School board opposes shooting range near school property
LAWRENCE — Lawrence school board members have opposed a proposal to open a shooting range and gun shop across the street from the district’s new college and career center.The Lawrence Journal-World...
View ArticleLawrence commission objects to gun range
LAWRENCE — The Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission has recommended that the city commission deny rezoning for a shooting range and gun shop to open near a school and future Boys & Girls...
View ArticleBlizzard blankets Rockies with snow
DENVER — A powerful winter storm blanketed the Rocky Mountains with several inches of snow overnight, forcing the cancellation of more than 200 flights in Denver and setting up what could be a dicey...
View ArticleAnti-fracking group plans demonstrations
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Activists in about a dozen U.S. states are having a day of action to highlight concerns about potential environmental and health effects of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a...
View ArticleDrug courier sentenced to 47 months
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A Missouri man who was clocked at more than 100 mph while trying to outrun a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper has been sentenced to 47 months in federal prison for possession with the...
View ArticleKansas properties nominated for register
WICHITA — Kansas authorities have nominated five Kansas sites for the National Register of Historic Places.The Wichita Eagle reports (http://bit.ly/1kZqAba ) that the Kansas Historic Sites Board of...
View ArticleTopeka man to be tried in death of 14-month-old child
A man charged with the death of a 14-month-old girl is to be tried starting on March 28, 2016, a judge said during the defendant’s preliminary hearing.The jury trial of Michael John Guerrero, 26, of...
View ArticleStudents at Wichita State, University of Kansas voice diversity concerns
WICHITA - Wichita State University has created a new staff position for diversity, which in part addresses some students' recently voiced concerns.Marche Fleming-Randle, assistant dean of the...
View ArticleKansas Republicans say AG Loretta Lynch's comments are proof Guantanamo...
Kansas conservatives seized on comments Tuesday by U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch as evidence that President Barack Obama’s administration can’t legally transfer prisoners from Guantanamo Bay,...
View ArticleKansas man sentenced for role in 3-year-old girl's death
WICHITA — A Wichita man is sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for his role in the death of his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter.The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/1j6sfu3 ) reports Evan Schuessler...
View ArticleOld-fashioned rooms like one in Olathe help dementia patients
EASTON, Pa. — From the antique cast-iron stove in the kitchen to the ancient wood-paneled radio in the living room, the decor in The Easton Home comes straight out of the 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s.Which is...
View ArticleKansas City to vote on raising age to buy tobacco products to 21
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Young Kansas City smokers will have to drive a bit farther to buy their cigarettes, e-cigarettes or vapor products under an ordinance that’s getting widespread support in the...
View ArticleKansas Aviation Museum in Wichita seeks new director
WICHITA — The Kansas Aviation Museum in Wichita again needs a new director.Richard Moore, president of the museum’s board of directors, told The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/1O2dPIA ) that Daniel...
View ArticleBethany College selects committee to find its next president
LINDSBORG — Bethany College has selected a committee to find the college’s next president.The Salina Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1MBkCUZ ) that the college’s board of directors on Tuesday announced...
View ArticleYouth drug overdose deaths quadruple in Kansas in past decade
Incidence of drug overdose deaths among youths in Kansas quadrupled during the past decade amid growing misuse of prescription drugs and addiction to heroin, a national research report said Thursday.An...
View ArticleIndependence woman sentenced 13 years in child neglect-related death
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — An Independence woman has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after pleading guilty in the neglect-related death of her 6-month old daughter.The Kansas City Star reports...
View ArticlePittsburg State dean takes over as provost at Southeast Missouri State
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo — A new provost has been named for Southeast Missouri State University.University officials announced Wednesday that Karl Kunkel, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at...
View ArticleWoman in custody after 110 mph chase on Interstate 70 near Topeka
A woman was in custody early Thursday afternoon after she led Kansas Highway Patrol troopers on a vehicle chase at speeds above 100 mph on eastbound Interstate 70 west of Topeka.Authorities said the...
View ArticleFour U.S. House members from Kansas vote to stop flow of Syrian refugees
The four U.S. House members from Kansas voted Thursday to halt the flow of Syrian and Iraqi refugees seeking refuge in the United States, the first legislative action on an issue thrust into the...
View ArticleBankers predict weak economy in rural parts of 10 states, including Kansas
OMAHA, Neb. — Bankers continue to predict the economy will slow in the months ahead in rural parts of 10 Western and Plains states.The economic index for the region slipped to 43.7 in November from...
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