Haskell Indian Nations University conducting facilities study for first time...
LAWRENCE — Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence is conducting the school’s first comprehensive facilities study in 10 years.The Lawrence Journal World (http://bit.ly/1HQbaRd ) reports crews...
View ArticleWoman killed after running onto a Phoenix freeway was from Kansas
PHOENIX — A pedestrian who died after being struck by a commercial tractor-trailer and then run over by four other vehicles has been identified as a Kansas woman.The Arizona Department of Public Safety...
View ArticleLawton Nuss, Kansas Supreme Court chief justice, to recuse himself in...
Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss will recuse himself from hearing a challenge to the state’s judicial selection law, but all other justices declined after they found no requirement to do...
View ArticleKansas congressional delegation leery of Obama's request for vote on war...
A day after President Barack Obama called on Congress to authorize further military action against the Islamic State, most members of the Kansas congressional delegation declined to say how they would...
View ArticleKingman County hunter takes down rare antlered doe
KINGMAN — A Kansas hunter has taken down an antlered doe in Kingman County.The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/1jJUfEc ) reports Jerika Francis thought she shot a 10-point buck on Saturday afternoon on...
View ArticleJudge sets bond at $40,000 for man charged with two assaults of girlfriend
A man who was freed on a recognizance bond from a charge of aggravated battery of his girlfriend, then allegedly assaulted his girlfriend a second time, would have to post a bond of $40,000...
View ArticleJunction City man sentenced to life last month re-sentenced to 30 years on...
A Junction City man was re-sentenced Monday to 30 years in federal prison for trafficking cocaine, said U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom.Albert Dwayne Banks, 33, of Junction City, was convicted for...
View ArticleKansas Sampler Festival to come to end in 2017
The annual Kansas Sampler Festival will come to an end in 2017, organizers announced Monday.Winfield will host the final two years of the event on May 7-8, 2016, and again in 2017. “It’s exciting to...
View ArticleBody of missing 25-year-old man found in Dodge City
DODGE CITY — The body of a missing man has been found in Dodge City.The Dodge City Daily Globe reports (http://bit.ly/21LyVjX ) that police were called to a remote area around 11 a.m. Sunday after a...
View Article2 teens face charges in KC fatal shootings outside a convenience store
KANSAS CITY — Police are searching for two teenagers who have been charged in the fatal shootings of two men outside a Kansas City convenience store.The Jackson County prosecutor’s office announced...
View ArticleReport: Expanding Medicaid would be budget-neutral, might save Kansas money
Expanding Medicaid in Kansas would be budget-neutral, and might generate savings, according to a report released Tuesday.The report projected expanding Medicaid through the KanCare program would cost...
View ArticleJonathan Schumm's first hearing in ouster case is postponed
A hearing scheduled for Friday in the ouster case of Topeka Councilman Jonathan Schumm, who has been charged with allegedly choking his 12-year-old son, has been postponed.News of the postponement...
View ArticleJunction City seeks applicants for economic development commission
Junction City is seeking applicants for its Economic Development Commission.Commission members serve three-year terms. The city appoints one member each year so that terms expire on a rolling basis,...
View ArticleSam Brownback: DCF gives everyone a 'fair shake'
Gov. Sam Brownback said Tuesday the Department for Children and Families gives everyone a “fair shake” as he offered the administration’s first extended comments after several couples and a court...
View ArticleSam Brownback knocks Donald Trump's plan to halt Muslim immigration
Gov. Sam Brownback said Tuesday he doesn’t agree with Donald Trump’s call to suspend all Muslim immigration — comments coming a few weeks after the governor took steps to resist the relocation of...
View ArticleState board mulls individualized study plans for high-schoolers
As early as next month, the Kansas State Board of Education could vote on a raft of measures for tracking the success of schools and students — the latest step in the state’s overhaul of K-12...
View ArticleFloyd Bledsoe released after his 2000 Jefferson County murder conviction is...
OSKALOOSA — After 16 years behind bars for a murder he probably didn’t commit, Floyd Bledsoe is a free man.Bledsoe, 39, sat in a Jefferson County courtroom Tuesday afternoon as Judge Gary Nafziger...
View ArticleConsulting firm proposes Kansas sell wood chippers, fill vacant Revenue jobs...
The state should fill more than 50 vacant revenue positions, centralize the leasing of state office space and have the Kansas Department of Transportation sell off rarely-used equipment — such as wood...
View ArticleCollapsing buildings become health concern in Kansas
KINGMAN — The demolition of three deteriorating buildings in south-central Kansas has become more urgent after a portion of one of the structures collapsed.The Hutchinson News (http://bit.ly/1M1au6s )...
View ArticleDrive-by shooter seeks placement in religious halfway house
A defense attorney representing a 34-year-old man with a history of violent convictions asked a judge Tuesday to suspend a prison sentence and instead place him in a faith-based halfway...
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