Andover

There are new developments in the case of a hospital worker accused of infecting patients with Hepatitis C.  Two Kansans have now tested positive for the highly contagious virus.  Linda Ficken told Eyewitness News last week that she wasn't worried when doctors called her back for a for more tests.  But the results now show she does have Hepatitis C.  Health officials say it's closely related to a strain found in a cluster of patients in...

An Andover woman recently learns she may have been exposed to Hepatitis C while being treated at Hays Medical Center.  The Hays hospital sent Linda Ficken a letter telling her to get tested for Hepatitis C. Ficken is one of 460 patients Hays Med is contacting.  The patients all underwent cardiac catheterization from May 24, 2010 to September 22, 2010.  That's when radiology technician David Kwiatkowski worked at the Hays hospital.  He's accused...

One of the victims in the Colorado theater shooting has ties to Andover.  26-year-old Jonathan Blunk is being called a hero after blocking his girlfriend when a gunman opened fire during the showing of 'The Dark Knight Rises' early Friday morning. Blunk's mother, Dawna Nygaard, stepfather Lee and two brothers live in Andover.  They went to Aurora Colorado over the weekend to attend the candle-light-vigil and visit site of the shooting.  They are now preparing to move Blunk to Reno Nevada for his funeral.  A family friend tells Eyewitness News, Blunk was separated from his wife who lived in Reno with their two children.

The power is back on at the pump station in Northeast Wichita - and city officials say residents can resume normal watering activities. The city says actions taken by customers to lessen the demand on the pump station were critical to working through the power outage. There are no voluntary water restrictions in place, but residents are still encouraged to conserve water where they can. The current hot, dry weather continues to contribute to high water demand and the city says efforts to curb usage can help improve the system.

Concrete barriers, dangerous U-turns and unmarked back road entrances. A church in Andover has been dealing with problems for months, since the city added a raised median along the 21st street corridor. The city says it's planning for the future. But in the present, members of Peace Lutheran Church are frustrated by the lack of access. Last year, construction began on a raised concrete median along 21st between Andover Road and 159th St. E.  The long term goal is to handle increased traffic from expected commercial development.  The median may look nice, but for drivers along the busy road it's created more than a few headaches.

A car crash kills two sisters from Andover.  The girls were on their way home from a music festival in Tennessee.  They were near Emporia when 18- year-old Kyle Moody and 19-year-old Holland Moody were killed. Friends describe them as happy go lucky girls with bright futures. Click here to see pictures of the Moody sisters “They were both sweethearts, they did everything they could to make everybody else happy.  They were the ones who forgave everybody,” said Holland's boyfriend Jason Axtell.

Andover police find more than two pounds of marijuana and thousands of dollars inside a home.  Police served a search warrant in the 1200 block of Main on June 8th. Police say during the search, they found marijuana, drug paraphernalia and more than $5,000 in cash.  Police say they think the man living in the home had been selling marijuana in town for some time. They didn't arrest anyone during the search.  Police turned over the information to the Butler County Attorney who will decide whether to file charges.  Police say the man could face felony charges of distribution of marijuana within 1000 feet of a school, possession of drug paraphernalia and failure to pay the State's drug tax.

The election is months away, but the race for Butler County Sheriff is heating up. Some are accusing candidate Carl Enterkin of not living in Butler County. He says it's not true. “I chose to live over here before the electoral process began for sheriff,” Enterkin tells FactFinder 12. Enterkin began renting an apartment in Andover in March. FactFinder 12 checked out the apartment and talked with several neighbors who say they've never seen Enterkin.

A house catches fire in east Andover this morning, leaving little of the house behind.  That happened this morning, just before 7:00 a.m. at Lincoln and Kingsway. That's near the Augusta Municipal Airport. When crews arrived the house was engulfed in flames. A spokesperson says the fire stretched from one end of the house to the other.  No one lives in the house, but it was being remodeled.  The house is s total loss, no one was hurt. 

The Andover City Council agrees to look at changing a median, just built, on 21st Street. The median limits left-hand turns into, and out of, the Quail Crossing Subdivision. "There are 162 homes here and they rely on this as the main entrance for the entire development," explains Jeanie Shackelford, who lives in the subdivision. Shackelford and others say they had no notice the median was going to be built. They add that having to travel on side streets in order to turn left onto 21st doesn't make sense.