Manhattan's development, growth span two counties
The Little Apple is one of the few cities in Kansas located in two counties, Riley and Pottawatomie. Manhattan’s economic activity and growth is felt in both counties, but also along the US-24 highway...
View ArticleMan to be tried in theft of clown statue from Wichita park
WICHITA — A man accused of stealing an iconic clown statue and other props from the former Joyland Amusement Park in Wichita will go to trial on theft charges, a judge ruled after a preliminary hearing...
View ArticleAudit: Kansas' civil forfeiture laws too vague
WICHITA — Law enforcement agencies in Kansas are taking advantage of vague state forfeiture laws and using the proceeds to pay for salaries and possibly other operating expenses — a practice that...
View Article1 dead, 1 injured in shooting in Liberal; suspect arrested; dispute linked to...
LIBERAL — Seward County authorities say one man died and another was injured after a shooting in Liberal.A suspect was arrested in rural Seward County several hours after a dispute among several people...
View ArticleKansas City's Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art studying how to persuade for expansion
KANSAS CITY. Mo. — Officials with the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City are planning a lengthy push to persuade donors, members and the public that the cultural institution needs to expand.The...
View ArticleLengthy project to build chapel at Hutchinson Correctional Facility continuing
HUTCHINSON — With help from inmates and faith in God, a long-running project to build a chapel at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility is continuing, although it might be years before it is done,...
View ArticleWoman's family holds bake sales, raffles to boost reward for information on...
SALINA — Two months after a 57-year-old central Kansas woman was slain in her home, family members have turned to bake sales and raffles to boost the reward fund for information leading to the...
View ArticleKansas City resident, son of man slain in 1976, meets with Texan Cullen Davis
Jon Farr admits there was a moment, as the garage door came rattling down, when he thought spending the night in the home of his father’s alleged killer might not be such a good idea.The Fort Worth...
View ArticleRecord crops, low prices lead to biggest sustained Kansas wheat harvest in...
HUTCHINSON — A 5-million-bushel mountain of wheat is growing on an old Naval runway near Yoder. At Minneola, a crew is bagging wheat to make room for corn harvest.And, at Oakley - already full of wheat...
View ArticleKansas developing system to track county inmates
The state is implementing a system that will make it easier to track the location or release of inmates in county jails.The Kansas Attorney General’s Office says the system is called Victim Information...
View ArticleKansas coalition puts shine on dental therapist option for unmet demand
Four out of five counties in Kansas don't have enough dentists to meet demand, and 14 of the state's counties have no dentistry practitioners at all.A surge in retirements among Kansas dentists is...
View ArticleCongressional candidates Jenkins and Potter try tying each other to Trump and...
The two major party candidates for president are among the least liked in modern American history and Kansas congressional candidates are being forced to explain why they support them.In the state’s...
View ArticleStatus conference in federal criminal case of Kent Lindemuth postponed Monday
Topeka real estate developer Kent D. Lindemuth received a nine-week extension on Monday to prepare for his criminal case in U.S. District Court.Lindemuth, who faces 103 counts of bankruptcy fraud in...
View ArticleWith 11 cases, Kansas draws upon federal dollars in Zika fight
Nearly a dozen people in Kansas have now been infected with Zika as health officials scramble to battle the menace, though virus-carrying mosquitoes have not turned up in the Sunflower State.The...
View ArticleMan sentenced to 8 years in Lawrence homeless shelter stabbing
LAWRENCE — A Kansas City, Missouri, man has been sentenced to eight years and four months in prison for trying to kill a Kansas homeless shelter employee by slashing his throat.The Lawrence...
View ArticleKC police investigate report that female inmates were assaulted
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Authorities are investigating a report that one or more male inmates sexually assaulted two women at a correctional center in Kansas City.Jackson County said in a news release Sunday...
View ArticleCharges filed against man wounded by police in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City man who was shot by police has been charged with raising a handgun toward an officer before he was wounded.Eighteen-year-old Jamil Jackson was charged Sunday with...
View ArticleKansas man with autism who is a Michael Phelps fan makes inspiring Facebook post
BALTIMORE — A Michael Phelps fan who has autism has become an inspiration on his own after sharing his dream of competing in the Olympics one day on the swimmer’s Facebook page.Austin Levingston’s Aug....
View ArticleTopeka Births for Aug. 29, 2016
These are the births announced to The Topeka Capital Journal as of 6 p.m. Monday.Birth and Women’s CenterJosh and Andrea Burns, Topeka, girl, Aug. 28.St. FrancisTrista Jasso, Topeka, boy, Aug....
View ArticleOsawatomie State Hospital readies for recertification review
OSAWATOMIE — Kansas officials say the conditions at Osawatomie State Hospital have improved since it lost its Medicare certification last year and that its psychiatric facility is ready for a federal...
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