Kansas' financial nightmare inhibits dream of service improvements
LAWRENCE — Kansans exhausted by years of state government budget emergencies driven by income tax cuts and economic weakness in key industries are eager for stability that places them in a more...
View ArticleSeparate trials ordered for 4 defendants in gun shop killing
OLATHE — The four men charged with killing the co-owner of a suburban Kansas City gun store during a robbery will have separate trials.A Johnson County judge on Thursday granted a motion from two of...
View ArticleKorn guitarist 'Munky' says Topeka audience will hear new album tracks live
Because Korn’s concert in Topeka is so close to the release date of its 12th studio album, the crowd Tuesday night in the Kansas Expocentre’s Landon Arena could hear the iconic hard rock band perform...
View ArticleHairball to bring arena rock's glory days to TPAC
The lead guitarist of Hairball: A Bombastic Celebration of Arena Rock says he will let his inner 16-year-old out when he takes the stage Friday night at the Topeka Performing Arts Center and expects...
View ArticleOut & About calendar, Oct. 14-20
Items for the Out & About calendar can be submitted by email to Arts & Entertainment Editor Bill Blankenship at bill.blankenship@cjonline.com. The deadline is noon Tuesday for publication...
View ArticleKansas deputy learns hard lesson in son's accidental shooting death
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two weeks before Christmas and less than year into his law enforcement career, a young Kansas deputy found himself desperately trying to save a 3-year-old boy who had accidentally...
View ArticleCanister with 'hazardous material' sticker prompts hourslong streets closure...
What may have been a prank involving a small canister with a “hazardous material” sticker on it Friday morning turned into a nearly four-hour investigation on the Kansas Statehouse lawn that shut down...
View ArticleDog a hero, healer after Wichita woman's cancer diagnosis
WICHITA — There are more 42,500 dogs registered in Wichita.Only 38 are named Smokey.And of those only one — a shy, fawn-colored, 6-year-old, 7-pound Chihuahua mix, has helped keep Michele Longabaugh...
View Article2 cousins charged in fatal shooting at suburban KC-area apartment
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. — Two cousins have been charged with fatally shooting a man during a burglary at a suburban Kansas City apartment.Seventeen-year-old Malik Duren, of Kansas City, and 18-year-old Mahki...
View ArticleFormer Kansas foster home worker convicted of child sex with 16-year-old
WICHITA — A former worker for a Kansas foster care and family preservation contractor has been sentenced to three years of probation for having sex with a 16-year-old foster child.The Wichita Eagle...
View ArticleLynn Jenkins, GOP nominee in Kansas 1st not abandoning Donald Trump
Kansas congresswoman Lynn Jenkins and a fellow Republican candidate are not withdrawing previous endorsements of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump over sexual assault allegations against...
View ArticleBrownback reaffirms Trump support, citing Supreme Court: 'Keep your eye on...
WICHITA — Gov. Sam Brownback on Friday reaffirmed his support for Donald Trump’s candidacy, calling appointing Supreme Court justices a “core” issue.Brownback made no direct reference to the latest...
View ArticleAuthorities: Three men planned to attack Garden City mosque
WICHITA — Three men planned to bomb a Garden City apartment complex housing Muslims in a post-election attack, the U.S. Attorney’s office said Friday as it unveiled the results of a months-long...
View ArticleStudy: Kansas' largest earthquake in history likely due to waste water
WICHITA — The largest recorded earthquake in Kansas history was likely the result of wastewater injected into the ground by one or two nearby wells, according to a new study from the U.S. Geological...
View ArticleMissouri Senate race not strange this time, just competitive
ST. LOUIS — Four years after a strange campaign kept one Missouri Senate seat in Democratic hands, the party is hoping to capitalize on anti-incumbent sentiment and claim the other.If 35-year-old...
View ArticleMissouri man pleads guilty in crash that killed 2 friends
LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. — A Missouri man admitted he was speeding and trying to pass in a no-passing lane before an accident that killed two of his friends.Nineteen-year-old Collin J. Carter, of Lee’s...
View ArticleShawnee County man sentenced to life term for sexually exploiting girl,...
An 18-year-old woman said she suffers nightmares every night and had to drop out of college because of sexual abuse that started when she was 10 years old, she told a Shawnee County District judge on...
View ArticleTPAC to dive into undersea adventures with Octonauts Live!
Portraying Lt. Kwazii, “The Octonauts’” daredevil cat with a mysterious pirate past, not only has given actor and dancer Kevin Perdido a steady paycheck as he tours the country with Octonauts Live!, it...
View ArticleVoters will judge hunting, fishing protection
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas voters on Nov. 8 will decide the fate of a proposed amendment to the state constitution declaring that Kansas residents have the right to hunt, fish and trap wildlife. read more
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