Brownback administration exempting Cabinet budget plans from KORA
The administration of Gov. Sam Brownback moved to solidify an interpretation of state law defining annual budget recommendations developed by state agencies as internal documents unavailable for public...
View ArticleColin Pritchard sentenced to 13-plus years in the 2015 killing of his former...
Topekan Colin Edward Pritchard was sentenced to 13 years and nine months Friday in Shawnee County District Court in the 2015 killing of his former wife, Cindy Pritchard.A jury on June 24 convicted...
View ArticleImmediate sentencing sought for Hutchinson teen in fire deaths
HUTCHINSON — A prosecutor is calling for the Kansas Supreme Court to order a judge to immediately sentence a Hutchinson boy for killing his mother and sister in a fire. The Hutchinson News...
View ArticlePittsburg State University gets native prairie land as gift
PITTSBURG — Pittsburg State University has been given two small patches of native prairie land northeast of Cherokee as a gift.The university has managed the land known as the O’Malley Prairies for...
View ArticleNonprofit: Chelsea Manning faces 2 weeks in solitary
LEAVENWORTH — A transgender soldier imprisoned in Kansas for leaking classified information to the WikiLeaks website faces up to two weeks in solitary confinement in part for attempting suicide,...
View ArticleSuburban KC woman, 62, pleads guilty to murder-for-hire attempt
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 62-year-old suburban Kansas City woman has admitted trying to hire a hit man to kill her former son-in-law so she could spend more time with her grandchildren. The Kansas City Star...
View ArticleExhibit at Flint Hills Discovery Center to highlight Kansas towns that no...
MANHATTAN — An exhibit showcasing the collected history of Flint Hills communities that no longer exist will soon open in Manhattan. The “Going Home: Hidden Histories of the Flint Hills” exhibit will...
View ArticleKansas woman tried in killing of man who was stabbed, burned
COLUMBUS, Kan. — The first week of testimony has ended in the trial of a Kansas woman accused of killing a man whose burned body was found after he reported the woman was threatening to pull her...
View ArticleGunman gets more than 27 years in prison in slaying, botched drug rip-off
Kelsey Lee Fairchild, 23, will be in his mid-40s when he is first eligible for parole from prison for the killing of 18-year-old Colton Christenson in January 2015, according to the three prison...
View ArticleDirector calls Ad Astra's 'Self Love' a philosophical comedy
Lisa Greenwood says “Self Love,” the title of her original play that the Ad Astra Theatre Ensemble is staging as its 2016 Homegrown Play Project, is a double entendre.“It kind of refers to the business...
View ArticlePredicted rain forces first outdoors Jam4Dan indoors
Organizers of the Jam4Dan benefit concert — typically a fixture of the usually cold Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend — had planned to take advantage of warm weather with an outdoor edition this...
View ArticleJazz singer Brown who has sung in capitals around the world will add Topeka...
Although she is based 60 miles away in Kansas City, famed jazz singer Deborah Brown has probably performed more concerts in Siberia than she has in Topeka.On Sunday, Brown, whose international...
View ArticlePassenger fatally struck in Kansas City area
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 25-year-old man was struck and killed after he got out of a vehicle stopped along a Kansas City area highway.The Kansas City Star reports (http://j.mp/2cR54Ec ) that police say the...
View Article$2M gift for University of Kansas
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has received a gift of more than $2 million for faculty development in the university’s department of chemical and petroleum engineering.The gift is from John V....
View ArticleReview highlighted in new audit shows DCF fell short on two-thirds of foster...
The Kansas Department for Children and Families’ foster care system complied with federal standards for protecting children from abuse and neglect, according to a federal review highlighted in a newly...
View ArticleHeavy evening rain prompts flash flood warning in western Shawnee County
A heavy downpour blanketed parts of Topeka starting around 6:30 p.m. Saturday. As of 10 p.m., the city had received just over one inch of rain. Areas west of Topeka received considerably more rain....
View ArticleBrownback, advisers abandon report of Kansas economy
Gov. Sam Brownback’s advisory council pulled the plug on a quarterly report developed to assure timely analysis of the administration’s economic policies.The Council of Economic Advisors chaired by...
View ArticleTwo-year-old girl found dead of apparent dog attack Saturday in southeast Topeka
The death of a two-year-old girl in southeast Topeka is being attributed to a dog attack, Topeka police Lt. Bryan Wheeles said Sunday in a news release. The girl was reported missing around 8 p.m....
View ArticleHaskell conference explores climate change
LAWRENCE — Native Americans are among the populations most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, but they often don’t have the economic resources to address the problems, a professor said during...
View ArticleSearch for new Kansas chancellor may be closed to public
LAWRENCE — The Kansas Board of Regents hasn’t approved how the process to replace University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little will proceed, but the search may be closed to the...
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