Missouri man gets more than 4 years for passing himself off as a Navy...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri man who admits he passed himself off as a Navy veteran and fraudulently received more than $234,000 in benefits has been sentenced to four years and three months in...
View ArticleRetrial in fire death for 'Chicago' Robinson to start in February
The retrial of a man charged with the 2006 slaying of a woman who died in a downtown fire will start on Feb. 27, a Shawnee County District judge said Thursday.Frank Jerome “Chicago” Robinson, 40, is...
View ArticleWells Fargo fined $185 million for improper account openings
NEW YORK — California and federal regulators fined Wells Fargo a combined $185 million on Thursday, alleging the bank’s employees illegally opened millions of unauthorized accounts for their customers...
View ArticleKickapoo Tribe water agreement to be commemorated in Friday ceremony
On Friday, the Kickapoo tribe will hold a ceremony commemorating the completion of a water agreement that has taken numerous years to develop.“This agreement secures the Kickapoo tribe’s long-term...
View ArticleWashburn brings gothic ghost story 'The Turn of the Screw' to stage
Although Halloween is seven weeks away, things are already spooky on the Andrew J. and Georgia Neese Gray Theatre stage at Washburn University.That’s where audiences can find a story that has been...
View ArticleTCT renews old habit with 'Nunsense: The Mega-Musical Version"
Instead of breaking old habits, Topeka Civic Theatre & Academy will do them in a new and improved fashion when it opens its 81st season with “Nunsense: The Mega-Musical Version.”“We reaching back...
View ArticleOut & About calendar, Sept. 9-15
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...
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View ArticleKansas City, Kansas, man charged in deadly shooting
KANSAS CITY, Kan — A Kansas City, Kansas, man has been charged with fatally shooting another man.Thirty-year-old Daryl Bagby was charged Thursday with first-degree murder and criminal possession of a...
View ArticleFlooding closes roads, schools in southern Kansas
WICHITA — Flooding closed roads and schools in southern Kansas on Friday after the area was inundated with rain.The heaviest rainfall was in south-central Kansas, where 6 to 10 inches fell in a deluge...
View ArticleDefendant accused of witness intimidation after 2011 Topeka murder has...
The Kansas Supreme Court has reversed the conviction of a woman accused of intimidating a witness to the 2011 murder of Natalie Gibson and shooting of Lori Allison at a Topeka home.Breonna Wilkins was...
View Article'Shoulder bump,' exchange of words spurs fatal Topeka shooting, witnesses...
A "shoulder bump" between two men at a mall escalated into the fatal drive-by killing of a southeast Topeka man a day later in April, a witness testified Friday.The testimony came during the...
View ArticleLawrence City Commission issues letters of solidarity after sit-in
LAWRENCE — The Lawrence City Commission has issued letters of solidarity with Black Lives Matter and American Indians protesting the Dakota Access pipeline after about 20 people staged a sit-in.The...
View ArticleJeremy Farmer, former Lawrence mayor, pleads not guilty to embezzlement
A former Lawrence mayor has pleaded not guilty to a federal embezzlement charge, but his attorney says his client might reconsider.The Lawrence Journal-World (http://bit.ly/2c8DiBS ) reports Jeremy...
View ArticleFormer CIA director Michael Hayden set to talk during Kansas Book Festival in...
Former CIA Director Michael Hayden is expected to give a presentation during the annual Kansas Book Festival at the Statehouse.Hayden is scheduled to speak Saturday afternoon in the House chamber about...
View ArticleKansas Supreme Court vacates life sentence for teenager convicted of raping...
The Kansas Supreme Court has vacated the life sentence of a man convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl due to a Sumner County judge’s decision-making process.In early 2012, Christian McCormick and Seth...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood Great Plains adds clinics in 2 states
OVERLAND PARK — Planned Parenthood Great Plains says it will absorb three clinics in Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma.The organization said Friday it will take over the clinics Oct. 20.In July, Planned...
View ArticleEx-sergeant sues Missouri Highway Patrol in drowning case
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A retired sergeant who spoke out after a handcuffed Iowa man drowned is suing three Missouri Highway Patrol officials, saying they conspired against him and forced him to retire...
View ArticleKansas Highway Patrol seeking vehicle involved in fatal hit-and-run
The Kansas Highway Patrol is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a vehicle that left the scene of a fatal crash Thursday in Neosho County.The crash happened about 12:30 p.m. on US-169...
View ArticleLawrence man who stabbed his wife sentenced to probation
LAWRENCE — The man who stabbed his wife at a Lawrence motel will serve intensive probation.Navinkumar Patel, of Shawnee, was sentenced Thursday to five years and eight months of probation in Johnson...
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