Injured motorcyclist flown to Kansas City after crash in Lawrence
A motorcyclist was severely injured after being thrown from his bike during a crash in Lawrence on Monday afternoon.The man was transported to a Kansas City metro trauma center via helicopter and was...
View ArticleTopeka births for Aug. 1, 2016
These are the births announced to The Topeka Capital-Journal as of Monday evening.St. FrancisJose Carlos and Marlen Oliveros, Topeka, boy, July 30.Stormont VailDerek and Lynsey Bledsoe. Topeka, boy,...
View ArticleBrownback promotes KDADs interim secretary Tim Keck to secretary
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is promoting his interim secretary for aging and disability services to secretary.Brownback’s office announced the move Monday. Tim Keck has been the top administrator at the...
View ArticleEx-Navy SEAL Eric Greitens wins Missouri governor primary
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens won the Republican primary for Missouri governor Tuesday after a hard-fought race in which he cast himself as a conservative outsider...
View ArticleGlik's, Illinois-based retailer, opening 1st Kansas store in October
GRANITE CITY, Ill. — An Illinois-based retailer is opening its first store in Kansas later this year and hopes to add three more in the state within 18 months.The St. Louis Post-Dispatch...
View ArticleFormer Army private at Fort Riley sentenced for stealing soldiers' identities
A former U.S. Army private who was stationed at Fort Riley pleaded guilty and was sentenced Tuesday to two years in federal prison for stealing his fellow soldiers’ identities, said acting Kansas-based...
View ArticleFort Riley soldier, 24, dies after losing consciousness while running
A Fort Riley soldier died July 30 after losing consciousness while running June 27 in Junction City.Pfc. Luis Ortiz, a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter repairer with the 1st Infantry Division, died at the...
View ArticleWoman admits stealing $5.3 million from KC architecture firm
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A suburban Kansas City woman admits stealing nearly $5.3 million from a prominent architecture company where she worked for nearly two decades.U.S. Attorney Tammy Dickenson says...
View ArticleSen. Jerry Moran tepid on whether he still supports Donald Trump
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran wouldn’t say Tuesday if he still supports Donald Trump for president, though a spokesperson later said he does.Moran, a Republican, was asked if he backs the Republican nominee...
View ArticleAuthorities determine suspicious package at Fort Riley's post office not a...
Explosive ordnance disposal technicians and military police determined that a suspicious package at Fort Riley’s U.S. Post Office didn’t pose a threat.Personnel at the base’s post office, 5302 Ashby...
View ArticleUnofficial notable Shawnee County and Kansas primary election results
221 out of 221 precincts, excluding less than 100 advance ballots that must be tallied by hand Democrat Primary Races U.S. Senate, DMonique Singh: 2,605 Shawnee County; 34,247 totalPatrick Wiesner:...
View ArticleMajority of Topeka's House incumbents prevail in primaries; Dietrich, Miller...
Voters went to the polls in Shawnee County on Tuesday to settle four Kansas House primary showdowns and set the players for two open-seat races.Incumbents appeared to have survived in seven of eight...
View ArticleFlavor: Happier meal? McDonalds reformulating
NEW YORK — McDonald’s, which is trying to shake its image for serving processed junk food, said Monday it’s eliminating some unpalatable ingredients from its most popular menu items.That includes...
View ArticleRoger Marshall unseats Rep. Tim Huelskamp in bitter Republican primary
For the first time in 70 years, a congressman representing the state’s 1st District was defeated in a primary as political novice Roger Marshall edged past U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp on Tuesday, ending a...
View ArticleMike Kagay wins Shawnee County district attorney race
Shawnee County voters elected assistant district attorney Mike Kagay the youngest district attorney in county history on Tuesday.With all precincts reporting in Shawnee County late Tuesday, Kagay had...
View ArticleAt least 11 conservatives in Kansas Legislature lose seats, including Senate...
A top Senate leader and at least 10 other conservative Kansas legislators lost their seats as moderate Republicans made Tuesday’s primary election a referendum on the state’s budget problems and...
View ArticleHuelskamp aside, congressional incumbents cruise in Kansas
Incumbent U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran and U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder cruised to victory Tuesday over Republican challengers and two other U.S. House members in Kansas ran unopposed.Moran defeated D.J. Smith by a...
View ArticleSen. Vicki Schmidt fends of second Joe Patton challenge
Sen. Vicki Schmidt on Tuesday fended off a repeat challenge from her 2012 rival, Topeka attorney Joe Patton, taking 53 percent of the vote in the Republican race for the Legislature’s single most...
View ArticleStudent sues over sexual battery at a Wichita high school
WICHITA — A student who was sexually battered in the bathroom of a Wichita high school is suing the principal and school board for negligence.The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/2avgi0n ) reports that the...
View ArticleEric Greitens, former Navy SEAL, adds Missouri governor nomination to long...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Eric Greitens introduced himself to Missouri voters earlier this year with an attention-grabbing TV ad in which he fires a military-style assault rifle into a seemingly empty...
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