AP Exclusive: U.S. elections chief Brian Newby left behind Kansas scandal
WICHITA — When Brian Newby took the helm of a federal election agency, he left behind an unfolding scandal in Kansas where he was having an affair with a woman he promoted in his previous job and used...
View ArticleFormer Kansas A.G.s Bob Stephan, Steve Six urge retention of all Supreme...
Two former Kansas attorneys general urged voters Monday to retain all five members of the Kansas Supreme Court on the Nov. 8 ballot and take a stand against politicization of the state's top appellate...
View ArticleKansas man accused of shooting Texas driver in Missouri
PLATTE CITY, Mo. — A Kansas man is accused of fatally shooting a motorist from Texas during what authorities described as a road rage confrontation in Missouri.Prosecutors in Missouri’s Platte County...
View ArticleLast of 5 men sentenced in shooting death of Salina girl
SALINA — The last of five young men involved in the shooting death of a 17-year-old Salina girl has been sentenced to prison.Twenty-year-old Jerome Forbes was sentenced Friday to five years and eight...
View ArticleFormer Kansas bank president pleads guilty
WICHITA — A former bank president has admitted he failed to report suspicious activity at a small southwest Kansas bank prosecutors say a Mexican cartel was using to launder drug money.Court documents...
View ArticleTopeka USD 501 addressing shortages in school counselors, psychologists
The current shortage of school counselors and school psychologists is not unique in the Topeka Unified School District 501, according to Superintendent Tiffany Anderson.The school psychologist...
View ArticleKansas Gov. Brownback wary of tax hike but won't rule it out
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback said Monday that he’s not ruling out a tax increase next year to keep the state’s budget balanced, even though he believes it would be harmful to raise taxes with agriculture...
View ArticleGovernor Brownback has faith in election, still backs Trump
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is distancing himself from Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claim of widespread election fraud while continuing to back the Republican presidential nominee.The GOP governor said...
View ArticleHelping Hands Humane Society animal intake report for Oct. 17, 2016
The following animals have been brought to the Helping Hands Humane Society, 5720 S.W. 21st. The telephone number is 233-7325.CatsUnknown gender, grey tiger and white, unknown age, found in the 300...
View ArticleIllinois bank robbery suspect arrested in Missouri; man had served time for...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A man suspected of robbing three banks in Springfield, Illinois has been arrested after allegedly robbing a Missouri bank.WTAX Radio in Springfield reports (http://bit.ly/2e2zHua)...
View ArticleKansas Supreme Court to review plea deal in Topeka double homicide
The Kansas Supreme Court scheduled oral arguments in the latest appeal of a Topeka man who sought to rescind a plea of no contest to capital murder and attempted murder in a double homicide and the...
View ArticleHolton woman arrested in connection with first-degree murder after death of...
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 15-day-old boy that occurred in November, and authorities have arrested the mother of the child in connection with a warrant for...
View ArticleFord cutting production at Kansas City plant, other places as U.S. demand slows
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. is cutting production as U.S. demand for new vehicles slows, but so far, its rivals aren’t doing the same.Ford said Tuesday it will temporarily idle four of its North American...
View ArticleCharges filed in Overland Park man's drug overdose death
OVERLAND PARK — A 24-year-old man has been charged in the drug overdose death of a suburban Kansas City man.The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/2eBu99r) reports that Michael Christopher Bickley of...
View Article'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' gets TV remake, while original set to screen...
Fans of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” can warm up for four Topeka screenings — two at midnight, of course — of the 1975 original by watching the premiere Thursday night of Fox’s remake of the cult...
View ArticleHaskell says nepotism charge unfounded
LAWRENCE — Administrators of Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence say federal investigators have determined a complaint about nepotism at the Lawrence school was unsubstantiated.The Lawrence...
View ArticleCoalition of innovative Kansas districts trying to increase members
Superintendents of the coalition of innovative Kansas school districts told members of the Kansas State Board of Education Tuesday they are continuing to try to increase their membership through a...
View ArticleMammoth tusk found in southern Kansas moved to lab at Wichita State
CUNNINGHAM — An 8-foot-long tusk of a mammoth uncovered earlier this year by a southern Kansas construction company has been moved to a Wichita State University lab.The tusk will be cleaned and prepped...
View ArticleEx-Wichita State University worker files discrimination suit
WICHITA — A former Wichita State University administrative assistant filed a federal lawsuit accusing the university of discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act.Vicki Huntoon said in...
View ArticleEasiest option for registering to vote in Johnson County wasn't offered until...
OLATHE — Election officials in Kansas’ most populous county didn’t offer the easiest option for registering to vote until the day before voter registration ended.The American Civil Liberties Union told...
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