Suburban Kansas City police kill person during investigation
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. — Police say officers have fatally shot a person while responding to a report of a prowler in a residential area of suburban Kansas City.Blue Springs police spokeswoman Jennifer...
View ArticleLawrence discusses affordable housing legislation
LAWRENCE — Lawrence city commissioners have directed staff to respond to legislation that would prohibit local governments from requiring a share of new housing construction to be set aside as...
View ArticleMan, woman hospitalized after injury crash on bridge in Willard
A man and woman from Johnson County suffered injuries not believed to be life-threatening in a one-vehicle crash on Wednesday afternoon in Willard, and the car they were in came to rest slightly...
View ArticleBernie Sanders at rally in KC: 'In Kansas you have a governor who likes to...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Sen. Bernie Sanders, the self-described socialist and presidential candidate, brought his message of economic justice to the Great Plains Wednesday as he seeks a path to the...
View ArticleCompetency ruling sought for KCK woman accused in teen's death
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A competency hearing is being sought for a Kansas City, Kansas, woman who was running for public office when she was accused of hitting four high-schoolers with her car and killing...
View ArticleRalfeal Carr sentenced to 9-plus years for wounding Hi-Crest pedestrian, drug...
Just moments before he was sentenced Thursday, Ralfeal Eron Carr told a judge he didn't have anything to do with the drive-by shooting of a pedestrian in a Hi-Crest neighborhood in July.Shawnee County...
View ArticleTopeka company ordered to pay $78,000 for deceiving elderly customers
A lawn care company in Topeka has been ordered to pay refunds to its elderly consumers for “deceptive and unconscionable practices,” the Kansas attorney general said Thursday.Travis D. Kaiser, who did...
View ArticleAffidavit obtained by C-J: 2-year-old slaying victim died in 2006 of head trauma
A 2-year-old Topeka boy died due to blunt force head trauma in March 2006 but also suffered injuries to the stomach and around the optic nerve, according to an affidavit filed in the case of homicide...
View ArticleDriver who held sword to necks of 2 people flees in U-Haul truck before...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A man held a sword to the necks of two people at a suburban Kansas City gas station early Thursday, then led police on a slow chase and crashed his U-Haul truck into a church before...
View ArticleMissouri group sues EPA over nutrient levels in lakes
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri group is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accusing it of shirking its responsibility for regulating nutrient levels in the state’s lakes.The Missouri...
View ArticlePolice say Kansas City-area teen shot by officers left suicide note
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. — Authorities say a teenager who was fatally shot by police in a Kansas City suburb had left a suicide note inside a home where he told police someone was trying to break in.Blue...
View ArticleWellington man, 74, dies week after house fire
WELLINGTON — A 74-year-old south-central Kansas man has died about a week after he was caught in a structure fire.Wellington Fire Chief Tim Hay says Wayne Bradford died Wednesday. He says Bradford had...
View ArticleWichita State to break ground on food truck plaza on campus
WICHITA — Wichita State University is breaking ground next month on a food truck plaza.The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/1Ov6zAe ) reports that the plaza will be built on the edge of the new Innovation...
View ArticleMissouri student faces gun charges in school threat
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A student accused of taking weapons and more than 100 rounds of ammunition to his northwest Missouri school has been charged with two counts of possessing illegal firearms.Federal...
View ArticleHillary Clinton calls for 'true progressive' on Supreme Court
KINGSTREE, S.C. — Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has South Carolina mostly to herself two days before the first-in-the-South primary, and she’s using it to capitalize on her advantage...
View ArticleKansas Senate measure allows prize-linked savings accounts
WICHITA — The Kansas Senate has approved a measure that allows for savings accounts that offer raffle-like winnings to a certain number of depositors.Prize-linked accounts are already legal in 16 other...
View ArticleSt. Joseph man no longer police officer after racially charged video
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — A white Missouri man is no longer a police officer after appearing in a racially charged music video wearing his uniform and carrying a “cops lives matter” sign.St. Joseph police...
View ArticleNew CURB counsel challenged to consider agency's effectiveness
Wichita attorney David Nickel will take over his new position as consumer counsel for the Citizens’ Utility Ratepayer Board on March 14, and the agency’s board members expect to see more accountability...
View ArticleSam Brownback slams Bernie Sanders, praises Kansas GOP welfare reform
Gov. Sam Brownback argued passionately Thursday for public acceptance of a new study purporting to demonstrate success of state laws crafted to wean Kansans off welfare programs and compel them to join...
View ArticleHesston attack Thursday in south-central Kansas is latest in string of mass...
A deadly attack Thursday in south-central Kansas marks the latest in a string of U.S. mass shootings.A gunman opened fire at a business Thursday after shooting three people earlier. Altogether,...
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