Kansas man killed in Nebraska crash, sheriff's office says
RED CLOUD, Neb. — Authorities say a Kansas man has been killed in a south-central Nebraska highway crash.The accident was reported around 5 p.m. Wednesday on Nebraska Highway 78, east of Red Cloud in...
View ArticleSkunks blamed for increase in Kansas cattle with rabies
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — An increase in rabid skunks in Kansas is the likely reason why cattle have become the most common domestic animal diagnosed with rabies, a Kansas State University researcher...
View ArticleArmy to resume cleanup at former Sunflower ammunition plant
DE SOTO, Kan. — Five years after federal funding dried for up environmental cleanup at the former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant in Johnson County, Kansas, the U.S. Army has announced it will resume...
View ArticleRemember that? Updates on some of CJOnline's top business stories from 2015
When Topekans talked about business in 2015, they had health care, food, redevelopment — and maybe a tipple — on their minds.At least that would be what they were thinking about if what The Topeka...
View ArticleMan linked to aiding shooter of Topeka police officer in 2014 to be sentenced...
A motorcyclist who pleaded guilty Nov. 9 to aiding a gunman who fatally shot a Topeka police corporal during a car stop in East Topeka in 2014 will be sentenced Tuesday in Shawnee County District...
View ArticleBeatty: O'Malley says 'Let us get up for greatness'
KEOTA, Iowa — It is a crisp December afternoon on the campaign trail and Democratic candidate for president Martin O’ Malley is facing a tough crowd. A very tough crowd.This wasn’t the case earlier in...
View ArticleShawnee County District Courts 'very short' on court reporters
Shawnee County District Court is “very short” on the number of its court reporters, who record every word said during court hearings and trials before the court’s 15 judges, the managing court reporter...
View ArticleLife goes on as Kansas inmates, deputies spend Christmas at jail
WICHITA — It was business as usual on Christmas at the Sedgwick County jail, which houses 1,000 inmates.Lt. Rhonda Freeman, the highest in the chain of command for the day, told deputies on Christmas...
View ArticleProbe of 1999 killing reopened after convict ordered freed
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Investigators have reopened the Kansas case of a 1999 shooting death for which a man served more than 15 years before his brother confessed in suicide notes that he was the...
View ArticleCertain state employees in Shawnee County to delay arrival Monday
Gov. Sam Brownback issued instructions to delay arrival at work of certain executive branch employees assigned to state offices in Shawnee County until 10 a.m. Monday due to anticipation of a storm...
View ArticleKansas Turnpike Authority approves bridge projects, including one in between...
WICHITA - The Kansas Turnpike Authority has approved contracts for two-year bridge projects in Wichita and between Topeka and Emporia.The Wichita Eagle reports that the $7.19 million project in Wichita...
View ArticleU.S. weather: Large storm brings twisters, floods, 900 canceled flights --...
GARLAND, Texas — As residents of North Texas surveyed the destruction from deadly tornadoes, the same storm system brought winter storm woes to the Midwest on Monday, amplified flooding that’s already...
View ArticleJudge delays trial in lottery jackpot-fixing case involving Kansas until July
DES MOINES, Iowa — A judge has delayed the trial for a former lottery official accused of fixing jackpots in several states.Former Multi-State Lottery Association security director Eddie Tipton had...
View ArticleVerizon, Sprint customers in Kansas face Dec. 31 deadline to seek refunds...
Verizon and Sprint customers in Kansas have just a few more days to seek refunds under two multi-state settlements, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s office said Monday.Customers have until Dec....
View ArticleCampaign cash grows in state judicial elections, including Kansas
ATLANTA — With three seats open on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and a chance to flip control of the judicial branch, a wave of campaign cash, independent expenditures and negative TV ads flooded the...
View ArticleMidwest economy appears stuck in the doldrums, index suggests
The Midwest appears stuck with little growth for the next few months, according to one index.Ernie Goss, an economist at Creighton University who compiles the Mid-America Business Conditions Index,...
View ArticleSam Brownback defends state's new guns-on-campus law
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback says he’s not second-guessing a new state law that would require college campuses to allow concealed weapons, calling it a constitutional right.Kansas lawmakers passed and...
View ArticleGovernor Jay Nixon: Missouri's storm-related death toll rises to 10
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri’s death toll from floodwaters fueled by days of downpours has climbed to 10 and appeared likely to grow, Gov. Jay Nixon warned Monday as some communities braced for expected...
View ArticleDerby police to give school officers body cameras
DERBY — The police chief in the Wichita suburb of Derby says his department will outfit its four school resource officers with body cameras as part of a pilot project.Derby Police Chief Robert Lee said...
View ArticleAfter rain deluge, rare winter floods on Mississippi River
ST. LOUIS — Warm and wet weather over the last several weeks followed by storms that brought a deluge of rain in recent days have produced a severe threat of flooding along the Mississippi River, where...
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