Kansas schools urge lawmakers to boost equity funding to respond to court ruling
Educators urged a legislative panel Thursday to boost education funding by $38 million to make spending equitable between rich and poor districts, but no quick consensus emerged among lawmakers over...
View ArticleTopeka Fiddling Camp teachers, pupils to perform
Fiddling fans will have the opportunity to hear a couple of experts on the instrument and a bunch of players just learning to play it.Professional fiddlers Annalise Ohse and Mike Barnett will take a...
View Article17-year-old son of convicted killer to be tried as adult in murder charge
The 17-year-old son of a murderer was moved from juvenile to adult court on Thursday to face a murder charge himself.The defendant, Christopher Shawn Pattillo, was 16 when Brian W. Miller was fatally...
View ArticleCourt records: Kansas district lost at least $1M in scheme
MAIZE — The former technology director for a central Kansas school system is among those accused of defrauding the district of more than $1 million, according to a federal lawsuit.read more
View ArticleKansas House, Senate members ponder constitutional amendments on education
Senators and representatives plunged into conflict Thursday about placement on statewide ballots of a constitutional amendment countering the Kansas Supreme Court’s observation public schools could be...
View ArticleItems connected to Wichita gangster shooting given to museum
WICHITA — Items connected to a 1920s shootout between a notorious gangster and two law enforcement officers have been donated to the Wichita/Sedgwick County Historical Museum.The Wichita Eagle...
View ArticleKansas man charged in octopus-in-throat case
WICHITA — A Kansas man is charged with felony child endangerment in connection with a small octopus found wedged in the throat of his girlfriend’s toddler in April.The Wichita Eagle...
View ArticleWeekend in Topeka packed with music, especially the blues
There is no reason to sing the blues when it comes to weekend opportunities in Topeka to hear live music, especially the blues.Among the concerts this weekend are two return performances by acts who...
View ArticleOut & About calendar, June 17-23
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 ArticleOut & About hot tickets, June 17-23
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View ArticleLengthy solitary confinement can violate inmates' rights, Kansas Supreme...
The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday ruled solitary confinement can, in extreme cases, amount to a violation of constitutional rights and ordered district judges to take into consideration how long...
View ArticleShawnee County human trafficking defendant's laywer needs time to read 10,000...
A judge on Friday rescheduled the preliminary hearing for a man charged with aggravated human trafficking and 17 other felonies after a defense attorney said he had 10,000 prosecution documents to read...
View ArticleKansas woman sentenced to more than 9 years in deadly crash
LEAVENWORTH — A northeast Kansas woman has been sentenced to more than nine years in prison for causing a deadly crash while using drugs.Thirty-seven-year-old Jaime Carter, of rural Linwood, was...
View ArticleKansas Democrats offer $39 million school-finance plan
House and Senate Democratic leaders offered a school finance proposal Friday that would reallocate $39.2 million in state funding to resolve the immediate constitutional problem with state aid to...
View ArticleKansas lawmakers suggest halting highway project to pay for school finance...
Lawmakers called Friday for the state to halt a southeast Kansas highway project to help pay for additional education funding in response to a ruling from the state Supreme Court.The House and Senate...
View ArticleJudge reiterates Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach unable to bar local,...
WICHITA — A judge is standing by his earlier ruling that Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has no legal right to bar people from casting ballots in local and state elections because they registered...
View ArticleTrain hits, kills man near Newton
NEWTON — Authorities say a train has struck and killed a man in central Kansas.The Newton Kansan (http://bit.ly/1tADCRn ) reports that the man was killed Friday morning in Newton. Police say...
View ArticleAP files open-records lawsuit against Johnson County
OLATHE — The Associated Press sued a Kansas county Thursday, alleging it has wrongly withheld public records involving alleged fiscal misconduct by the county’s former elections chief who later took a...
View ArticleOfficials warn of toxic algae levels in several Kansas lakes
WICHITA — Health officials are warning people of toxic levels of blue-green algae in several lakes.The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has issued health warnings for Cheney Lake in...
View ArticleGov. Sam Brownback shrugs off defection of Overland Park business to Missouri
Gov. Sam Brownback found no reason for alarm Friday after an Overland Park business executive asserted state health care and tax policies prompted a decision to move the company’s corporate office to...
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