Annette Lawless

Posted by Annette Lawless in TV Reports, Documentaries on 03. Oct, 2020 | No Comments

Memorial ’70: Survivors reflect on life after WSU plane crash

Decades after a tragic plane crash took the lives of 31 people, families are still coping with their loss.
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Posted by Annette Lawless in TV Reports on 21. Jul, 2020 | No Comments

Wichita woman makes memory bears in late grandpa’s honor

She found a way to cope with her loss, and eventually, help others too.
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Posted by Annette Lawless in TV Reports, Résumé on 28. May, 2019 | No Comments

Anchor, producer, reporter – I do it all!

I’m proud to see where I’ve gone in my 14+ years in television.
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Posted by Annette Lawless in TV Reports, Missing In Kansas on 26. Feb, 2019 | No Comments

Young pregnant teen missing decades ago

Rachel Pratt left personal belongings at her home in Garden City on Jan. 16, 1995. She hasn’t been seen since.
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Posted by Annette Lawless in Usborne Books, Blog on 30. Jan, 2019 | No Comments

We collected $500 in books for Habitat for Humanity

Giving books to kids in need!
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Posted by Annette Lawless in TV Reports, Missing In Kansas on 01. Nov, 2018 | No Comments

Boy vanishes after day at babysitter’s house

A boy disappeared while at his babysitter’s decades ago in northeast Kansas.
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Posted by Annette Lawless in Blog on 25. Apr, 2018 | No Comments

We’ve raised $2,000 for Big Brothers Big Sisters

I just want to say a big thank you to all who helped our KAKE News family raise nearly $2,000 for Big Brothers Big Sisters.
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Posted by Annette Lawless in Usborne Books on 09. Mar, 2018 | No Comments

Pursuing my passion by spreading literacy

I’ve started pursuing my passion for reading by selling Usborne children’s books.
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Posted by Annette Lawless in TV Reports on 29. Jul, 2013 | No Comments

Christmas in July: Woman’s Dying Wish Comes True

A Northeast Ohio woman has battled cancer for 16 years. Now, doctors have diagnosed her with only days to live. Fox 8’s Annette Lawless shows us how her family and the community are making her dying wish come true.
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Posted by Annette Lawless in TV Reports on 07. May, 2013 | No Comments

Heartwarming Gift: Inside a Little Girl, Teacher’s Kidney Transplant

Eight-year-old Nicole, from the Mansfield-area, was born with just one kidney, which has been failing her whole life. But her parents were unable to find a match… Until a teacher at Nicole’s school offered to help.
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Dec

tagged: county, illness, mentally, sedgwick

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County gives $137,000 to struggling club for mentally ill

Posted by Annette Lawless in TV Reports

Weeks after a local club lost a bulk of its funding, the Sedgwick County Commission is offering $137,000 to help Breakthrough Club.

Dec

tagged: christmas, farmers, gift, trees

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Kansas farmers donate Christmas trees to military families

Posted by Annette Lawless in TV Reports

Kansas farmers donate Christmas trees to military.

Nov

tagged: black, deals, friday, shopping, squatting

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Wichita man paid to squat Black Friday deals

Posted by Annette Lawless in TV Reports

It’s the one time of year, where shoppers can expect to find incredible holiday deals, but Ron Ponds is turning his Black Friday experience into a business.

Nov

tagged: basketball, college, hoops, southwestern

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Contest controversy: college player may lose $20,000 prize for half-court shot

Posted by Annette Lawless in TV Reports

A Kansas college student wins a $20,000 prize for a rare basketball shot. Now he must decide between the money or his college team.

Nov

tagged: Bullying, cyberbullying, dirty, nik, richie

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Cyberbullying a problem among adults too

Posted by Annette Lawless in TV Reports

Adults turn to the web to bully others.

Nov

tagged: budget, cuts, funding, kansas, money, state

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Kansas ranked 4th worst for school budget cuts

Posted by Annette Lawless in TV Reports

A new report by the Center of Budget and Policy Priorities states that Kansas ranks as the fourth worst state in the country in depth of cuts to school funding since the start of the recession.

Nov

tagged: douglass, hardware, linville, store, theft

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Truck, $11,000 in supplies stolen from hardware store

Posted by Annette Lawless in TV Reports

Nearly a year after purchasing an old hardware store, a local businessman says someone stole $11,000 in goods.

Nov

tagged: grant, healthcare, obamacare

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Leaders get in heated exchange on Obamacare grant

Posted by Annette Lawless in TV Reports

The president may be in the hot seat with the Affordable Care Act, and this morning, Sedgwick County Commissioners exchanged rather strong words about it.

Nov