Read More

Second man charged in Merriam stabbing; just sentenced in Missouri shooting

Prosecutors charged a second man, 25-year-old John Daniel Crawford Murray, with murder in the stabbing death of Charles Dillon in Merriam. → Read More

Driver delivering for Amazon found dead after suspected animal attack

The sheriff’s office said the victim had injuries consistent with an animal attack and two dogs were spotted on scene that appeared to be aggressive. → Read More

Video shows Walmart delivery driver hand package to porch pirate, Gladstone attorney says

A Gladstone attorney says surveillance video shows a Walmart delivery man handing his package directly to someone he says is a porch pirate. → Read More

Video shows porch pirate steal Kansas City toddler’s lifesaving medical equipment

A Kansas City, Missouri family says video shows a porch pirate stealing their son’s lifesaving medical equipment. → Read More

‘Pray for Ukraine’: KU professor worried about family there

While many of us watch the situation in Ukraine closely, maybe tensely, it’s so much more personal for one KU professor. → Read More

Lawrence parents “walk in students’ shoes” showing commutes school closures could create

The “Walk in their Shoes” event was held to show what organizers say are longer commutes and potential hazards that could come with closing schools for budget reasons. → Read More

Lawrence parents, students and teachers rally against school closures

The group, “Save Our Schools,” hopes the Board of Education does not close schools to make up a $7 million budget gap. → Read More

Lawrence considers closing schools amid funding cuts, enrollment decline

Lawrence Public Schools leaders say four scenarios are on the table. All involve closing schools and/or shuffling students to other schools. → Read More

‘Not the souvenir we expected’: Family frees kitten from net during Arrowhead Stadium tour

A family of Chiefs fans went on an Arrowhead Stadium tour and left with a cat they freed from a field goal net they say was wrapped around the kitten’s neck. → Read More

Safety questions raised after Kansas City area dad hit by car outside Arrowhead Stadium

This incident comes five weeks after Steven Hickle of Wichita was killed in a hit-and-run crash about a mile away on the other side of the complex. → Read More

‘I just want it back’: Valuable purse, a graduation present, stolen out of woman’s trunk at Kansas City area Genesis

A local woman’s valuable purse, a graduation present, was stolen out of a car trunk Sunday while she was working out at a Zona Rosa gym. → Read More

With pipeline shutdown and truck driver shortage, could Kansas and Missouri see gas shortage?

Many states are seeing a gas shortage, and the Colonial Pipeline shutdown is only making things worse. Could gas soon become sparse in Kansas and Missouri? → Read More

‘I would not wish this on anyone’: Local mom, law enforcement warn of fentanyl uptick

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KSNW) – Area law enforcement agencies are warning about the deadly synthetic opioid, fentanyl, saying they’re investigating multiple recent overdose cases. Bobbi Caggianelli of Overland Park said she and her 19-year-old son, Adrian, always shared a special bond. “He was admittedly a bit of a momma’s boy,” Caggianelli said. “One of our […] → Read More