AP FACT CHECK: Trump, Clinton deny their own words in debate
EDITOR’S NOTE — A look at the veracity of claims by political figuresWASHINGTON — For all of his occasional restraint, Donald Trump offered debate viewers a greatest-hits collection from his history of...
View ArticleLawrence woman killed Monday evening in head-on crash in Leavenworth County
A woman was killed and a man was injured Monday evening in a two-vehicle head-on crash in Leavenworth County, authorities said.The crash occurred on US-24/US-40 highway just west of 243rd Road, about 8...
View ArticleZachary Burton, former Kansas State backup quarterback, admits sex contact...
MANHATTAN — A Manhattan businessman who once was a backup quarterback at Kansas State University faces November sentencing after admitting in court that he had improper sexual contact with a former...
View ArticleAnalysis: Debate shows Donald Trump aligned with Kansas GOP on taxes,...
Between jabs, interruptions and observations about Rosie O’Donnell, Donald Trump during the presidential debate on Monday night offered up an economic policy that both complements and diverges from the...
View ArticleSuspended Missouri State QB faces animal cruelty citation
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Suspended Missouri State quarterback Breck Ruddick has been cited with animal cruelty and allowing a dog to run at large.Springfield Animal Control said Ruddick was ticketed Monday....
View ArticleKansas City police to begin testing body-worn cameras
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City police are getting ready to begin testing body cameras.WDAF-TV (http://bit.ly/2d6qtbI ) reports that police started training officers to wear the cameras Monday. Across...
View ArticleHomicide victim found inside Kansas City vehicle, police say
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Authorities have identified a homicide victim who was found inside a vehicle in Kansas City.Police said in a news release that officers discovered 33-year-old Earl Watson, of Kansas...
View ArticleGroup apologies over Missouri voter-registration gaffe
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A group that presses single women, minorities and millennials to register to vote is apologizing for sending 95,000 mailings listing the wrong Missouri registration deadline.Casting...
View ArticleBrownback official acknowledges budget will have to be changed
Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration acknowledged Tuesday — just two months into the fiscal year — that the state’s current budget will have to be altered.The administration made the disclosure after...
View ArticleKansas City residents dealing with oak leaf itch mite
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Johnson County horticulturist says the number of people dealing with bites from the oak leaf itch mite has picked up this year.Kansas State University horticulturist Dennis Patton...
View ArticleHarvey County seeking federal funds to help victims of Hesston shooting
NEWTON — Harvey County is seeking federal money to help victims and first responders affected by a shooting at a lawn equipment factory in Hesston earlier this year.Cedric Ford attacked the Excel...
View ArticleKent Lindemuth denies threatening to shoot Oklahoma businessman in truck...
Topeka businessman Kent D. Lindemuth took the witness stand Tuesday to deny he threatened to shoot an Oklahoma trucking firm owner during a dispute over a trailer and cargo valued at more than $500,000...
View ArticleShawnee County judge extends order allowing 17,000 who didn't prove...
Thousands of voters who haven’t provided proof of citizenship under state law will be allowed to vote in the November general election, a Shawnee County District Court judge has ruled.Judge Larry...
View ArticleKansas officials shelve changes to shared sick leave, employee rating appeals
Officials in Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration said Tuesday decisions had been made based on feedback to withdraw a proposed regulation limiting the amount of sick leave state workers could donate to...
View Article21-year-old registered sex offender wanted in Geary County apprehended Monday...
A sex offender wanted by the Geary County Sheriff’s Office was located earlier this week in Alabama and is awaiting extradition back to Kansas, authorities announced Wednesday.The woman, identified as...
View ArticleKent Lindemuth convicted of felony criminal threat to Oklahoma trucking...
Shawnee County District Court jurors on Wednesday convicted Topeka businessman Kent D. Lindemuth of one count of making a criminal threat to an Oklahoma trucking company owner and acquitted Lindemuth...
View ArticleMan sues police, Taser over stun gun-induced heart attack after 2014...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri man is suing an imprisoned police officer convicted of violating his civil rights two years ago, when the officer repeatedly shot him with a stun gun during a traffic stop...
View ArticleKansas City, Kansas police ID parking lot shooting victim as 21-year-old man
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Authorities have identified a man killed in a Kansas City, Kansas, parking lot.Police said in a news release Wednesday that the victim was 21-year-old Clarence Buford, of Kansas...
View Article12-year-old Kansas driver hits, injures 71-year-old convenience store worker
WALTON, Kan. — Authorities say a 12-year-old driver has struck a convenience store worker with a pickup truck, knocking the 71-year-old employee through a plate glass window.The Hutchinson News...
View ArticleKansas Army National Guard investigates private over racially offensive chalk...
LINDSBORG, Kan. — The Kansas Army National Guard is investigating after a private admitted to being involved when chalk messages, including some that were racially offensive, were written on the...
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