House and Senate lawmakers from Kansas released a bipartisan statement on the tragic American Airlines crash Wednesday night in Washington, D.C.

A former Miss Kansas contestant and attorney Kiah Duggins has been named as one of the victims of the flight from Wichita, Kan. that crashed into the Potomac on Wednesday night.

Sen. Jerry Moran (R., Kan.), at the early morning press conference at Reagan National Airport, told reporters that the crash of the Wichita plane is a “very personal circumstance.” He [lobbied America

Jon Maravilla, the U.S. figure skater who was in Kansas with his teammates, said he was not allowed to board a plane because of his dog, but not the American Airlines flight that collided with a U.S.

KIOWA, Kan. (KAKE) — A couple from Kiowa, Kansas are two of the victims of the tragic American Airlines flight that crashed in DC Wednesday night. They were going to visit their daughter who goes to college on the east coast. A friend of the couple, Michael Simpson, says they were good people who he could always rely on.

A massive investigation is underway after a passenger jet with 64 people and a US Army Black Hawk with three soldiers collided near Reagan National Airport, sending both into the freezing Potomac river.

Kansas has a new mural in its Statehouse honoring women who campaigned for voting rights for decades before the 1920 ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S.

As families and communities identify victims in Wednesday night’s plane crash near Washington, D.C., we’re learning that a well-known civil rights attorney and former Miss Kansas contestant is among the 67 people dead.

There were 64 people on American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas to DCA — including 60 passengers and four crew members. The Blackhawk Army helicopter had three soldiers on board. None of the 67 people on either aircraft are believed to have survived, officials say.

Recovery work continues at the crash site in Washington, where all 64 people on board an American Airlines flight died along with three soldiers on a military helicopter. Meanwhile, a report has found air traffic control tower staffing was "not normal" for the time of day.

The first names of victims killed in a devastating US plane crash have been confirmed. A major crash investigation is underway after all 67 people aboard American Airlines flight 5342 and a US Army helicopter which collided tragically died.