Kansas State Fair begins its annual run in Hutchinson
HUTCHINSON — Live entertainment, stunt dogs and a new butter sculptor are luring visitors to the Kansas State Fair.The event started Friday and runs through Sept. 18 on the Kansas State Fairgrounds in...
View ArticleKansas college cancels speaker after anti-abortion backlash
WICHITA — A Catholic university in Wichita canceled a scheduled talk by Kansas Supreme Court Justice Carol Beier because of concerns about the tone of messages from abortion opponents who objected to...
View Article7-year-old, woman in late 20s testify man charged with unrelated sex offenses...
A 7-year-old girl took the witness stand Friday to testify that Zebulin Richard Barron sexually assaulted her four years ago during a Sunday church gathering at Barron’s Tennessee home.Earlier, a woman...
View ArticleChelsea Manning starts hunger strike to protest treatment
LEAVENWORTH — A transgender soldier imprisoned in Kansas for leaking classified information to the WikiLeaks website says she is on a hunger strike until her treatment improves.Chelsea Manning says she...
View ArticleMan sentenced to at least 25 years in Salina teen's killing
SALINA — One of five men convicted in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old Salina girl will spend at least 25 years in prison.The Salina Journal reports (http://bit.ly/2cf0P4g ) 19-year-old Andrew...
View ArticleUniversity of Kansas seeks dismissal of student's lawsuit
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a former student who claims the school didn’t do enough to protect students from sexual assault.Former Kansas...
View ArticleKansas judge resigns ahead of disciplinary hearing
WICHITA — A southern Kansas judge facing a disciplinary hearing related to a sexual harassment case against him has submitted his resignation and wants the hearing canceled as moot.Sedgwick County...
View ArticleKansas Fact Meter: KDOT's praise of state highway system misleading
The Kansas Department of Transportation touted in a news release the percentage of the state’s highway in at least good condition and declared success by exceeding quality performance targets.However,...
View ArticleKansas State Fair goes to the dogs for fun
HUTCHINSON — The Kansas State Fair has gone to the dogs — at least, it has for this year’s featured free performance.Jump! The Ultimate Dog Show is attracting standing-room-only crowds three times a...
View ArticleKansas Supreme Court justices face ouster push from right
Four Kansas Supreme Court justices targeted for ouster in this year’s election face anti-incumbent sentiment and a backlash over rulings that overturned death sentences for two brothers convicted of...
View ArticleTopeka-bound Louise Harrison talks about her 'kid brother's band,' the Beatles
Although she has never been to the capital of Kansas, Louise Harrison said she expects to feel as though she is with loved ones when she appears with the Liverpool Legends, a Beatles tribute band,...
View ArticleJudge's poem recalls the world, U.S. united after 9/11 attacks
Franklin Theis was just walking out the door of his Shawnee County home when the first commercial jet slammed into a World Trade Center tower in New York City 15 years ago Sunday.En route to the...
View ArticleCJOnline asking readers to comment with real names
We appreciate spirited debate at The Topeka Capital-Journal.Voices rise and fall across the newsroom as reporters and editors dissect news of the day, laughter and groans often greeting verbal volleys....
View Article6 people injured, 1 critically, in shooting at Kansas City's Westport district
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Six people were injured, one critically, after a gunman fired shots at a group of people in Kansas City’s Westport entertainment district, police said.Two people were arrested after...
View ArticleKansas sheriff's deputy dies when patrol car hit by driver
OLATHE — Authorities say a Johnson County Sheriff’s deputy died after his patrol car was hit by another vehicle during a traffic stop.The sheriff’s department says Master Deputy Brandon Collins was...
View Article2 injured, 1 suspect killed outside Kansas Wal-Mart
SHAWNEE — Two people were critically injured and a good Samaritan killed a suspect during a confrontation in the parking lot of a suburban Kansas City Wal-Mart.Police said the incident Sunday afternoon...
View ArticleCase questioning constitutionality of solitary confinement in Kansas moves ahead
Cledith Bohanon has been in solitary confinement at Hutchinson Correctional Facility for the past 850 days. His legal challenge to that confinement could prove to be a test case for the...
View ArticlePolice search for missing Kansas City-area woman
KANSAS CITY — The disappearance of a 21-year-old suburban Kansas City woman who hasn’t been seen since Thursday is considered a suspicious missing persons case after her abandoned, burned vehicle was...
View ArticleKansas City, Mo., man arrested on drug counts Sunday afternoon in Jackson County
A traffic stop Sunday afternoon in southern Jackson County resulted in the arrest of a Kansas City, Mo., man in connection with cocaine possession and other offenses.Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse...
View ArticleCatholic priest serving Baldwin and Lapeer suspended after visiting...
A Roman Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas has been suspended from ministry after a report he had visited “inappropriate” websites depicting children, authorities said.The...
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