Kris Kobach presses to block use of tax dollars for ballot-question mailers
Secretary of State Kris Kobach worked to generate support Thursday in the Kansas Senate for legislation prohibiting local units of government from spending tax dollars on distribution of information...
View Article2 men charged in double homicide in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two Kansas City men have been charged with fatally shooting two men and wounding a third.Twenty-one-year-old Jimmie Verge was charged Wednesday and 20-year-old Anthony Murphy last...
View ArticleWichita man pleads guilty in 2014 drunken-driving crash that killed 3 people
WICHITA — A Wichita man has pleaded guilty in a drunken driving crash that killed three people and injured two others.The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/1UNUQC5 ) reports that 32-year-old Juan Pablo...
View ArticleKansas State University mason finds 88-year-old note at East Memorial Stadium...
MANHATTAN — A mason working on a Kansas university building has found an 88-year-old handwritten note that gives a glimpse into the lives of laborers in 1928.The Manhattan Mercury...
View ArticleStep therapy proposal heads to full Kansas Senate
A measure to require Medicaid patients to try lower-cost drugs first is headed to the Senate floor, after lawmakers added a reassurance that current patients won’t be kicked off their medications.The...
View ArticleLawrence Free State High School grapples with debate over Confederate flag
LAWRENCE — At a high school named Free State to honor Kansas’ anti-slavery past, the Confederate flag waved off the back of a student’s pickup truck in the parking lot. When classmates who were...
View ArticleJudge denies acquittal or new trial for Jourdan Hunt related to triple...
A judge has declined to acquit or re-try Jourdan Mickel Hunt of fatally shooting one man and wounding two others in 2014 based on a defense allegation prosecutors withheld evidence from the defense...
View ArticleUniversity of Kansas' bond issue prompts budget move in Kansas House
TOPEKA — A new legislative budget measure would limit the University of Kansas’ ability to spend unanticipated tuition dollars and extra special funds.The provision approved Thursday by the Kansas...
View Article4 face federal charges accusing them of selling steroids
KANSAS CITY — A former Missouri couple and two other people face federal charges accusing them of making and selling more than $2 million worth of anabolic steroids.Federal prosecutors in Kansas City...
View ArticleLibrary's Animated Hearts Film Series offers four Oscar-nominated movies
The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library will screen four Oscar-nominated, animated, coming-of-age movies Fridays in February as part of its Animated Hearts Film Series.Each of the free showings...
View ArticleOut & About calendar, Feb. 5-11
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 ArticleChildren's series to take kids 'Under the Big Top'
Although the annual Arab Shrine Circus is still a couple of weeks away, children seeking circus fun on not so big a scale can find it Saturday when Performing Arts for Children presents “Under the Big...
View ArticleTPAC books concert celebrating '90s country hitmakers
When country music moved from AM to FM in the 1990s, the genre enjoyed a boom, and tickets go on sale Friday for “Songs, Stools & Stories,” a March 21 concert at the Topeka Performing Arts Center...
View ArticleKansas confirms first influenza cases this flu season
Kansas health officials have confirmed the first flu cases in the state for the current flu season.The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says the four cases were reported by a south central...
View ArticleKansas budget plan hits college, boosts officers, hospitals
Kansas would give prison officers a pay raise, attempt to boost staffing at mental hospitals and grant lawmakers greater oversight of spending at the state’s largest university under a budget-balancing...
View ArticleKansas Children's Cabinet members rebuke leader over actions taken without...
Members of the Kansas Children’s Cabinet rebuked the group’s leader Friday after she developed a series of funding recommendations with Gov. Sam Brownback for early childhood programs without her...
View ArticleKansas House bill would protect underage drinkers who seek help
Underage drinkers could avoid criminal charges if they call for medical help under a bill the Kansas House approved Friday in what supporters said is an effort to head off preventable tragedies.The...
View ArticleDNA links Missouri inmate to Kansas City woman's 1986 rape
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri man serving time for rape, kidnapping and other violent crimes has been charged in connection with the July 1986 rape of a Kansas City woman.Jackson County Prosecutor Jean...
View ArticleKansas City applies for federal transportation grant
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City has applied for a federal grant to help mid-sized cities test transportation innovations.The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/20wfayE ) reports that the city submitted its...
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