Bernie Sanders makes surprise speech to Missouri delegation at DNC
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri delegates to the Democratic National Convention got a surprise visit from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday morning.State Democratic Party Chairman Roy Temple says...
View Article17-year-old to be tried in adult court for drive-by killing of victim
A 17-year-old youth was bound over Tuesday on a charge of first-degree murder in the fatal drive-by shooting of a man in April in a southeast Topeka neighborhood.Christopher Shawn Pattillo, of Topeka,...
View ArticleS&P downgrades Kansas credit rating, citing ongoing budget issues
A major rating agency on Tuesday downgraded Kansas’ credit rating for the second time in two years because of the state’s budget problems.S&P Global Ratings dropped its rating for Kansas to AA-,...
View ArticleCouncil committee discusses scrapping early sign-up require for council...
A Topeka City Council committee Tuesday discussed doing away with the city’s requirement that citizens notify the city clerk by 5 p.m. the day of the meeting if they plan to speak to the...
View ArticleMan sentenced for shooting Kansas deputy during chase
INDEPENDENCE — A man was sentenced to life in prison without parole for 31 years for crimes he committed in Kansas while fleeing from Oklahoma.Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says Alejandro...
View ArticleUnity push draws in Kansas backers for Sanders, but not all
A push from Bernie Sanders for unity behind Hillary Clinton was pulling his Kansas supporters into the Democratic presidential nominee’s camp Tuesday, though not all of them fully.The state’s...
View ArticleTransgender school bathrooms still debated in Derby
DERBY — A south-central Kansas school district has agreed to let students use bathrooms matching their gender identity while a local task force explores the issue that has divided the school system’s...
View ArticleTopeka births for July 27, 2016
St. FrancisJesus Michel and Artemesia Baylon, Topeka, girl, July 21.Spencer Nestler and Marlaina Cote, Topeka, boy, July 22.Benson Oketa and Francisca Alonyo, Topeka, boy, July 22. Nelson Jr. and...
View ArticleTopeka legislative candidates engage as primary races go to wire
Republicans and Democrats in contested Shawnee County legislative races converged Tuesday in a library auditorium to deliver insight into judicial, health care and budget challenges facing Kansas...
View ArticleUniversity of Kansas Hospital expands in Overland Park
OVERLAND PARK — The University of Kansas Hospital is breaking ground on a new inpatient hospital in Overland Park.The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/2a9k9ic ) reports that hospital and government...
View ArticleWichita apartment fire kills 1 early Wednesday morning
WICHITA — Authorities say one person has died in a Wichita apartment fire.A Sedgwick County emergency dispatcher says the fire was reported around 3:40 a.m. Wednesday at the Buttonwood Tree apartments...
View ArticleReward increases to $9,000 in stabbing death of Independence man in suburban...
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — The reward for information in the July 2013 stabbing death of an Independence man has grown to $9,000.Kansas City Crime Stoppers announced Tuesday that the mother of 22-year-old...
View ArticleLogan County commissioner in western Kansas convicted of election crime
OAKLEY, Kan. — A western Kansas county commissioner who was accused of offering to loan a stock trailer to a woman in August 2012 in exchange for her vote has been convicted of a misdemeanor.The Kansas...
View ArticleInvestigation continues after body of 26-year-old Newton skydiver located
CUSHING, Okla. — Investigators are trying to determine how a Kansas skydiver was separated from her parachute and harness during a jump in Oklahoma.The body of 26-year-old Sheralynn Neff of Newton,...
View ArticleDemocratic candidate seeks grand jury to investigate Kobach
A Democratic candidate for the Kansas House filed a petition Wednesday in Douglas County seeking a grand jury inquiry into whether the Kansas secretary of state’s office engaged in misconduct in...
View ArticleThird defendant in weekend slaying on S.W. Gage has first appearance
Prosecutors have until Thursday to file a complaint against a 20-year-old Texas man authorities say is tied to the weekend slaying of a Topeka motorist, a Shawnee County District Court judge said...
View ArticleSmall Missouri city residents frustrated by shrinking lake
BLACKBURN, Mo. — Blackburn residents say they’re frustrated with a company that won’t maintain the pond it built next to the railroad tracks in the town.Property owner Kansas City Southern tells The...
View ArticleKansas City, Kansas, man sentenced for bomb hoax at KCI
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City, Kansas, man has been sentenced to more than a year in federal prison for forcing the evacuation of a terminal at Kansas City International Airport when he lied about...
View ArticleSurvivors of 3 slain Baton Rouge officers to get $250,000
BATON ROUGE, La. — Families of the three law enforcement officers killed in a lone gunman’s ambush in Baton Rouge are each due to receive $250,000 in state survivor benefits.A four-member state board...
View ArticleAudit blasts Kansas foster care system over missed visits, background checks
Auditors released a scathing review of the state’s foster care system Wednesday, revealing that the Department for Children and Families doesn’t check the backgrounds of people in foster homes as often...
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