Independence, Missouri police officer shoots, kills man after chase in Kansas...
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Independence police say a police officer fatally shot a man after a chase.Police say in a news release that the chase started in Independence late Thursday and eventually went into...
View ArticleUniversity of Kansas Marillac Center reports up to 18 ill
OVERLAND PARK — Officials at a University of Kansas Hospital youth services center say up to 18 people have fallen ill in the last few days.State health officials told the hospital to treat the...
View ArticleWichita police find puppy mill, rescue nearly 20 pit bulls
WICHITA — Wichita police have seized 20 pit bulls from what they called a puppy mill. Police Lt. Steve Kenney says the dogs were found Saturday inside a home in west Wichita.Kenney says the animals...
View Article11 Kansas City defendants indicted in $1.2 million oxycodone conspiracy
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Federal prosecutors in Kansas City say 11 defendants have been indicted by a federal grand jury in a $1.2 million conspiracy to distribute Oxycodone.The indictment announced Thursday...
View ArticleWichita officials: 2 earthquakes from January caused more than $100,000 damage
WICHITA — Wichita officials say the city suffered more than $100,000 in damage from two earthquakes in early January.The Wichita Eagle reports (http://bit.ly/20Ljcjs ) the city will pay for the repairs...
View ArticleDodge City may join Western States Hockey League, a 29-team league
DODGE CITY, Kan. — The commissioner of a junior hockey league that has 29 teams in the western United States and Canada says he wants to start a team in Dodge City.Ron White says he’s been considering...
View ArticleMissouri couple wanted in crime spree led police on chase; 1 killed, 1 wounded
MILTON, Fla. — A weeklong search for a Missouri couple wanted in a series of robberies and abductions across the South ended with one suspect dead and the other wounded Friday, after authorities say...
View ArticleKansas bill would make affidavits more accessible
Kansas legislators want to make a sweeping 2014 open records law clearer.The law opened affidavits for arrest and search warrants to the public for the first time since the 1970s, but after two years...
View ArticleStudent newspaper sues KU administrators, alleging funding cuts after...
The student newspaper at the University of Kansas sued KU administrators Friday, alleging they approved funding cuts after an editorial critical of the student senate.The University Daily Kansan’s...
View ArticleOfficials say no confirmed cases of Zika virus in Kansas
TOPEKA, Kan. — Health officials say Kansas has not had any confirmed cases of the Zika virus.The Zika virus, which is generally so mild that it only causes symptoms in about one out of five cases,...
View ArticleTwo Wichita earthquakes caused more than $100,000 damage
WICHITA — Wichita officials say the city suffered more than $100,000 in damage from two earthquakes in early January.The Wichita Eagle reports (http://bit.ly/20Ljcjs ) the city will pay for the repairs...
View ArticleSchool district consolidation bill won't proceed
The chairman of the House education committee said Saturday his decision not to move forward with a controversial school consolidation bill hinges on a number of unknown factors related to it, along...
View ArticleWhen it comes to funny, TCT's improv troupes prove age doesn't matter
When it comes to making people laugh, age doesn’t matter.That was demonstrated Jan. 30-31 in Oldfather Theatre at Topeka Civic Theatre & Academy, 3028 S.W. 8th, when two of the venue’s...
View ArticleBiking Across Kansas cycling tour prepares for 42nd event
Registration is open for the 42nd year of the largest bicycling event in Kansas.Biking Across Kansas announced in a news release that registration for the event — a 450-mile ride across the state —...
View ArticleKansas State University to host bull riding school, rodeo
Three jam-packed weekends of rodeo activities are set for February at Kansas State University.According to Brooke Wallace, spokeswoman for the K-State Rodeo Club, the Kansas State Iron Woman...
View ArticleVolland Store offers tours featuring Wabaunsee County's stone cellars
Manhattan photographer and instructor Tom Parish has photographed the interiors of nearly 300 native stone, arched-roof cellars in the northern section of the Flint Hills, and in February he will lead...
View ArticleFloyd Bledsoe eligible for $235K in compensation under Kansas House bill
Floyd Bledsoe, a former Oskaloosa man wrongfully convicted of murder in 2000, would be eligible for roughly $235,000 in compensation from the State of Kansas under legislation introduced this week.Rep....
View ArticleHouse bills would increase property tax for higher education
A House committee set the stage for consideration of a package of bills this Wednesday raising a statewide property tax assessed to support state university building maintenance and to grant new...
View ArticleAbortion proving pivotal in three-way Republican race for 1st Congressional...
As U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp stood on the steps of the Kansas Statehouse last month and railed against abortion, his campaign was using the nation’s most polarizing issue to attack the congressman’s...
View ArticleNew court administrator brings 27 years experience to Shawnee County post,...
The new Shawnee County District Court administrator has demonstrated an ability to control costs.Over a period of seven years, Charles Hydovitz saved $852,000 for his former employer, the Pittsburgh...
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