Internet catfishing reaches new depths in Washburn's 'The Nether'
Catfishing reaches new depths in the Washburn University Theatre production of “The Nether,” Jennifer Haley’s award-winning sci-fi crime drama set in the not-too-distant future.Where today people can...
View ArticleTopeka Jazz Concert Series offers 'Try Us You'll Like Us' promotion
As the Topeka Jazz Concert Series approaches the end of its 47th annual season, the longest continuously running jazz concert series in the nation will offer a “Try Us You’ll Like Us” promotion for its...
View ArticleOut & About calendar, Feb. 19-25
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 ArticleOut & About hot tickets, Feb. 19-25
‘Avenue Q’s’ puppets at Highland Park HighHighland Park High School will use puppets to present the long-running Broadway musical comedy “Avenue Q” at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the auditorium of...
View ArticleBob Dole to speak at Fort Hays State commencement in May
HAYS — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole is scheduled to speak at the May commencement ceremony at Fort Hays State University.The Salina Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1Q42hVI) Dole will also receive the...
View ArticleMan sentenced to 21 years in 2015 fatal shooting of Wichita State student
WICHITA — One of two people charged in the shooting death of a Wichita State University student has been sentenced to 21 years and one month in prison.Twenty-three-year-old Isaiah Copridge was...
View ArticleKansas State University planning new veterinary laboratory on campus
A proposal to build a new veterinary laboratory at Kansas State University is one step closer to reality.The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday approved the university’s proposal for a Kansas State...
View ArticleKansas State Fair considering redesign of fairgrounds
HUTCHINSON — Kansas State Fair officials are considering a major redesign of the fairgrounds in Hutchinson.The Hutchinson News reports (http://bit.ly/1oKqiab) all of the current proposals are...
View ArticleKansas City man sentenced to 135 years for creating child porn
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A convicted sex offender was sentenced to 135 years in prison for creating child pornography.Charles Burge, of Kansas City, was sentenced Thursday for six child abuse-related counts,...
View ArticleOfficials raid Jackson County, Missouri jail for illegal contraband
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Several law enforcement agencies raided the Jackson County jail early Friday looking for illegal contraband.Jackson County Sheriff Sgt. John Payne says the raid was planned after...
View ArticleProposed amendment would end Kansas grocery sales tax
Kansas lawmakers are discussing a proposed constitutional amendment that would gradually eliminate the state’s sales tax on groceries, along with a bill that would reduce the sales tax and end a...
View ArticleKansas judge bars Wichita mathematician's access to voting machine tapes
WICHITA — A judge denied a Wichita mathematician’s request for access to paper voting machine tapes from the 2014 election that she wants to examine for evidence of possible fraud or...
View ArticleUnion lawsuit over drivers could delay Kansas City streetcar
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A lawsuit filed by a union over the hiring of some workers for Kansas City’s new streetcar line could delay the project’s scheduled spring opening.Amalgamated Transit Union Local...
View ArticleThe 40-year-old Kansan behind the Hillary Clinton-knocking website...
WASHINGTON — Jed McChesney awoke Friday morning to find that his website had crashed. When he glanced up at MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” he learned why: Bernie Sanders had tweeted it to his 1.5 million...
View ArticleKansas Supreme Court dismisses conviction of Mical Barlow under...
In a series of decisions Friday, the Kansas Supreme Court dismissed the conviction of a man for murder under a stand-your-ground law, vacated a conviction for aggravated burglary because jurors were...
View Article3 more earthquakes rattle parts of Oklahoma, Kansas Friday morning
FAIRVIEW, Okla. — Three earthquakes have rattled as many towns nearly a week after a 5.1 magnitude shook northwest Oklahoma and was felt in seven other states.The U.S Geological Survey says a 3.2...
View ArticleFire scorches grasslands in Oklahoma, Kansas also affected
OKLAHOMA CITY — Firefighters across several southern Plains states battled grass fires, with the largest blazes Friday consuming more than 80 square miles in Oklahoma and forcing some residents to...
View ArticleSouthWind brings to Topeka great art about the Great Plains
Paintings and sculptures of the landscape, wildlife, people and way of life of the Great Plains will be shown in the heart of the geographic area when the SouthWind Art Gallery brings the American...
View ArticleMan gets 15 years for death of Kansas State Fair worker
HUTCHINSON — A Hutchinson man was sentenced to 15 years and two months in prison for killing a carnival worker at the Kansas State Fair.Michael Brisco Jr. was sentenced Friday for six felonies,...
View ArticleKansas cancer centers alarmed over low number of HPV vaccinations
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The University of Kansas Cancer Center is joining nearly 70 other cancer centers in sounding an alarm about the high number of children who are not being vaccinated against a virus...
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