Star Pipe Products to buy Coffeyville-based Jensen International
SOUTH COFFEYVILLE, Okla. — More than 250 new jobs are expected in northeastern Oklahoma after Texas-based Star Pipe Products announced plans to buy a manufacturer and subsidiary in the area.Star Pipe...
View ArticleKansas City, Kansas mayor apologizes to slain officer's family
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The Kansas City, Kan., mayor has apologized to the family of a police captain who was fatally shot this summer while investigating a drive-by shooting.The Kansas City Star...
View Article3 small earthquakes shake north central Kansas
ELLIS, Kan. — The U.S. Geological Survey says three small earthquakes shook Ellis County in north central Kansas.The agency says the first earthquake hit Thursday night about 10 p.m. and registered a...
View ArticlePolka band to 'oom-pah' to renovate Rossville's historic Moravan Lodge
As it has for generations, polka music once again will be heard Saturday night at Bohemian Hall, a local landmark six miles north of Rossville.The Czechland Polka Band will perform from 7 to 10:30 p.m....
View ArticleRep. Tim Huelskamp forging ahead despite primary loss
After losing his primary last month, Kansas congressman Tim Huelskamp is back in Washington, D.C., and pushing to have the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service impeached.The Wichita Eagle...
View ArticleMexican national charged with killing 4 Kansans has murder trial shifted to...
ST. LOUIS — A judge has granted a venue change for a Mexican national accused of killing a Missouri man and four others in Kansas, ordering the Missouri trial to be held in St. Louis.A judge in...
View ArticleGov. Sam Brownback urges state fair to generate own funds
HUTCHINSON — Gov. Sam Brownback has encouraged the Kansas State Fair Board to self-finance any improvements that it would like to make.Brownback met with the board on Thursday in Hutchinson, according...
View ArticleLeavenworth CCA phone provider was accused of recording attorney calls in Texas
Recordings of attorney-client phone calls. Allegations of attorney calls recorded despite assurances otherwise. Worries that calls were turned over to prosecutors.No, it’s not Kansas — it’s...
View ArticleFormer Kansas bank teller gets break in cartel money laundering case
WICHITA — A federal judge has approved a diversion agreement for a small town bank teller caught up in the prosecution of an alleged conspiracy to launder drug money for a Mexican cartel in Kansas.The...
View ArticleIRS service center in Kansas City survives national cuts
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Internal Revenue Service center in Kansas City will be one of only two national IRS processing centers left after another reduction in centers across the country.The IRS...
View ArticleSnapchat photo with racial epithet creates controversy at K-State
Race relations on the Kansas State University campus have been strained this week after two white former students posted a Snapchat photo of themselves appearing to wear blackface and captioned with a...
View ArticleLawrence police investigating after a man was found dead
Lawrence Police found a man dead and an injured women during a domestic disturbance investigation at home near the near downtown.The situation is being investigated as homicide, according to a media...
View ArticleMore than a dozen small earthquakes in Oklahoma, 1 in Kansas
PAWNEE, Okla. — More than a dozen small earthquakes have been recorded in northern Oklahoma and one in south-central Kansas.No injuries or damage are reported.The U.S. Geological Survey recorded 13...
View ArticleKansas family back at Reno Air Races after 2011 tragedy
RENO, Nev. — Thousands of fans attending the National Championship Air Races in Reno this weekend include members of a Kansas family who were there five years ago when a horrific crash killed several...
View ArticleFormerly missing Kansas airman laid to rest in Pilsen
PILSEN — A Kansas man whose fighter plane was shot down in North Vietnam in 1965 is finally laid to rest in his native state.Family and friends gathered in Pilsen Saturday to bury Maj. Dean Klenda.The...
View ArticleInman man turns disability into ability at Kansas Arm Wrestling Championships
HUTCHINSON — The wheelchair Kyle Buller uses to get around proved to give him an ability, not a disability, when he used the arm muscles developed over more than three decades of pushing to win his...
View ArticleKansas Supreme Court asked to order boost in aid for schools
Four local school districts are asking the Kansas Supreme Court to order the state to spend hundreds of millions of dollars more per year on public schools, in a legal dispute that is shaping state...
View ArticleKassebaum, Dole uneasy with growth of bitter partisanship
LAWRENCE — Former U.S. Sens. Nancy Kassebaum and Robert Dole expressed regret Saturday at erosion of bipartisan collegiality and trust essential for success of political leaders in the nation’s...
View ArticleMedicaid proposals could be boon or curse to Kansas kids with autism
Proposed Medicaid changes in Kansas that would affect care for children with autism are a mixed bag, advocates say. One change is expected to get children off a long waiting list, but another would...
View ArticleMissing University of Arkansas student from Kansas dead
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A University of Arkansas student from Kansas who was reported missing has been found dead.UA Police Department Capt. Gary Crain told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette...
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