Gov. Sam Brownback accused of sidestepping law on judicial appointment
A petition filed with the Kansas Supreme Court alleges Gov. Sam Brownback abandoned a legal obligation to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in southwest Kansas and intends to await the outcome...
View ArticleBlue Moose moves into Manhattan market
The Blue Moose Bar & Grill is expanding into the Manhattan market, with plans to open a two-story restaurant in the Manhattan Town Center Mall.The restaurant will open in the fall where Old Chicago...
View ArticleTopeka births, June 20, 2016, update
These are the area births announced to The Capital-Journal as of Monday evening. Birth & Women’s CenterBrent and Christina Johnson, St. Marys, boy, June 20.St. FrancisCody and Bethaney Burlew,...
View ArticleImmigration policies again before Sedgwick County Commission
WICHITA — The Sedgwick County Commission will consider a resolution this week to ask the Kansas Legislature to bar immigrants who aren’t in the state legally from receiving in-state tuition and for the...
View Article4-year-old boy killed in rolling Kansas City gun battle
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Authorities say a stray bullet from a rolling gun battle struck and killed a 4-year-old as he rode in the backseat of a car in Kansas City.Police said in a news release that Mahsaan...
View ArticleUniversity of Kansas drafts plan to deal with emerald ash borer
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has tentative plans to try and save some notable ash trees on its campus from the invasive beetle known as the emerald ash borer.According to a draft of the...
View ArticleReport: Kansas wheat harvest made progress before rains
WICHITA — A new report shows Kansas farmers have harvested 25 percent of their winter wheat crop.The National Agricultural Statistics Service said Monday that wheat harvest progress for the state is...
View ArticleKC man charged in death of transgender woman who was run over
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 29-year-old Kansas City man has been charged in the death of transgender woman who a witness said was intentionally run over several times and left to die.Jackson County prosecutor...
View ArticleSuspect in Kansas police detective's death out of hospital
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The man accused of killing Kansas City, Kan., police detective Brad Lancaster is out of the hospital.Curtis Ayers was taken into custody by Jackson County, Missouri, authorities...
View ArticlePolice investigate after dog left in car at Kauffman Stadium; dog was rescued...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City police are investigating after someone left a dog in a sweltering car at Kauffman Stadium during a Kansas City Royals baseball game.The dog was rescued by fans who heard...
View ArticleWoman drives off with Johnson County deputy's vehicle
MERRIAM — Authorities say a woman has been arrested after driving off with a Johnson County deputy’s vehicle.The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that the vehicle was recovered...
View ArticleKansas Big Brothers Big Sisters Juvenile Expungement Clinic seeks to help...
WICHITA — A Kansas nonprofit wants to help people who qualify expunge their records of crimes committed as juveniles.Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters is hosting a free Juvenile Expungement Clinic on...
View ArticlePolice investigate deadly shooting in Kansas City, Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Authorities are investigating after a man was fatally shot while riding in a vehicle in Kansas City, Kansas.Police said in a news release that officers were summoned to a hospital...
View ArticleWichita man gets over 3 years in prison for identity thefts that cost victims...
WICHITA — A Wichita man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for a series of identity thefts that cost victims more than $11,000.The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/23kye0E ) reports that...
View ArticleKansas City-area superintendent, Missouri's highest paid, stepping down from...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A suburban Kansas City superintendent who is the highest paid in the state is stepping down.The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/28L4RyQ ) reports that the Lee’s Summit school board...
View ArticleRuling: Kansas deputy must face trial for killing family's dog
WICHITA — A Harvey County sheriff’s deputy accused of entering a family’s front yard without a warrant and killing their dog must face trial in the civil lawsuit brought by the animal’s owners, a...
View ArticleMistrial declared in Haskell University dorm rape case
LAWRENCE — A mistrial has been declared in the trial of one of two former Haskell Indian Nations University students accused of rape.The Lawrence Journal-World (http://bit.ly/28Jj56G ) reports that a...
View ArticleShawnee County school board presidents urge swift fix to school funding impasse
The five public school board presidents serving Shawnee County districts urged lawmakers Tuesday to promptly appropriate state funding to correct an unconstitutional inequity diagnosed by the Kansas...
View ArticleProsecutor: defendant 'couldn't take it any more,' fatally shot former wife
Colin Edward Pritchard and Cindy Pritchard had been drinking and playing a dice game when she became verbally abusive and began complaining, griping and nagging at her former husband, Colin Pritchard...
View Article17-year-old Topeka defendant in murder case asks judge to lower $1 million bond
Moments after a judge imposed a $1 million cash or surety bond on a 17-year-old defendant charged with murder, the teen asked the judge whether he would consider reducing the amount.Christopher Shawn...
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