Girl Scout camps in Missouri working to avoid closure
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Thanks to the efforts of local volunteers, three Girl Scout camps in Missouri will avoid the closure.The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/2bgsAuo ) reports that five camps in the...
View ArticleFundraising campaign for University of Kansas School of Medicine-Salina nears...
SALINA — A $7.5 million campaign to move the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Salina campus to downtown Salina is 84 percent of the way to its fundraising goal.The Salina Regional Health...
View ArticleFormer Missouri restaurant owner sentenced to about 3 years for tax fraud
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The former owner of Ziggies restaurants in Missouri and Kansas has been sentenced to about three years in prison for failing to pay more than $1 million in federal payroll taxes.Agim...
View ArticleFederal judge rules prison video shows attorney-client communication
A federal judge ruled Thursday that videos of meeting rooms at Leavenworth Detention Center show privileged attorney-client communications and ordered the prison to turn over the recordings to the...
View ArticleOut & About calendar, Aug. 19-25
Items for the Out & About calendar can be submitted by email to Arts & Entertainment editor Bill Blankenship at bill.blankenship@cjonline.com. The deadline is noon Tuesday for publication...
View ArticleTopeka Jazz Concert Series offers world-renowned acts
Although the Topeka Jazz Workshop Band has a well-deserved following among the city’s jazz fans, the ensemble’s reputation may not be as far-flung as some of the other acts that will follow it during...
View ArticleSinger-philosopher Nachmanoff to sing Last Minute Folk concert
Although most songwriters are philosophers of sorts, Dave Nachmanoff earned his doctorate in the subject.Which may explain why Nachmanoff, who comes Saturday to Topeka to perform a Last Minute Folk...
View ArticleOut & About hot tickets, Aug. 19-25
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View ArticleJoeseph Randle, former Cowboys running back, pleads not guilty to several...
WICHITA — Former Dallas Cowboys running back Joseph Randle has pleaded not guilty to several charges in Kansas.Randle on Friday pleaded not guilty to a criminal threat charge stemming from accusations...
View ArticleImpact 'deafening' in fatal wreck at S.W. 6th and Gage, witness testifies
David Alvarez and his family were en route to the zoo on Feb. 18 and had stopped at S.W. 6th and Gage when a speeding Chevrolet Impala ran a red light, crashing into a Toyota Camry.The impact “was...
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter Topeka to host candlelight vigil Saturday
A candlelight vigil to honor victims of gun violence is planned Saturday at Ripley Park.The event is organized and promoted by Black Lives Matter Topeka and is intended to be for grieving, not...
View ArticleBook reveals BTK serial killer's plans for 11th victim
WICHITA — The BTK serial killer planned to kill an 11th victim by hanging her upside down in her Wichita home, according to a new book by a professor of forensic psychology. It is a story police heard...
View ArticleMan admits offering bribe to fake Air Force official to benefit Kansas-based...
OKLAHOMA CITY — A Bartlesville man has pleaded guilty to offering a bribe to a person he thought was a U.S. Air Force official in order to get Tinker Air Force Base to purchase specialty ladder systems...
View ArticleWichita man pleads no contest in wife's stabbing death
WICHITA — A 63-year-old Wichita man will be sentenced in October after pleading no contest in the stabbing death of his wife.Larry Andres pleaded no contest to first-degree premeditated murder in the...
View ArticleComplaint: Kansas rule discriminates against minority community college players
WICHITA — A rule adopted during the desegregation era in Kansas to limit out-of-state players on community college basketball and football teams discriminates against minority students, complaints...
View ArticleCharges filed in wreck outside a Kansas City, Kansas, hospital that killed...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Police say a 26-year-old man has been charged in a fatal crash outside a Kansas City, Kan., hospital.The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/2btb5Y8 ) reports that Anthony Fields is...
View ArticleHays officer shoots, kills suspect after traffic stop
HAYS — Authorities are investigating after a Hays police officer shot and killed a suspect.The Ellis County attorney said in a news release that the shooting happened Thursday afternoon after an...
View ArticleCleveland Indians add minority ownership partner, a business entrepreneur...
Cleveland Indians owner Paul Dolan has brought on a minority partner.After a yearlong search to find an investor to alleviate some of the financial burden, Dolan, whose family bought the club from...
View ArticleWichita man sentenced nearly 50 years in rape, killing of 100-year-old woman
WICHITA — A southern Kansas man has been ordered to spend decades in prison for the 2014 death and sexual assault of a 100-year-old woman.The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/2bssqQQ ) reports that...
View ArticleKansas starts $215M overhaul of Medicaid computer system
WICHITA — Kansas is spending more than $215 million to overhaul a computer system that tracks information for Medicaid recipients.The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/2blRWGg ) reports that the spending...
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