Kobach asks court to set aside default judgment
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has asked a federal court to set aside a default judgment against him for failing to file a timely response to a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a...
View ArticleKansas gives first diversity leadership awards
LAWRENCE — A student, faculty member and a theater group have received the University of Kansas’ award honoring contributions toward advancing equity and inclusion at the university.Nate Thomas, vice...
View ArticleKansas-based Textron Aviation lays off 'small number' of workers
WICHITA — A Wichita-based aviation company has announced layoffs but isn’t saying how many employees are affected.The Wichita Eagle reports (http://j.mp/2eoRtHt) reports a spokeswoman for Textron...
View ArticleHillary Clinton, Kansas congressmen express shock at Garden City bomb plot
Federal politicians inside and outside Kansas expressed shock and disbelief Saturday after the Federal Bureau of Investigation said an eight-month-long investigation into a southwest Kansas militia...
View ArticleNearly KO'd three years ago, Topeka Golden Gloves is back in the fight
Like a boxer dazed by a good punch, Topeka Golden Gloves has shaken it off and is back in the fight.On Oct. 1, the amateur boxing club celebrated its 30th anniversary by staging a boxing event in its...
View ArticleLegendary steam engine visits Topeka
A blast from the past rolled into Topeka on Saturday morning, loud enough that some in attendance were wise to bring earplugs.The great steam whistle of Union Pacific Engine No. 844 is as loud as a jet...
View ArticleRoberts, Brownback urge Trump to focus on crop insurance, export expansion
U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts and Gov. Sam Brownback advised Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to support farm policy delivering a robust federal crop insurance program and work to expand exports...
View ArticleNature Conservancy buys western Kansas rock formations
OAKLEY — A valley of blonde-colored rock formations rising at some points 100 feet high will someday be open to the public, following the wishes of a man whose family has owned the land in western...
View Article2nd Hutchinson inmate pleads in smuggling case
HUTCHINSON — A second Hutchinson prison inmate has pleaded guilty to helping smuggle cellphones into the prison.Bryant Colbert pleaded guilty Friday to trafficking contraband in a correctional facility...
View ArticleJudge orders 3 to trial in death of Kansas man
SIKESTON, Mo. — A Missouri judge has ruled there’s enough evidence to try three people in the death of a 66-year-old Kansas man.KFVS reports (http://j.mp/2evgiSb) that Larenzle Coleman, of Oakfield,...
View ArticleCharlie Rose named Kansas journalism award winner
LAWRENCE — Television journalist Charlie Rose has been named winner of a University of Kansas journalism award.The Lawrence Journal-World reports (http://j.mp/2evg6lT) that the University of Kansas...
View ArticleKansas fugitive arrested in Utah
ELLSWORTH — A man being sought for more than a year was apprehended in Utah and has been returned to Kansas to face charges accusing him of abusing a child.The Salina Journal reports...
View ArticleState of Kansas ordered to pay $120K to the children of 2007 car crash victim
The state of Kansas has been ordered to pay $120,000 to the family of a car crash victim who died nearly a decade ago after a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper demanded she be sent to Missouri hospitals...
View ArticleBar of gold among property of human trafficking defendant
Human trafficking defendant Anthony Samuel Long wants back his bar of gold, which was seized by law enforcement officers during a search of his North Topeka home.Long, 27, was arrested on Jan. 19, and...
View ArticleKansas trio accused of Garden City bomb plot to attack immigrants get lawyers
WICHITA — Three men accused of plotting to attack Somali immigrants in western Kansas appeared in court Monday, where they were appointed lawyers and ordered to remain in custody for the time...
View ArticleKansas City mayor angry over shooting that wounds 2 in County Club Plaza...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The mayor of Kansas City, Mo., says he’s angry about a weekend shooting that wounded two people in the city’s popular Country Club Plaza shopping and dining area.Police say a man and...
View ArticleWestern Kansas coyote-killing contest organizers settle lawsuit
The organizer of a coyote-killing contest in western Kansas settled with the Animal Legal Defense Fund, ending a lawsuit that called the contest cruel and inhumane.Held in WaKeeney in January, the...
View ArticleAmber Alert issued for 13-year-old Missouri girl canceled; suspect in custody
A Kansas Amber Alert issued Monday morning was canceled shortly after authorities found a 13-year-old Missouri girl in Gladstone, Mo., and a man was taken into custody.The Liberty, Mo. Police...
View ArticlePolice: Road rage suspected in Kansas City-area woman's death
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Police in the Kansas City, Mo., suburb of Independence suspect road rage contributed to the weekend shooting death of a 22-year-old woman.The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/2e1N7GO...
View ArticleFamily of Garden City bomb plot suspect condemn violence
The family of a suspected terrorist in the Garden City bomb plot said Monday they are “devastated” by the news and oppose violence and discrimination.Lawyers for the mother of 47-year-old Patrick Stein...
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