Missouri bill would limit lawmakers-turned-lobbyists' funds
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Senate has unanimously voted to pass a bill that takes aim at campaign funds of legislators who become lobbyists.The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/1OVcu1F ) reports...
View ArticleMan who lived in Kansas accused of faking cancer for money pleads not guilty
MERIDEN, Conn. — A Connecticut man accused of shaving his head and taking weight loss pills to convince people he had stage 3 brain cancer and collect thousands in donations has pleaded not...
View ArticleMisdemeanor charges recommended in Great Bend swim team case
ELLSWORTH — A central Kansas sheriff is recommending misdemeanor charges against several members of the Great Bend High School boys swim team.The Salina Journal (http://bit.ly/1QxzyWd ) reports that...
View ArticleNew poll shows Donald Trump retaining lead in Kansas
Donald Trump remains in the lead in Kansas among likely caucus-goers, according to a new poll released as Kansas Republicans prepare to make their pick on Saturday.The poll, by the Trafalgar Group,...
View ArticleKansas Court of Appeals sides with BNSF over injured Topeka employee
The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled Friday that a Shawnee County judge was right to reject the expert testimony of a Tennessee professor and dismiss a negligence lawsuit against Burlington Northern Santa...
View ArticleSenate mulls over bill to create more than 300 elections a year on local unions
A bill scheduled for a Senate hearing next week would require teachers to vote annually on whether their local unions should continue to represent them. Local unions would only retain their status as...
View ArticleAttorney General Derek Schmidt asks Kansas Supreme Court to stay DUI rulings
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt has asked the Kansas Supreme Court to delay enforcement of four landmark decisions last week that found criminal punishments for refusing sobriety tests are...
View ArticleSam Brownback vetoes bill blocking implosion of Docking State Office Building
Gov. Sam Brownback rejected a bill Friday supported by an overwhelming majority of lawmakers that would have blocked the governor from taking future action to implode the Docking State Office...
View ArticleInmate whose arrest led to sheriff's downfall is back in custody
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Kansas City man whose forced removal from a hospital in the 1980s led to a Kansas sheriff’s downfall is back in federal custody.When Damone L. Cribbs, 49, was arrested this week...
View ArticleBernie Sanders wins Kansas Democratic caucus
Bernie Sanders bucked poll results and conventional wisdom Saturday, winning a majority of Democratic caucus delegates in staunchly conservative Kansas and handing Hillary Clinton another loss in the...
View ArticleHollywood Hallelujah: Faith-based films continue box office success
Hollywood has been making Christian-themed movies since the silent film era, but the number of faith-based releases and their share of the box office recently has multiplied like loaves and...
View ArticleGospel band showers GOP throng with song; Kansans show love for Cruz, Sanders
The politically agnostic Sharp Family Band serenaded participants at the Republican caucus in Topeka on Saturday while rambunctious Democratic caucus attendees made their voices heard chanting...
View ArticleMissouri man considers digging up second sunken steamship
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A man whose family turned the recovery of a 1850s sunken steamboat into a successful Kansas City museum is pondering whether he and his partners want to dig up another...
View Article$5K camping package new to Kansas 2016 Symphony in the Flint Hills
ELMDALE — Well-heeled patrons can sign up for a luxury, weekend-long encampment when the Kansas City Symphony makes its annual journey to the Flint Hills.The “Out of Africa” experience will run $5,000...
View ArticleWarrant for rental property inspection considered in Kansas
The Kansas Legislature is considering a bill that would require cities and counties to obtain a warrant to inspect rental properties.The House Commerce, Labor and Economic Development Committee...
View ArticleJackson Heights Middle School students keep eye on Earth thanks to seismograph
Planet Earth got dramatically smaller for Jackson Heights Middle School students in Pat McKinney’s science classes just a few days ago.The seismograph that McKinney has used to teach earth systems on...
View Article80-year-old marijuana dealer faces sentencing
BOSTON — An 80-year-old man who admitted running a sprawling multistate marijuana-dealing operation faces sentencing this week.Marshall Dion pleaded guilty to several charges under a plea agreement...
View ArticleTestimony set to begin in Kansas quadruple slaying trial
OTTAWA — Jurors are scheduled to hear testimony in the trial of an eastern Kansas man accused of killing four people, including an 18-month-old girl.The Kansas City Star (bit.ly/1Rvykuq) reports...
View ArticleKansas Caucuses produce interesting results, but still flawed exercises
The Kansas presidential caucuses were Saturday, with Ted Cruz winning on the Republican side and Bernie Sanders for the Democrats. News reports spoke of “massive” and “record-setting” turnout, while...
View ArticleLawrence to spend $240K to deal with emerald ash borer
LAWRENCE — Lawrence will spend nearly $240,000 to deal with beetles that are expected to kill the city’s ash trees over the next decade.The Lawrence Journal-World (http://bit.ly/1pu29oC ) reports that...
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