Museum honoring unsung heroes to open
FORT SCOTT — A new southeast Kansas museum is designed to honor people who have taken extraordinary actions to help others.The Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes opens Tuesday in Fort Scott. The...
View ArticleBoy, 6, found safe in Junction City after daylong search
A boy reported missing in Junction City on Sunday has been found by law enforcement unharmed, Junction City police said. Xavier Napolitano, 6, is said to have walked away from his home early Sunday...
View ArticleSW Kansas tornado activity possible
The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch at 3:25 p.m. Sunday for a section of southwest Kansas.The section included Finney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Kearny, Meade, Seward and Stevens...
View ArticleRegents groups study Title IX, increasing college degrees
LAWRENCE — The Kansas Board of Regents has approved a working group to study how the state’s universities respond to sexual violence and other sex-based discrimination issues. A separate group will...
View ArticleFrom Pancho Villa to end of World War II in Manchuria, Topekan's life...
Col. James Clark Hughes, a native Topekan, was a soldier in pursuit of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa, then served as an artillery officer in World War I and fought the Japanese during the outbreak...
View ArticleChange-of-plea hearing set for Topekan in Fort Riley bomb plot case
A federal judge is slated to hear a change-of-plea request from a 29-year-old Topeka man accused of helping another man who plotted to bomb a northeast Kansas military installation last year.The...
View ArticleKansas City, Kansas, records 13th homicide of 2016
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A man has died from injuries suffered in a weekend shooting in Kansas City, Kansas.The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/1Vfq9Zp ) reports that the victim was taken to a hospital...
View ArticleProsecutor's 'gross and flagrant' lies lead Kansas Court of Appeals to acquit
The Kansas Court of Appeals castigated a county prosecutor for “undeniably gross and flagrant” lies to a jury Friday as it overturned an Emporia’s man’s drug convictions and acquitted him of the most...
View ArticleWoman who aided in prosecution of man convicted of kidnapping-rape of Topeka...
A woman coerced by Jeremy James Lindsey into giving him and an 8-year-old girl a ride in the midst of a series of rapes of the child by Lindsey was placed on intensive supervised probation on Monday...
View ArticleFormer Kansas missionary recalls hostage experience 15 years later
ROSE HILL — A former missionary held hostage for more than a year is recalling the experience as the 15-year anniversary of her abduction approaches.Members of the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf militant...
View ArticleKansas lawmakers expect to consider transgender restroom use
WICHITA — Republican lawmakers have vowed to voice opposition to transgender school bathrooms upon reconvening next week.The issue gained attention after the Obama administration’s recent guidance...
View ArticleWorld War II bomber restored in Wichita passes last major hurdle to fly
WICHITA — Volunteers have achieved another major milestone in their efforts to restore a World War II bomber.The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/1WI0Fox ) reports that the nonprofit group Doc’s Friends...
View ArticleWinter wheat coloring as harvest draws closer in Kansas
WICHITA — The latest government report shows winter wheat in Kansas is turning color as harvest draws closer.The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that 96 percent of the wheat...
View ArticleInterest in grassroots party leadership limited in Shawnee County
Interest remains weak for Shawnee County precinct committee seats — an often overlooked but vital grassroots position for Democrats and Republicans alike.Party leaders hope to see more people file for...
View ArticleMissouri man gets 17 years for role in Kansas bank holdup
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A Missouri man has been ordered to spend 17 years in federal prison for his role in a Kansas bank robbery that injured employees and a customer.Fifty-four-year-old Clifton Cloyd of...
View ArticleU.S. House votes down Kelsey Smith Act over privacy concerns
The U.S. House on Monday voted down the Kelsey Smith Act, legislation named after a slain Overland Park teenager that would require cellphone carriers provide call location information to law...
View ArticleChimp housed at Kansas zoo for 17 years dies at 44
WICHITA — A chimpanzee housed for more than 17 years at the Wichita, Kansas, zoo has died at the age of 44.Sedgwick County Zoo officials say the chimp named Tammy died Sunday after several days of...
View ArticleWoman pleads guilty in Salina embezzlement case involving $100,000
SALINA — A Bennington woman accused of embezzling more than $100,000 from the Salina real estate company where she worked has pleaded guilty.Forty-two-year-old Janetta Buttery pleaded guilty Monday to...
View ArticleKansas congressional delegation wrestles with White House over Zika-fighting...
Nearly everyone in Washington agrees the federal government should combat the spread of the Zika virus into the United States but fiscally conservative Kansas Republicans have rebuffed President Barack...
View ArticleCargill plans to keep several operations in Wichita
WICHITA — Agribusiness giant Cargill said Tuesday it will keep its protein operations in Wichita and search for a new facility to house them.Wichita is home to the company’s beef business and its...
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