Kansas man sentenced to life in prison for slaying of uncle
WESTMORELAND — A northeast Kansas man has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years in the 2014 slaying of his 70-year-old uncle.KMAN reports 37-year-old Christopher Arand...
View ArticleSedgwick County commissioner's remarks, slideshow of people named 'Mohammed'...
WICHITA — A Muslim group wants Kansas political and religious leaders to repudiate views expressed by Sedgwick County Commissioner Karl Peterjohn at a county commission meeting.The Kansas chapter of...
View ArticleKansas mental health center denies sexual harassment claims
WICHITA — A mental health center in western Kansas denies allegations brought by one current and one former worker that it was aware that a former manager was a “serial sexual predator” who had...
View ArticleWorld War II bomber pilot climbs aboard B-17 like one he flew in war over...
On Thursday, Emerson H. Shields was dressed in the uniform he wore as a 20-year-old pilot in 1945 when he flew 16 missions over Germany in a B-17 heavy bomber.Sporting a khaki tie, pilot’s wings, and a...
View ArticleCity councilman Jonathan Schumm, wife arrested Thursday
Topeka City Councilman Jonathan Schumm and his wife, Allison Nicole Schumm were arrested Thursday on charges alleging aggravated battery and offenses in which the victims were children.Arrest warrants...
View ArticleExpo-bound Bob Zany says terrorists can't stifle laughter
Veteran comedian Bob Zany isn’t concerned that the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, aboard a Russian airliner and elsewhere around the globe will dampen the mood when he performs Friday night in...
View ArticleWashburn Opera again will mix Dickens with Gilbert & Sullivan
A week before Topeka Civic Theatre & Academy opens an 18-show run of its full-blown production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” the Washburn University Opera Studio will present a one-night...
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View ArticleOut & About calendar, Nov. 20-26
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 ArticleRep. Lynn Jenkins introduces resolution disapproving of Guantanamo closure
U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins introduced legislation Thursday to further underscore her opposition to close a controversial prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and transfer its inmates to the U.S. mainland.The...
View ArticleMethodists vow to aid Syrian refugees, ask elected officials 'to not stoke...
As impassioned politicians across the country call for halting the influx of Syrian refugees into the United States, 35 United Methodist congregations in Kansas and Nebraska announced Friday that they...
View ArticleJonathan Schumm, Topeka city councilman, appears in court with handcuffs,...
Topeka Councilman Jonathan Schumm and his wife appeared in court Friday wearing handcuffs and jail-supplied “suicide smocks” to answer for the first time charges of child abuse and aggravated...
View Article2 teens arrested in Kansas for fatal drive-by shooting of 16-year-old Tulsa girl
TULSA, Okla. — Two teenagers have been arrested in Kansas in connection with the fatal drive-by shooting of a 16-year-old girl in Tulsa.Tulsa Police say a 15-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man were...
View ArticleFoul play not suspected with body found in Wichita park
Body found in Wichita parkWICHITA — Police say foul play is not suspected in the death of a man whose body was found in a Wichita park.The Wichita Eagle reports (http://bit.ly/1I0LpgV ) that police...
View ArticleKansas spending $20M to dredge John Redmond Reservoir
BURLINGTON — Kansas is spending about $20 million to remove sediment from the reservoir that serves as the primary water source for a nearby nuclear power plant and several communities.The Wichita...
View ArticleKansas bill could oust 40 percent of local school board members, survey says
Forty percent of Kansas school board members would be forced to resign from office due to perceived conflicts of interest under a bill examined Friday by an interim legislative committee studying the...
View ArticleDiscrimination lawsuit filed against four Emporia State leaders
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A former assistant professor has filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against four Emporia State University officials, a month after another professor in the same department also...
View ArticlePoll: Sam Brownback most unpopular governor in America
A new poll released Friday holds both good news and bad news for Gov. Sam Brownback.The good news is that the poll shows more Kansans approve of his performance than expressed satisfaction with the...
View ArticleKansas City mother who locked girl in closet found guilty of child abuse
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri mother accused of forcing her emaciated 10-year-old daughter to eat, sleep and go to the bathroom inside a locked closet was found guilty Friday of abusing the girl.A...
View ArticleHouse-Senate panel votes to double campaign donation limits
A bipartisan joint House and Senate committee voted Friday to recommend the Kansas Legislature double financial limits on campaign contributions and amend state law to allow candidates to transfer...
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