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View ArticleOut & About calendar, Jan. 8-14
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 lawyer convicted of mistreating disabled man
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A longtime Kansas City, Kan., lawyer has been found guilty to misappropriating funds from a disabled man’s trust fund.A Wyandotte County judge this week found Don Charles Bell...
View ArticleKansas Board of Veterinary Examiners warns of man pretending to be...
ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. — The Kansas Board of Veterinary Examiners is seeking information about a man who is reportedly impersonating a veterinarian.The board says 49-year-old Danny Thomas is using the...
View ArticleLawrence High School alum creates nonprofit charity, OurKansas, for Kansas...
LAWRENCE — A Lawrence High School graduate has created a nonprofit to funnel donations to Kansas schools while the state Legislature overhauls the school funding system.The Lawrence Journal-World...
View ArticlePolice investigate fire at Kansas City apartment building; one person injured
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Police say a person of interest has been identified in a fire at an apartment building in Kansas City.Police Sgt. Kari Thompson said in an email that the person is on an...
View ArticleTheresa Vail, adventure show host and former Kansas beauty queen, pleads...
JUNEAU, Alaska — A former beauty queen from Kansas who hosted an adventure TV show has pleaded guilty to killing an Alaska grizzly bear without a state hunting tag.Theresa Vail was sentenced in state...
View ArticleSam Brownback seeks federal help for flooded southeast Kansas
BAXTER SPRINGS — Gov. Sam Brownback is seeking federal help for an area that flooded last month in southeast Kansas.Brownback’s office said in a news release Thursday that the governor signed a...
View ArticleNikita the polar bear moves from Kansas City Zoo to Asheboro, North Carolina...
ASHEBORO, N.C. — The North Carolina Zoo has added a male polar bear to its population.News outlets report that 9-year-old Nikita was safely relocated to Asheboro from the Kansas City Zoo on Wednesday...
View ArticleMan charged with murder in Tuesday's Kansas City, Kansas, killing
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A 45-year-old man has been charged in the shooting death of another man in Kansas City, Kansas.Franklin Bryant Jr. of Kansas City, Kansas, was charged Thursday in Wyandotte County...
View ArticleExcelsior Springs, Missouri woman gets 30 years in prison in Kansas, City,...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A Missouri woman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in a Kansas City, Kan., killing.The Wyandotte County district attorney’s office says 32-year-old Natasha Tone Pa Hote, of...
View ArticleReport: Sam Brownback, Kansas governor, repays running mate Jeff Colyer...
WICHITA — A new report shows Republican Gov. Sam Brownback has made a final $100,000 repayment on loans from his running mate to their re-election campaign.Three loans from Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer...
View ArticleKansas state fair officials closer to developing master plan
Very few buildings on the state fairgrounds in Hutchinson are in poor condition, consultants told fair leaders Friday as they come closer to developing a master plan for the annual Kansas event.The...
View ArticleKansas sales of Powerball tickets surge as jackpot grows
Frenzied sales in Kansas and nationally have swollen the projected Powerball jackpot to a record $800 million as players dream about instantly becoming exceptionally wealthy, officials said Friday.No...
View ArticleMike Pompeo 'hopeful' that Hillary Clinton will be charged for having...
WASHINGTON — A Republican member of the House Benghazi committee said Friday he is “hopeful” that the Justice Department will bring charges against Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for...
View ArticleRalfeal Carr convicted in drive-by shooting of man in Hi-Crest in July; jury...
A Shawnee County District Court jury convicted Ralfeal Eron Carr on Friday of the most serious of seven charges he faced tied to the drive-by wounding of a pedestrian during a series of shootings last...
View ArticleKansas contractors' billboards display pointed view on KDOT funding
The Kansas contractors’ lobbying association displayed on highway billboards dissatisfaction with the state’s transfer of more than $300 million annually from the T-Works transportation program to pay...
View ArticleArmy: 357 safety issues delay opening of Fort Riley hospital
WICHITA — The latest delay for the new, not-yet-opened Army hospital at Fort Riley is attributed to 357 safety issues, such as fire doors not meeting code requirements, according to a top Army...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to knife attack at Kansas shelter
LAWRENCE — A Kansas City, Missouri, man has admitted in a Kansas court that he tried to kill a homeless shelter employee by slashing his throat.The Lawrence Journal-World (http://bit.ly/1O7xJQT )...
View ArticleNew Kansas school named after Eisenhower opens in his boyhood home
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A new elementary school named after President Dwight D. Eisenhower has opened in his boyhood home of Abilene, Kansas, 46 years after he left office.Parents considered Eisenhower as a...
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