Kansas City police chief wants to demolish abandoned properties to help...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Police Chief Darryl Forte says the city should consider tearing down abandoned properties in blighted areas to help reduce crime.He mentioned the idea Tuesday during a...
View ArticleFirst director for University of Kansas' sexual assault prevention center chosen
LAWRENCE, — The University of Kansas has chosen a University of Iowa woman as the program director for its new Sexual Assault Prevention & Education Center.The university announced Wednesday that...
View ArticleLeavenworth County Republican Women to host luncheon, program
The Leavenworth County Republican Women will host a luncheon meeting Monday, Jan. 18, at Heritage Center, 109 Delaware St. in Leavenworth.Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m., and the program will begin...
View ArticleWichita library campaign gets $1 million gift
WICHITA — The fundraising campaign to build a new central library in downtown Wichita has received a $1 million gift from the Naftzger Fund for Fine Arts.The Wichita Public Library Foundation announced...
View ArticleAuthor tells Kansas senators psychiatric overdiagnosis damaging Americans
The Senate’s health committee toured the dizzying world of psychiatric diagnosis Wednesday under guidance of a former Duke University professor revolting against exaggeration of mental health disorders...
View Article4 injured in gas explosion at Liberal transportation company
LIBERAL — Authorities are trying to determine what caused an explosion and fire at a southwest Kansas business.The explosion Tuesday at Groendyke Transport Inc., southeast of Liberal, injured four...
View ArticlePoll: 70 percent of Kansas' state university faculty oppose concealed...
Seventy percent of faculty and staff at universities in the Kansas Board of Regents system prefer amending state law to prohibit carrying of concealed firearms inside campus buildings and 90 percent...
View ArticleOklahoma regulators order reduced injection well volumes after earthquakes
OKLAHOMA CITY — Operators of 27 oil and natural gas wastewater disposal wells in northwest Oklahoma must reduce volume due to the swarm of moderate earthquakes in the past week, state regulators said...
View ArticleFederal appeals court decides against company in lawsuit against KDOT over...
DENVER — A large national company has lost a court battle against top officials of the Kansas Department of Transportation in a fight involving millions of dollars of sales of road-building material....
View ArticleSchumm child-in-need-of-care hearings closed to public
Child-in-need-of-care hearings dealing with a number of children of Jonathan Robert Schumm and Allison Nicole Schumm are closed to the public.Topeka City Councilman Jonathan Schumm, 34, and Allison...
View ArticleSenator, education leaders spar on teacher merit pay
Before considering a statewide initiative to pay teachers based on their performance, the Legislature should raise overall salaries, the chairman of the Kansas State Board of Education said...
View ArticleKansas dispatcher charged with methamphetamine possession
PAOLA — Authorities say a former northeast Kansas dispatcher has been charged with felony possession of methamphetamine.The Kansas City Star (bit.ly/1OiZbLo) reports that Debbie Henson was a dispatch...
View ArticleKansas Democratic legislators lay out 2016 session goals
Democrats on Thursday announced their goals for the session — promising to emphasize education, transparency and public safety — though they didn’t always have specific policy proposals.The lawmakers,...
View ArticleSam Brownback, Kansans raise voices to honor Martin Luther King Jr. during...
Educator Beryl New, Gov. Sam Brownback and pastor Sherdeill Breathett lifted their voices Thursday in a celebration of service to others honoring the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s sacrifice for...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood cleared by Kansas State Board of Healing Arts
Kansas’ medical board is taking no action against a Planned Parenthood clinic after completing an investigation into whether illegal sales of fetal tissue are occurring after abortions.A State Board of...
View ArticleSexual assault center leader not daunted by attention
LAWRENCE — The newly appointed director of the University of Kansas’ new Sexual Assault Prevention & Education Center says she is not daunted by the attention the school has received due to issues...
View ArticleWichita doctor whose patient died of overdose indicted
WICHITA — A Wichita doctor accused of unlawfully distributing prescription drugs has been indicted after a patient died from an overdose.The U.S. attorney’s office says the 31-count indictment against...
View Article13-year-old student accused of bringing gun to Abilene middle school
Authorities have arrested a 13-year-old boy who is accused of taking a gun to his central Kansas middle school.KSAL-AM (bit.ly/1n2NEHx) reports that the Abilene Middle School student was walking home...
View ArticleDefendant in killing of Wichita State student pleads guilty
WICHITA — One of two people charged in the killing of a Wichita State University student has entered a guilty plea.The Wichita Eagle (bit.ly/1SQpU5j) reports that 23-year-old Isaiah Copridge pleaded...
View ArticleKansas City, St. Louis mayors warn of devastating consequences if earnings...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The mayors of Kansas City and St. Louis say ending an earnings tax in those cities would have potentially devastating consequences on city services.On Thursday, Republican Sen....
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