Democratic petition to force school funding special session draws GOP fire
Kansas Democrats said Monday they were reaching out to Republicans, seeking their support for a petition to force the Legislature to return for a special session over school funding, though the effort...
View ArticleMissouri Republican gubernatorial candidates to debate on TV
ST. LOUIS — The four Republicans seeking their party’s nomination for Missouri governor are set to face off in a debate Monday evening that will be broadcast in the state’s two largest cities as the...
View ArticleVets, families remember Normandy D-Day landings, 72 years later
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — Proud veterans in their 90s and families of fallen soldiers are commemorating the epochal D-Day invasion of Normandy 72 years ago that helped the Allies vanquish...
View ArticleTobacco company payments to Kansas top $1 billion in 18 years
Slightly more than $1 billion has been paid to Kansas during the past 18 years by tobacco companies making annual payments to states to compensate for health consequences of smoking, officials said...
View ArticleJayhawk Theatre taps roots singer Hunt to raise money
Kelley Hunt, who will perform a benefit concert June 18 to help restore Topeka’s Jayhawk State Theatre of Kansas, knows what such a venue can do for a downtown.Hunt grew up in Emporia, where she said...
View ArticleCargill gets $10M tax breaks to stay in Wichita
WICHITA — A deal to keep agribusiness giant Cargill operations in Wichita includes nearly $10 million in tax breaks over a 10-year period from state and local government entities, according to...
View ArticleBlack-footed ferrets to return to former Wyoming stronghold, Kansas
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Wildlife officials hope this summer to restore a population of black-footed ferrets to a pair of western Wyoming ranches where the species, for a time believed extinct, was...
View ArticleWichita school board shortens students' year, lengthens days
WICHITA — The Wichita Board of Education has shortened the school year while adding 30 minutes of class to each day.The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/1X83krT ) reports that students will begin classes...
View ArticleJudge in Planned Parenthood lawsuit expresses disappointment with Kansas...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The judge in a federal lawsuit over Kansas’ plans to halt Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood said Tuesday she was disappointed the state hadn’t agreed to a timeline earlier that...
View ArticleOne arrested, one at large after woman shot and killed early Monday in Liberal
LIBERAL — Police are looking for a man suspected of killing a woman and critically injuring a man in southwest Kansas.Liberal police say emergency responders found a 40-year-old woman and a 27-year-old...
View ArticleGov. Sam Brownback to call special legislative session to tackle school finance
Gov. Sam Brownback said Tuesday he will call a special session of the Legislature to address school funding, a move many had expected as lawmakers face a June 30 deadline to enact a constitutional...
View ArticleIran says Kansas' Rep. Mike Pompeo can't visit amid nuclear deal quarrel
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said Tuesday it would not grant visas to three U.S. congressmen opposed to its recent nuclear deal with world powers, calling their request to monitor the accord a “publicity...
View ArticleAnother vacancy created in federal courts in Kansas after Wichita judge to...
WICHITA — U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten plans to take a form of semi-retirement that will effectively create another vacancy on the federal bench in Kansas.The 64-year-old chief judge says in an...
View ArticleShawnee County artists earn two of Mulvane Art Fair's top three awards
Although the Mulvane Art Fair drew artists from 13 states, two of the event’s top three awards went home with Shawnee County artists.Rossville artist Martin Bourbeau earned Best of Show honors in his...
View ArticleCruzline drummers to start library's summer shows off with a bang
The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library’s summerlong series of family-friendly midweek performances once again will start out with a bang.Sal Cruz and the Cruzline, the summer drum corps directed...
View ArticleHot, dry weather spurs Kansas winter wheat harvest
WICHITA — Combines are rolling across wheat fields in south-central Kansas.Elevators in in the Kiowa area as well as those in Cowley and Sumner counties are now receiving grain.Justin Gilpin, the...
View ArticleSheriff, D.A. candidates seek law enforcement PAC endorsements
Shawnee County candidates for sheriff, district attorney and county commission Tuesday night made personal appeals for support from members of the local Fraternal Order of Police’s political action...
View Article5 injured early Wednesday when vehicle swerves to miss satellite dish on I-70
Five people from Colorado Springs, Colo., were injured early Wednesday when the vehicle they were in crashed and rolled after swerving to avoid a satellite dish on Interstate 70 in western Kansas.The...
View ArticleTruck slams into Michigan bicyclists, killing 5; 1 critical
COOPER TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Police fielded complaints that a pickup truck was being driven erratically just minutes before the vehicle slammed into a group of bicyclists in western Michigan, killing five,...
View ArticleGov. Sam Brownback sets school finance special session a week before deadline
The Legislature will come back into session with only one week in which to pass school finance legislation, Gov. Sam Brownback revealed Wednesday as he embraced boosting education spending by $38...
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