Kansas City memorial dedicated to 1981 Hyatt Regency Hotel skywalk collapse...
KANSAS CITY — A memorial was dedicated Thursday in Kansas City to the 114 people killed 34 years ago in one of the nation’s worst structural disasters.Etched upon the 24-foot sculpture are the names of...
View ArticleHumanist group sends warning to Kansas school district regarding Bible...
A humanist group sent a letter to Geary County Schools USD 475 threatening possible legal action if it doesn’t stop allowing the Gideons to distribute Bibles in district schools.The American Humanist...
View ArticleOut & About calendar, Nov. 13-19
Items for the Out & About calendar can be submitted by email to Arts & Entertainment editor Bill Blankenship at bill.blankenship@cjonline.com. The deadline is noon Tuesday for publication...
View ArticleKansas Youth Chorale to share 'Sounds of the Season'
Although it isn’t quite Thanksgiving, the Kansas Youth Chorale will sing songs celebrating Hanukkah and Christmas when the Topeka-based, by-audition choir of fourth- through eighth-graders present...
View ArticleShe sees dead people - or does she? - in Auburn thriller
AUBURN — Elaine Wheeler sees dead people in Auburn Community Theater’s production of Lucille Fletcher’s suspense thriller “Night Watch.” Or does she?Fletcher is well known for keeping audiences...
View ArticleOut & About hot tickets, Nov. 13-19
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View ArticleMusic from tango opera to cap Washburn strings concert
Incidental music Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla wrote for his tango opera “Maria de Bueno Aires” will cap a concert Friday night by the Washburn University String Orchestra and String Chamber...
View ArticleGardner man who killed sheriff's deputy gets 35 years in prison
WICHITA - A Gardner man who took part in a 2013 chase and shootout that injured a sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to more than 35 years in prison.The Wichita Eagle reports that 38-year-old Jason...
View ArticleJudge dismisses most felony fraud charges against Wichita developers
WICHITA - A Sedgwick County judge has dismissed most of the securities charges against two former Wichita developers.The Wichita Eagle reports Sedgwick County District Judge Ben Burgess on Thursday...
View ArticleWichita massage parlor owner pleads guilty to prostitution charges
A Wichita massage parlor owner pleaded guilty Thursday to federal prostitution charges, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.Ping Liu, 43, pleaded guilty to one count of attempted coercion and enticement...
View Article'What are you doing here?' Topekans' whirlwind matrimony ends with 'I do' as...
Kaitlin Alegria and Marcus Miller already were engaged to be married in December, but then Miller threw a slight twist into the wedding plans when he suggested moving up the wedding to Friday.It...
View ArticleKU chancellor says students want change 'now,' promises information early...
LAWRENCE — Students want change on issues of racism and discrimination immediately, University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little said in a statement Friday after more than 1,000 people packed...
View ArticleDuke Mason, a 3-foot-10 entertainer from Joplin, again will support Topeka cause
Duke Mason, a huge talent in a small package, will return Sunday to entertain his Topeka fan base while raising money for a church-based day care center and preschool.The 3-foot-10 Mason, a Joplin,...
View ArticleWil Maring-Robert Bowlin musical duo returns to Topeka for Last Minute Folk...
More than four years after their Last Minute Folk debut, singer-songwriter Wil Maring and award-winning multi-instrumentalist Robert Bowlin will perform their series debut Saturday night.The duo will...
View ArticleTopeka jazz series says 'Try Us, You'll Like Us'
To entice new subscribers to the longest continuously running jazz concert series in the nation, the Topeka Jazz Workshop Inc. has launched a “Try Us, You’ll Like Us” campaign.The series, which began...
View ArticleAP Interview: Sam Brownback wants Guantanamo plans dropped
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback says President Barack Obama should abandon efforts to move prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to U.S. soil.Brownback told The Associated Press during an exclusive interview...
View ArticleGovernment opposing Chelsea Manning's request to grow hair long
WASHINGTON — Government officials are opposing imprisoned national security leaker Chelsea Manning’s request to grow out her hair.The transgender former Army intelligence made the request as part of a...
View ArticleTeenager charged in shooting murder of former classmate -- an 18-year-old KC man
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo. — An Excelsior Springs teenager has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a former classmate in North Kansas City last month.The Kansas City Star reports...
View ArticleKansas City convention hotel won't go to voters
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Council has decided that citizen petitions seeking a public vote on a proposed convention hotel are illegal and should not go on an upcoming ballot.The Kansas City...
View ArticleKansas advocacy group: Budget shift will cut childhood program funds
An advocacy group says a budget adjustment that took $9 million from Kansas’ Children’s Initiatives Fund will mean a cut in money promised to 20 children’s programs.The Kansas City Star...
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