Kansas special education students caught in funding dispute
Services for students with disabilities are among the many things Kansas education officials must solve amid the potential threat of school closures on July 1.The state’s Supreme Court ruled last month...
View ArticleKansas elections director shoots down claim Rep. Tim Huelskamp isn't a resident
Congressional candidate Roger Marshall on Thursday asked the state’s elections board to remove the name of his opponent, U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp, from the Aug. 2 primary ballot, alleging Huelskamp has...
View ArticleNebraska officials trying to limit spread of ash borer, a tree pest
LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska officials are trying to limit the spread of the emerald ash borer after the invasive insect that kills ash trees was discovered in Omaha.The Nebraska Department of Agriculture...
View ArticleBillionaire Charles Koch fed up with politics as usual, he says in AP interview
WASHINGTON — Billionaire Charles Koch, one of America’s most influential conservative donors, said he is fed up with the vitriol of the presidential race and will air national TV ads that call on...
View ArticleKansas woman gives birth to 14-pound, 4-ounce baby boy in Hutchinson
HUTCHINSON — A woman has given birth to a boy weighing in at 14 pounds, 4 ounces in Hutchinson.The Hutchinson News (http://bit.ly/1sxF1XZ ) reported Thursday that Moses William Hilton arrived 11 days...
View ArticleVarney's, a Manhattan icon, to close June 30 after 126 years in business
MANHATTAN — An Aggieville icon, Varney’s, will close its doors June 30, ending a tradition that began in 1890 when Joseph Guy Varney began selling books to students of the Kansas Agricultural College....
View ArticleTopeka theaters stage two dramas, one 'mellerdrama'
Topeka theaters have three new offerings this weekend: two dramas and one play as far from a drama as you can get.The dramas are Matthew Lopez’s “The Whipping Man” at Topeka Civic Theatre &...
View ArticleOut & About calendar, June 10-16
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 ArticleSunflower marks 30 years of chamber music in Topeka
What started as a dinner conversation in 1987, the idea of producing a summer chamber music series in Topeka, will stage its 30th edition of bringing world-class musicians to the stage of White Concert...
View ArticleWichita seat belt enforcement effort nets more than 1,200 citations
WICHITA -- Wichita police officers have issued more than 1,200 citations during the department’s grant-funded project aimed at enforcing drivers to wear seat belts.Wichita police Sgt. Nikki Woodrow...
View ArticleWichita site of one of first successful lunch counter sit-ins will get memorial
WICHITA — The site of an important civil rights sit-in in 1958 in Wichita will be getting a memorial for the first time.Young black protesters sat at the lunch counter in the Dockum Drug Store in July...
View ArticleKU to offer classes in Leavenworth
LEAVENWORTH — The University of Kansas plans to begin offering classes in Leavenworth.The decision was announced Thursday at a meeting of the Leavenworth County Development Corporation, with has been...
View ArticleEx-guard accused of taking bribes to smuggle tobacco at Leavenworth penitentiary
LEAVENWORTH — Federal prosecutors allege a former guard at the Leavenworth penitentiary took bribes to smuggle tobacco into the prison.Marc Buckner, of Kansas City, Kansas, was indicted Wednesday on...
View ArticleKansas poll: Discontent with state government, likely presidential nominees
A new poll of Kansas registered voters Friday indicated nearly two-thirds didn't have a favorable opinion of the performance of state government and almost half were "very dissatisfied" with the...
View ArticleA.G. files motion asking Supreme Court to withdraw warning of potential...
Attorney General Derek Schmidt asked the Kansas Supreme Court on Friday to rescind its warning the state’s schools may close if the Legislature fails to fix funding inequities.A motion Schmidt filed...
View ArticleMosquitoes linked to West Nile trapped in Sedgwick County
WICHITA — Kansas health officials say high numbers of mosquitoes known to transmit West Nile virus have been found in traps in Sedgwick County.The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said...
View ArticleAppeals court denies Kobach request for stay of voter registration order
DENVER — An appeals court on Friday denied Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s request to block a lower court’s order to register thousands of state residents for November’s presidential...
View ArticleWheat looks good as Kansas harvest begins amid low prices
WICHITA — Kansas farmers have begun harvesting what appears to be a bountiful wheat crop, easing some of the sting from the low prices it has been fetching.The latest forecast released Friday raised...
View ArticleKansas probe of 30 dead egrets could take weeks, months
WICHITA — It could take weeks or months to determine what killed 30 protected egrets that were found dead last week in Wichita, a wildlife investigator said.Larry Hastings, the Kansas Department of...
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