Yahoo analyst urges Topeka High students to earn college degrees
Topeka native Robbie Adams, an employee at online giant Yahoo, told Topeka High School students on Friday to earn college degrees and set career goals to increase their ability to get good jobs.Adams,...
View ArticleCall to oust KU student leadership after allegations they did not say 'Black...
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas student body president and vice president face a call to resign — in part based on accusations they didn’t say “Black Lives Matter” during a forum earlier this week...
View ArticleMusic from 'The Nutcracker' to conclude concert by Topeka Symphony youth...
Before Topeka audiences see flowers waltz and sugar plums dance in annual performances of “The Nutcracker,” the Topeka Symphony Youth Orchestra will play excerpts of music from the Pytor Ilyich...
View ArticleHistory teacher tries to keep anicent art form alive
Because he teaches history, Mike Keil, president of the Kaw Valley Woodcarvers, can’t help but offer a lesson: “Woodcarving is one of the oldest art forms in history.”“This is a very ancient art form,”...
View ArticleLeavenworth on edge as it awaits word on Guantanamo transfers
LEAVENWORTH — The modest white home of Carlene Parker is where pavement turns to gravel. In most directions, rolling mounds of farm fields are dotted with similarly white houses. But to Parker’s...
View ArticleFort Riley soldier a finalist in Army's 'Operation Rising Star' vocal...
A soldier stationed at Fort Riley has been selected among 12 finalists to compete in the Army’s “Operation Rising Star” vocal talent competition, according to a news release from the base.As a...
View ArticleBeer and wine tasting event to raise funds for nonprofit's holiday event for...
A Kansas brewery and winery will team up to host a beer and wine tasting event that will benefit a nonprofit that serves people with developmental disabilities in Washington and Marshall counties.The...
View ArticleWashburn University and Wahburn Rural High School musicians to 'Hoe-Down'...
String players from Washburn Rural High School will pool their talents with the Washburn University Symphony Orchestra to perform Aaron Copland’s spirited “Hoe-Down” as the finale of a joint concert at...
View ArticleKansas court's approval of death sentence not seen as shift
Even though the state Supreme Court recently upheld a death sentence for the first time under the state’s 1994 capital punishment law, Kansas isn’t likely to see executions anytime soon or a shift in...
View ArticleUSGS records 4.3 magnitude earthquake 60 miles south of Kansas state line in...
FAIRVIEW, Okla. — The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded a 4.3 magnitude earthquake near Fairview in northwestern Oklahoma, about 60 miles south of the Kansas state line.The quake was recorded at 3:45...
View ArticleAnimal welfare groups against Wichita zoo getting six new elephants
WICHITA — Animal welfare groups are asking the federal government to give the public more time to discuss Sedgwick County Zoo’s request to receive six new elephants.Lawyer for the Animal Legal Defense...
View ArticleTopeka woman hurt on Kansas Turnpike when turkey hits car
A Topeka woman was injured after a turkey flew into the windshield of the car she was driving Sunday afternoon in Lyon County on the Kansas Turnpike.According to the Kansas Turnpike Authority, the...
View ArticleMore than 1,000 Kansas students to receive loan forgiveness
A government investigation into the nation's second-largest for-profit higher education chain resulted in a settlement allocating of more than $1 million to forgive college loans of about 1,000 Kansas...
View ArticleSam Brownback joins chorus of governors seeking to turn away Syrian refugees
Gov. Sam Brownback joined governors from other states Monday in pledging to resist efforts to bring Syrian refugees to Kansas in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.Brownback issued an executive order...
View ArticleReconciliation Memorial planned for Wichita park to replace Confederate flag
WICHITA — Park officials are planning to replace a Confederate flag that once flew as part of a Wichita Park memorial to all soldiers who fought in Civil War.The Wichita Eagle reports...
View ArticleArson suspected in Kansas grass fires set Sunday
SALINA — Authorities in east-central Kansas say they suspect someone set a series of weekend grass fires.Saline Rural Fire District No. 1 Fire Chief Rod Ade told The Salina Journal...
View ArticleLansing inmate convicted of firing at police in Missouri during 2013 escape
PLATTE CITY, Mo. — A Missouri jury has convicted one of two inmates who led authorities on a chase after escaping from a Kansas prison in 2013.The Kansas City Star reports (http://bit.ly/1MRyGsE) that...
View ArticleKansas State University study: Over-tapping of High Plains Aquifer peaked in...
MANHATTAN — Over-pumping of the High Plains Aquifer beyond its recharge rate peaked overall in 2006, while aquifer’s rate of depletion in the portion underlying Kansas reached its high point in 2010, a...
View ArticleKansas City mom accused of locking 10-year-old girl in closet stands trial
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri woman accused of locking her 10-year-old daughter inside a closet, where she often ate, slept and went to the bathroom, did not receive proper treatment for a mental...
View ArticleInmate convicted of apartment house fire murder seeks new trial
The defense of Frank Jerome “Chicago” Robinson in a murder tied to an apartment house fire shifted from the federal public defender’s office in 2009 to a court-appointed attorney in Shawnee County...
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