Kris Kobach files new round of voter fraud cases in 3 Kansas counties,...
Secretary of State Kris Kobach has filed new voter fraud charges in three counties – the second round of criminal complaints since he gained prosecutorial power last year.Kobach on Monday also unveiled...
View ArticleLawrence man arrested after people in Haskell Indian Nations dorm threatened...
LAWRENCE — A man has been taken into custody after authorities say he threatened several people with a knife in a university residence hall in Lawrence.Lawrence Police Department Sgt. Ted Bordman says...
View ArticleSt. John, a central Kansas town, upset with plans to close Dillon's, its only...
ST. JOHN — A small central Kansas town is scrambling to find ways to respond when its only grocery store closes Feb. 6.More than 200 people attended a town hall meeting Sunday to discuss the closing of...
View ArticleChinese students on 2-week visit to study Kansas education
HUTCHINSON — A group of Chinese students is visiting Kansas as part of a two-week trip to experience American education and see some sites.The students from Shanghai Southwest Weiyu Middle School are...
View ArticleNearly 25 percent of Wichita schools considered single race
WICHITA — Nearly a quarter of the Wichita school district’s 85 schools are considered single-race seven years after mandatory busing ended, meaning the schools’ enrollments are 60 percent of more of...
View ArticleJeremy Lindsey trial: Nurse, police officer testify 8-year-old rape victim...
When Topeka police officer Edward Stanley first saw the 8-year-old rape victim on Sept. 20, 2014, she had bruises, tear trails and scratches on her face, was wearing only a purple shirt and was...
View ArticleWoman pleads not guilty in 2 Kansas City firefighter deaths
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A woman has pleaded not guilty to six charges related to the deaths of two Kansas City firefighters.The Kansas City Star reports (http://bit.ly/1Pwle5h ) Thu Hong Nguyen’s attorney...
View ArticleMonday chase in Shawnee County, Douglas County reaches speeds of 115 mph
Two people were taken into custody early Monday afternoon when a high-speed chase that took law enforcement officers from eastern Shawnee County into western Douglas County came to an end on the west...
View ArticleGov. Kathleen Sebelius appointee penned anti-abortion Court of Appeals ruling
Former Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is a foe in the eyes of anti-abortion advocates in Kansas and yet it was a Sebelius appointee who issued the Kansas Court of Appeal’s anti-abortion minority opinion...
View ArticleMissouri sues closed Kansas City charter school for $3.7M
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri has sued a now-closed Kansas City charter school to recover $3.7 million the state paid the school based on what it said were false and inflated figures for student...
View ArticleHouse panel expands access to nursing scholarship, technical program aid
A House budget committee approved a bill Monday extending Kansas' nursing scholarship program to five private colleges and endorsed legislation making Johnson County Community College eligible for...
View ArticleMan charged by Kris Kobach of voter fraud: 'I haven't been contacted at all'
Never a phone call or any type of correspondence whatsoever.That is the contact Randall K. Kilian has had with the Kansas Secretary of State’s office.Still, it was announced Monday that Kilian was one...
View Article2 Kansans killed in Oklahoma crash
MARIETTA, Okla. — Two Kansas residents have died in a one-vehicle accident approximately six miles north of Marietta, Oklahoma.The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 73-year-old Mary E. Younger was driving a...
View ArticleKCK man sentenced in PCP struggle case
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A Kansas City, Kansas, man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for causing a struggle in which U.S. Marshals were exposed to the drug PCP.U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom...
View ArticleMitch Holmes, Kansas senator, apologizes, retracts female-only dress code
Sen. Mitch Holmes, a committee chairman who came under withering criticism over the weekend for a dress code targeted at women, apologized Tuesday after defending it days earlier.“My failure to clearly...
View ArticleBurglar hits at least 6 Kansas dorm rooms as residents sleep
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas police say someone burglarized at least six rooms at a residence hall while students were sleeping.Prescription drugs and hundreds of dollars of cash were stolen during...
View ArticleStraub International, an ag equipment dealer, to close Larned location
GREAT BEND — Straub International says it will close its Larned location and consolidate the work into its remaining locations.Straub, an agriculture equipment dealer, also has outlets in Great Bend,...
View ArticleWichita airport has third-highest passenger count in 2015
WICHITA — Wichita’s Eisenhower National Airport recorded a nearly 2.5 percent increase in passengers in 2015.Wichita Airport Authority official Valerie Wise credits the gains to a new $160 million...
View ArticleKansas Senate panel approves lessening marijuana penalties, legalizing hemp oil
Lawmakers sent bills to the Senate floor Tuesday to lessen penalties for marijuana possession and allow individuals with epilepsy to try hemp oil.The Senate Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee...
View ArticleMan shot to death late Monday in Junction City
Junction City authorities are investigating after a man was found shot to death late Monday.Police Lt. Jeff Childs said officers were called at 11:57 p.m. Monday to an apartment at 827 W. 12th...
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