Woman admits to possessing weapon used in killing of a Salina teen
SALINA — A woman from Mexico who tried to hide a gun that her boyfriend used to fatally shoot a Salina teen has pleaded guilty to a federal gun charge.The U.S. attorney’s office says 22-year-old...
View ArticleSearch underway for 2 suspects of suburban Kansas City homicide
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. — Authorities are looking for two men after a fatal shooting in a suburban Kansas City apartment parking lot.The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/2dJqhBb ) reports that one man was...
View Article'Stand your ground' ruling forces Emporia man to stand trial for shooting his...
The Kansas Court of Appeals has ordered an Emporia man to stand trial for shooting his brother last year, reversing a lower court’s decision that found him immune from prosecution under the state’s...
View ArticleKansas official: Rape suspects who attacked Johnson County sheriff's deputy...
OLATHE — Authorities believe two Kansas City-area men charged with kidnapping and raping a sheriff’s deputy have attacked others, a prosecutor said Wednesday.Steve Howe, the district attorney in...
View ArticleKansas' bid to enforce voter citizenship rule opposed
A move by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to allow the state to enforce its proof-of-citizenship requirement for some new voters has prompted another attempt to block him.Attorneys for a...
View Article2 brothers charged in killing of another man in Kansas City, Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Authorities are looking for two brothers charged in the killing of another man in a strip mall parking lot in Kansas City, Kan.Police are looking for 20-year-old D’Adrian Jones and...
View ArticleKickapoo Tribe in Kansas receives $600,000 grant
The Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas received a $600,000 grant for a fatherhood program.The funds will support the Kickapoo Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Program, a program focused on fatherhood and...
View Article2 from Guatemala die in wrong-way, head-on crash in Seward County in...
LIBERAL — Authorities say two men from Guatemala have been killed in a wrong-way crash in southwest Kansas.The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash happened early Tuesday when a tractor-trailer...
View ArticleFederal judge names expert in Kansas prison recordings case
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A federal judge in Kansas has appointed an Ohio attorney to investigate whether recordings of attorney-client meetings and phone calls at a privately run federal prison violated the...
View ArticleMissouri sets execution date for man convicted of killing 3; state has...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri’s Supreme Court on Wednesday set a Jan. 31 execution date for a man convicted of the 1998 killings of a woman and her two children even as five legal groups press a federal...
View ArticleSedgwick County Courthouse to install gun lockers for visitors to stow their...
WICHITA — Sedgwick County will provide gun lockers for visitors to stow their weapons while visiting the county courthouse.The county commission voted 3-2 Wednesday to spend about $64,000 to install 20...
View ArticleFlooding causes historic Cowley County bridge to collapse
DEXTER — Kansas floodwaters have destroyed an historic stone bridge in Cowley County.Flooding over the weekend caused the 105-year-old Fox Bridge over Grouse Creek to collapse, the Wichita Eagle...
View ArticleDeluge damages judicial center, forces justices, judges, staff to relocate
Water damage due to heavy rains through a leaking roof into the chambers of Kansas Supreme Court justices and some Kansas Court of Appeals judges is obvious and sometimes stark in the Kansas Judicial...
View ArticleConcealed weapon disagreement leads to Overland Park shooting
OVERLAND PARK — Authorities say a 59-year-old man who was upset that another man was carrying a concealed weapon disarmed the man and shot him in the leg in suburban Kansas City.Overland Park police...
View ArticleKansas sheriff's deputy arrested after domestic disturbance
WICHITA — A Kansas sheriff’s deputy has been arrested after a domestic disturbance at the deputy’s home.The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office says in a news release that the deputy was booked into jail...
View ArticleCourt: Missouri may keep execution drug provider secret
Missouri can keep the supplier of its lethal injection drugs secret, a federal appellate court ruled on Thursday, reversing its own ruling earlier that the supplier must be revealed.A three-judge...
View Article5.7 percent of KU freshmen entered through alternative route after failing to...
LAWRENCE — Nearly 6 percent of University of Kansas freshmen were admitted this year through an alternative process after failing to meet the school’s new and tougher standards.A committee reviews...
View ArticleWashburn music faculty to do what they teach
Washburn University music faculty will demonstrate they can do what they teach.The Washburn Faculty Showcase Concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday in White Concert Hall will feature 15 instructors and professors...
View ArticleLawrence police to conduct DUI saturation patrol Saturday night
The Lawrence Police Department is conducting a DUI saturation patrol from 11 p.m. Saturday until 3 a.m. Sunday.The specialized patrol detail will place extra officers in the field, specifically looking...
View ArticleAndrew Slack, Topeka motorist charged in fatality wreck, to face preliminary...
Andrew Wayne Slack, who is charged with the death of his stepbrother during a two-vehicle wreck in early 2015, will face a preliminary hearing on Oct. 20, according to Shawnee County District Court...
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