Senate embraces $8.6 million vehicle fee hike for KHP, training center
The Senate rejected a proposal to tap Kansas Department of Transportation reserves Monday instead of relying exclusively on an $8.6 million hike in the state’s vehicle registration fee to boost aid for...
View ArticlePerson of interest in 4 suburban Kansas City deaths charged with stealing
RIVERSIDE, Mo. — A man considered a person of interest in the deaths of four people whose charred bodies were found outside a northwest Missouri home over the weekend has been charged with stealing a...
View Article2 seriously injured when truck sideswipes tour bus on I-70 in suburban Kansas...
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. — Two people are seriously injured and eight others received minor injuries after a tractor-trailer sideswiped a tour bus that had pulled to the side of Interstate 70 east of Kansas...
View ArticleBrownback officials pull plug on $20 million Capitol energy center
Intense bipartisan pressure from the Kansas Legislature led the administration of Gov. Sam Brownback to cancel a $20 million contract for construction of a utility center to replace units in the...
View ArticlePrimer: Kansas' math and reading controversy
A legislative effort to ban Kansas’ standards for teaching math and English has resurfaced in the Legislature for a fourth year in a row. This year’s version, HB 2676, passed out of the House education...
View ArticleTwo KU football players arrested in connection with robbery
Two University of Kansas football players were arrested Monday in connection with felony robbery.Kendall Duckworth, 19, and Eric Rivers, 20, were booked into the Douglas County Correctional Facility...
View ArticleGuantanamo plan lays out costs, savings
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials say the Pentagon’s long-awaited plan to shut down the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and transfer the remaining detainees to a facility in the United States calls...
View ArticleWaKeeney man sentenced in fetus's death
WAKEENEY — A northwest Kansas man charged in connection to the killing of his ex-girlfriend’s fetus has been sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison.Thirty-two-year-old Scott Bollig of WaKeeney received...
View ArticlePratt man gets 18 years in infant's death
PRATT — A 29-year-old Pratt man has been sentenced to more than 18 years in prison in the death of an infant.Joseph Sponaugle was sentenced to 220 months Monday. He had pleaded no contest last month to...
View ArticleMicrobrewery production bills clear Kansas Senate by unanimous votes
The Kansas Senate approved legislation Tuesday doubling the beer production capacity of microbreweries and granting permission for the companies to brew and distribute hard cider.The measures were...
View ArticleSam Brownback signs bill giving immunity to underage drinkers who seek help
Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a bill into law that provides immunity from prosecution to underage drinkers who seek medical help for themselves or others.The legislation, Senate Bill 133, garnered wide...
View ArticleFourth person charged in connection with 2014 murder of Junction City woman
A fourth person was charged with one count of kidnapping resulting in death after an indictment was unsealed in federal court, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said Tuesday in a news release.Shantrell D....
View ArticleDUI saturation patrol to be held Saturday night in Shawnee County
The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting a DUI saturation patrol this weekend, Sheriff Herman Jones said Tuesday.The DUI patrol will occur between the hours of 10:30 p.m. Saturday and...
View ArticleTopeka High session of Kansas Supreme Court contains cases on obscenity,...
When it meets at Topeka High School for a rare evening session, the Kansas Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in cases dealing with state negligence in a prison escape and the rights of...
View Article93-year-old Manhattan woman killed after being struck by car
A 93-year-old woman was killed after being struck by a car in the parking lot of a Manhattan church.The incident took place around 5:20 p.m. Tuesday at First Lutheran Church, 930 Poyntz Ave., the...
View ArticleHy-Vee issues recall for macadamia nuts over salmonella fears
Hy-Vee announced Tuesday it has issued a voluntary recall of macadamia nuts over salmonella concerns.The recall affects 2-ounce packages of Hy-Vee brand macadamia nuts.According to the company, the...
View ArticleMan, 19, charged in two south-central Kansas traffic crash deaths
GODDARD — A 19-year-old man has been charged in a crash that killed two people last summer in Goddard in south-central Kansas.The Wichita Eagle reports that Myles Evans was charged Tuesday in Sedgwick...
View ArticleMan charged in hit-and-run involving bicyclist in Shawnee
OLATHE — A 38-year-old Kansas City, Missouri, man has been charged in connection with a hit-and-run crash that injured a bicyclist in Shawnee, Kansas.Kevin E. Hall was charged Tuesday with DUI,...
View ArticleHearing for woman charged in 2014 Lawrence death pushed back
A hearing for a woman accused in the 2014 killing of another woman has been pushed back to April.The Lawrence Journal World (http://bit.ly/1QeIDXi ) reports that 39-year-old Angelica Kulp appeared in...
View ArticleWalker, hearing aids stolen from 79-year-old at Allen Fieldhouse during KU...
LAWRENCE — Authorities say a walker and a set of hearing aids have been stolen from a 79-year-old woman attending a men’s basketball game at Allen Fieldhouse.The Lawrence Journal-World...
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