Man found guilty in 2014 Dodge City murder
DODGE CITY -- A man charged in the 2014 fatal shooting of a Dodge City woman has been found guilty of second-degree murder.Victor Gutierrez Jr. was found guilty Wednesday in the death of 30-year-old...
View ArticleNew Kansas City streetcar involved in intersection wreck
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One of Kansas City’s new streetcars has been damaged in a wreck with a car.The Kansas City Star reports (http://j.mp/1TMPqZX ) the wreck occurred Thursday evening when the streetcar...
View ArticlePremeditation debate not enough for Kansas Supreme Court to drop murder...
A divided Kansas Supreme Court on Friday upheld the murder conviction of a Sedgwick County man, rejecting his claim that jurors were confused when they determined he was guilty.Anson Bernhardt, 45, was...
View ArticleKansas Court of Appeals rules against city of Salina in death of Jayden Hicks
A central Kansas judge was too quick to absolve the city of Salina of negligence in the 2013 electrocution death of a young girl, the Kansas Court of Appeals ruled Friday.Jayden Hicks, 12, was playing...
View ArticlePolice: Man accused of Wichita theft of Blue Man Group items
WICHITA — Wichita police said a man is charged with stealing props and costumes of the Blue Man Group while the performance artists were in that south-central Kansas city last...
View ArticleLawrence crafts security plan to comply with concealed-carry gun law
LAWRENCE — The city of Lawrence is creating a security plan to comply with a state law allowing people to carry concealed guns.The city attorney’s office has proposed funds in the 2017 budget to...
View ArticleKansas City fire chief says changes made since 2 deaths in October
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The aim of recommendations in a new report focusing on the recent deaths of two firefighters is to minimize future losses, Kansas City Fire Chief Paul Berardi said.“It is unfortunate...
View ArticleRape charge filed in Johnson County against cab driver, 70
OLATHE — A 70-year-old cab driver faces charges accusing him of raping a female passenger in Johnson County.The Kansas City Star reports (http://j.mp/1Uap3sS ) Abdul S. Sayed, of Olathe, is charged in...
View ArticleKansas school funding unconstitutional, Kansas Supreme Court rules
Kansas’ school finance system remains unconstitutional, despite this spring’s legislative tweaks, and needs to be fixed by the end of June, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled Friday. The decision could...
View ArticleGOP furious with school finance court ruling; legislative action unlikely...
The Legislature likely won’t respond to the Kansas Supreme Court’s late-Friday ruling striking down its school funding legislation when it returns for the final day of regular session next...
View ArticleKansas grain elevators bracing for big winter wheat harvest
WICHITA — Grain elevators are bracing for a bountiful winter wheat crop in Kansas at a time many facilities are already brimming with last year’s crops due to lackluster global exports and low...
View ArticleTorrential rains leave regional authorities searching for flood victims
BRENHAM, Texas — At least two people are dead and five people are missing after this week’s torrential rains in Texas and Kansas, officials said Saturday. The same areas face the possibility of more...
View ArticleLate October trial date set for man accused of abuse at VA
LEAVENWORTH — A trial is scheduled for this fall for a former physician’s assistant accused of sexually abusing patients at the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Leavenworth, Kansas.The...
View ArticleKC-area cab driver charged in sex-attack case
OLATHE — A 70-year-old suburban Kansas City cab driver has been jailed on $500,000 bond after being accused of sexually attacking a female passenger.The Kansas City Star reports that Abdul S. Sayed of...
View ArticleExhibit on World War I, World War II veteran, POW opens
The long and storied military career of Col. James Clark Hughes is impressive considering how straightforward it is for historians to learn day-to-day details of his experiences.A unique look at early...
View ArticleLiberals and libertarians sunk Kelsey Smith Act in the U.S. House
An unlikely coalition of the U.S. House’s most liberal and most conservative members unexpectedly doomed a vote this week on the Kelsey Smith Act, legislation first passed in Kansas and named after a...
View ArticleTPAC's executive director talks about building its 25th anniversary season
Although the Topeka Performing Arts Center has been around for 25 years, it has been at least a decade since it offered patrons season tickets.That changed May 12 when TPAC executive director Larry...
View ArticleSanta Fe Band's opening concert in Gage Park includes circus marches
What John Philip Sousa did for patriotic marches, Karl L. King did for circus marches.Four of the 12 selections the Santa Fe Band will perform at 7 p.m. today, May 29, at the Gage Park Amphitheater...
View Article3 people still missing after floods in Kansas and Texas
Four people have died due to the flooding that followed torrential rains in some parts of the U.S. over the last few days. But the threat of severe weather has lessened over the long Memorial Day...
View ArticleKansas teenager drowns while swimming at Kanopolis Lake
ELLSWORTH — A 17-year-old boy has drowned while swimming at a central Kansas lake.Ellsworth County Sheriff Tracy Ploutz says Trevor Blair of Ellinwood was not breathing when he was pulled from...
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