Rep. Lynn Jenkins says Guantanamo trip provided ammo for legal action
Fresh from a trip to the controversial Cuba prison, U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins said her support of Guantanamo Bay remains unwavering, and she credited the tour with giving Leavenworth officials material...
View ArticleNational ranking on well-being of Kansas children tumbles to 19th
The annual ranking of well-being among Kansas children slipped to 19th nationally amid diminished performance on health and education assessments and stagnation on economic and family measures, a child...
View ArticleTopeka man convicted of attempted murder of long-time girlfriend sentenced to...
Joseph Taylor Hughes, who was convicted of brutally beating the mother of his two children at her south Topeka home in January 2015, was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years and two months in prison.The...
View ArticleMissouri Gov. Jay Nixon signs bill for more access to anti-overdose medicine
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Residents soon will be able to carry medicine to counter heroin overdoses without a prescription under a new law signed Tuesday by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon.The measure, which is...
View ArticleAverage Kansas farm income drops to less than $5K in 2015, down from $129,000...
LAWRENCE — Officials say Kansas’s average net farm income has plummeted from nearly $129,000 in 2014 to about $4,500 last year.According to annual Kansas Farm Management Association data, 2015 was the...
View ArticleKansas man sentenced to 19 years in crash that killed Louisburg police officer
OLATHE — A Kansas man was sentenced to nearly 19 years in prison for causing a traffic accident that killed a part-time police officer.Dana Patton, of Olathe, was sentenced Tuesday in the October 2015...
View ArticleSuspect in Kansas detective's death waives extradition
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The man accused of fatally shooting a Kansas City, Kan., police detective has agreed to be returned to Kansas from Missouri for prosecution.Curtis Ayers had been hospitalized under...
View ArticleKansas City group homes operator sentenced 2 years for tax evasion
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The former operator of several homes for the mentally and physically disabled in Kansas City will serve two years without parole in federal prison for a tax-evasion scheme.Dedree...
View ArticleKC man suspected in transgender woman's death remains in Colorado
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 29-year-old Kansas City man accused of intentionally running over a transgender woman several times and leaving her to die remains jailed in Colorado awaiting extradition.Luis M....
View ArticleSlight chance of storms Saturday; cloudy conditions to start week before...
Moderate heat will prevail through Saturday ahead of a slight chance of stormy conditions, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka. Saturday’s forecast high of 89 degrees accompanies a 20...
View Article1 killed when small aircraft crashes in Kansas
WHITEWATER — One person has died after a small aircraft crashed in southern Kansas.Butler County Sheriff Kelly Herzet told KAKE-TV that a 61-year-old man who lived in the area was pronounced dead at...
View ArticleWichita officials consider drunken biking measure
WICHITA — Wichita city officials are moving ahead with a plan that would separate drunken bicycling from local laws on driving a car under the influence, and make drunken bicycling a misdemeanor.The...
View ArticleMassage parlor sting leads to prison for Kansas man
WICHITA — A Wichita, Kansas, man has been sentenced to a year and a half in federal prison on prostitution-related charges connected to a sting operation targeting massage parlors.Fifty-one-year-old...
View ArticleDance troupe director keeps alive his mother's Topeka Fiesta tradition
Despite five years of declining health, Margareta Villegas lived long enough to see two of her grandchildren dance at a Topeka Fiesta Mexicana with the Our Lady of Guadalupe Fiesta Dancers, which she...
View ArticleKansas City rebate brings actor home to make a movie
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A feature film written by a Kansas City area native has been awarded the city’s first $60,000 rebate under a new incentive program.The feature film, “All Creatures Here Below,” is...
View ArticleWeek of anti-abortion activism begins in Wichita
WICHITA — A prayer gathering Saturday kicked off a week of anti-abortion activities planned to observe the 25th anniversary of the “Summer of Mercy” protests.The weeklong event is in observance of the...
View ArticleTopeka Symphony conductor Pickett gets silly on children's CD
When it comes to trying to get children interested in classical music, Topeka Symphony Orchestra music director Kyle Wiley Pickett is willing to act silly.Pickett wears a powdered wig, sings, struts...
View ArticleTopeka Symphony's 71st season to include some firsts
Although six great concerts will precede it, the Topeka Symphony Orchestra’s 2016-17 season finale is the one music director Kyle Wiley Pickett said he is most looking forward to conducting.For the...
View ArticleDivergent polls and national ads land in 1st District as congressional...
As the state’s most closely-watched primary race enters its waning weeks, the campaigns of U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp and Roger Marshall are touting disparate poll results and national groups are dropping...
View ArticleOne dead in N.W. Kansas two-vehicle crash
A woman died and her passenger suffered injuries Saturday afternoon in a two-vehicle collision in Sheridan County that also left the other driver hurt. The Kansas Highway Patrol said the crash occurred...
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