Gov. Brownback can withhold judicial appointment, Kansas Supreme Court rules
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled Friday that Gov. Sam Brownback wasn’t required to fill a judicial vacancy within 90 days, dismissing a complaint filed by three southwest Kansas judges.“We hold that a...
View ArticleTopeka beats Lawrence in Pokemon Go challenge
Topeka beat Lawrence Friday to win a friendly, well-publicized competition in the popular mobile game, Pokemon Go.Assistant city attorney Jason McIlrath, playing on behalf of Topeka’s city government,...
View ArticleMan killed, another found wounded nearby in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City police have found a man dead and another victim critically wounded nearby.Police said in a news release that officers found the first victim in a driveway Thursday night...
View ArticleKansas judge orders man to stand trial in Pittsburg State student's death
PITTSBURG — A man has been ordered to stand trial in the 2014 shooting death of a Pittsburg State University student.The Pittsburg Morning Sun reports (http://j.mp/2aAWsCZ ) that Bryan Bridges was...
View Article76-year-old Osage City man with dementia found safe; Silver Alert canceled
The Silver Alert for a missing 76-year-old Osage County man with dementia has been canceled as the man has been found safe.The Kansas Bureau of Investigation on Friday afternoon issued the alert for...
View ArticleMother of 24-year-old fatally shot by Kansas City police sues
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The mother of a 24-year-old man who was fatally shot by Kansas City police in 2013 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners and the...
View ArticleOld Brown County jailhouse in Hiawatha sells for $10K
HIAWATHA — A former jailhouse in northeast Kansas has sold at auction for $10,000 to a developer who hopes to turn it into a hotel.The St. Joseph News-Press reports (http://j.mp/2aDbjwR ) the former...
View ArticleParole denied for man convicted in Kansas City, Kansas officer's death from 1989
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Officials have denied parole for a man convicted in the 1989 death of a Kansas City, Kan., police officer.The Kansas Prisoner Review Board has ruled that 47-year-old Darryl L. Lewis...
View ArticleFall River boy, 11, killed in ATV crash in southeast Kansas
EUREKA — An 11-year-old Fall River boy has died in an ATV crash in southeast Kansas.The Hutchinson News reports (http://j.mp/2aCIQqY ) Blake D. Stapleford died in the crash Thursday.The Kansas Highway...
View ArticleMissouri daycare operator sentenced to 2 years prison for failing to pay...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The former owner of two Missouri daycare businesses has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for failing to pay about $890,000 in taxes.The office of the U.S. attorney for...
View ArticleJudge orders all votes by federal registrants to be counted in Kansas primary
A Shawnee County District Court judge Friday ordered counting of all primary election votes cast by as many as 17,500 Kansans who registered without providing proof of citizenship, marking a defeat for...
View ArticleJudge orders October trial for Wichita man
WICHITA — A judge has determined that a Wichita man will stand trial on a charge stemming from a toddler found with a dead octopus lodged in his throat.KSN-TV reports (http://j.mp/2aDh4ua ) Matthew...
View ArticleBodies of 2 Topekans found Friday in vacant Carbondale home; foul play not...
Two bodies found Friday afternoon in an unoccupied Carbondale home just south of Topeka were workers on the site who died of possible carbon monoxide poisoning linked to gas generators, authorities...
View ArticleAlan LaPolice faces steep climb as independent congressional challenger
Congressional challenger Alan LaPolice will submit a stack of signatures Monday that will likely make him the first independent candidate from Kansas to run for the U.S. House in three decades.To be on...
View ArticleAffluent Kansas City suburbs at center of political backlash
SHAWNEE — Small-government Republican conservatives face a political backlash in Kansas because of the state’s budget problems and battles over education funding, and the epicenter is in sprawling...
View ArticleKansas teens spoke about equal pay at Democratic convention
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two Bonner Springs teens addressed the Democratic National Convention, recalling how they had been fired in June after asking why one had been paid 25 cents an hour less than the...
View ArticleFamily in Liberal coping year after bat boy's death
LIBERAL — How can something good come from something so bad?That’s the question that has gripped Chad Carlile for the past year, since the day his 9-year-old son, Kaiser, was accidentally struck in the...
View ArticleSecretary of the Air Force visits McConnell
WICHITA — Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James visited McConnell Air Force Base, calling the Wichita base a “key location.”James visited McConnell on Friday with Sen. Jerry Moran to tour some...
View ArticleTopeka-bound tribute acts says imitation takes hard work
There is a lot more to being a successful arena rock tribute act than just putting on a wig and slipping into some spandex.“The people who come to see the show, they want that illusion. They want to...
View ArticleHarvey County dedicates memorial for indigent people
NEWTON — A Kansas county has dedicated a new memorial to honor the homeless and indigent people who died there.The memorial along the Osage Nature Trail was dedicated Saturday to remember homeless and...
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