Prosecutors want crackdown on websites selling illegal sex
HONOLULU — Prosecutors from around the world say the fight against sex trafficking is moving online as traffickers use popular websites to advertise sexual services.They talked Friday about how they...
View ArticleFort Riley bureaucracy frustrated moms who sought care for soldier sons
Tracey Martin was boarding a plane in late August when she received another round of bad news about her son.Stephen Martin, an Army specialist, had an autoimmune disease that was eating away at his...
View ArticleAppeals court rules against Kansas in voting rights case
WICHITA — Thousands of prospective voters in Kansas who did not provide citizenship documents will be able to vote in the November election under a federal appeals court ruling late Friday that upheld...
View ArticleKauffman Foundation plans $79M college scholarship effort
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A foundation named after the pharmaceutical company founder who established the Kansas City Royals has announced a $79 million scholarship program to celebrate what would have been...
View ArticleKansas overhauling post-prison treatment of sex offenders
Kansas is overhauling a program that confines sex offenders indefinitely for post-prison mental health treatment following a federal lawsuit, a critical legislative audit and legal challenges to...
View ArticleFamily seeks law that would alert officers to mental issues
HAYS — A Kansas police officer was justified in the fatal shooting of an autistic man who tried to wrestle away his gun, but the incident might have turned out differently if the officer had known...
View ArticleRanch rodeo tests Kansas cowboys' day-to-day skills
HOLTON — On most Kansas cattle operations, cowboys spend a lot more time moving livestock than they do trying to stay astride a bucking bovine. That is why trailer loading is a ranch rodeo event and...
View ArticleFitzwater exhibit to open at Kansas State library
MANHATTAN — An exhibit about former presidential press secretary Marlin Fitzwater is opening next month at Kansas State University.The Salina Journal (http://bit.ly/2cQWzJO ) reports that Fitzwater...
View ArticleReport: Number of rapes reported at Kansas went down
LAWRENCE — A new report shows that the number of rapes reported at the University of Kansas went down from 2014 to 2015.The university’s latest Clery report shows there were 13 reported rapes at the...
View ArticleOnce-massive fruit plantation in Kansas is up for sale
HUTCHINSON — A former central Kansas plantation that was once the largest shipping point for fruit between the Missouri River and California is scheduled to be auctioned off.read more
View ArticleKansas man credits God, Dr. Seuss for hike inspiration
WICHITA — A 22-year-old Wichita, Kansas, man who hiked 2,190 miles of the Appalachian Trail through 14 states is crediting God and Dr. Seuss for giving him the inspiration.Joshua Gribble completed the...
View ArticleKansas student will help grandmother with $10K
LAWRENCE — A 21-year-old University of Kansas student who won $10,000 in a half-court shot game has plans for the money: help her grandmother who rescued her from foster care when she was 10 years...
View ArticleRelatives sue over man's death after Kansas traffic stop
KANSAS CITY — Relatives of a 44-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, man who died after a traffic stop have filed federal lawsuits accusing the police of wrongdoing.Craig J. McKinnis died in May 2014 after...
View ArticleMorrow, Lynn campaign for Senate offers general election food for thought
Democratic Senate candidate Chris Morrow started a food fight in a turbulent state legislative campaign cycle marked by bipartisan assaults on conservative Republicans allied with Gov. Sam...
View ArticleWashburn faculty knew of ag law expert's dispute with ISU before hiring
Washburn University School of Law faculty knew Roger McEowen, the former director of an Iowa State University agriculture law center, had resigned from his position after a dispute with the university...
View ArticleSupreme Court rejects challenge to military death penalty
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won’t hear a challenge to the death penalty for members of the military.The justices on Monday rejected an appeal from the former soldier who was sentenced to death for...
View ArticlePro racecar driver Scott Tucker, others ordered to pay $1.2B
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Professional racecar driver Scott Tucker and others deceived payday loan consumers and owe the Federal Trade Commission about $1.2 billion, according to a ruling from a federal judge...
View ArticleSurvey suggests economy will remain weak in Midwest, Plains
OMAHA, Neb. — The Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association, began formally surveying its membership in 1931 to gauge business conditions.The Creighton Economic...
View ArticleJacqie Spradling, Shawnee County homicide prosecutor, to resign
Chief deputy district attorney Jacqie Spradling, who obtained convictions in many murder trials, including a number of cold-case homicides, will resign Tuesday after the sentencing of a murder...
View ArticleMother of shooting victim's friend bound over on murder charge
It would have been “anatomically” impossible for 16-year-old Michael Torneden to have fatally shot himself based on evidence at the crime scene, a former Shawnee County coroner testified on Monday.That...
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