Hesston factory reopens after employee shooting that killed 3 last month
HESSTON — A Kansas lawn equipment factory will open for business for the first time since a gunman fatally shot three employees at the Hesston facility in February.KSNW-TV (http://bit.ly/21ZsU2o )...
View ArticleKansas Senate hearing points to secret deal to secure $400 million for state...
A Kansas early childhood education advocacy organization Tuesday alleged the administration of Gov. Sam Brownback was contemplating the sale of future state tobacco settlement receipts for a one-time...
View ArticleKansas Senate bill tweaks law to permit new treatment of eating disorders
Mental health advocates and a pharmaceutical company joined Tuesday to urge Kansas legislators to endorse a bill adjusting state law to allow physicians to prescribe drugs with amphetamines as...
View ArticleKansas House committee debates legislation to allow lawmakers to approve...
Lawmakers would directly approve or reject school construction bond proposals under legislation put forward Tuesday by the leader of the House Education Committee that strips the state Board of...
View ArticleHutchinson High School teenagers arrested for allegedly threatening staff,...
Two teenage high school students were charged with conspiracy to commit capital murder Tuesday after allegedly threatening Hutchinson High School students.Carson Cabral, 15, and Ayrton “Alex”...
View ArticleKansas Senate committee approves diverting family planning funds
A Kansas Senate committee has voted to permanently divert federal family planning funding from abortion providers like Planned Parenthood.The Senate Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday approved a bill...
View ArticleDoctors, pharmacists wrangle over delivery of shots to youths
A bill allowing pharmacists to administer vaccinations to any person over six years old faced opposition Tuesday from physicians who argued the legislation would fragment medical care for adolescent...
View ArticleDemocrats blocking Missouri religious objections measure
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Democrats in the Missouri Senate say there is no end in sight for their filibuster over a proposal to add greater religious protections to the state Constitution for some business...
View ArticleKansas Senate committee chairwoman plans to advance bill requiring annual...
The chairwoman of the Senate Commerce Committee signaled Wednesday she wants the panel to quickly advance a bill to require teachers to vote annually on retaining their local union.The committee heard...
View ArticleJudge denies $500,000 bond reduction in 2006 Topeka cold-case murder...
A Shawnee County District Court judge denied a defense motion Wednesday to lower the $500,000 bond of a 31-year-old man charged with the slaying of a 2-year-old Topeka boy in 2006.Through his attorney,...
View ArticleFake Patty's Day 2016: Riley County police say 63 people were arrested over...
MANHATTAN — Law enforcement responded to 269 calls for service over last weekend during the celebration of Fake Patty’s Day, filed well over 106 reports, arrested 63 people and issued 596 citations,...
View Article3 men on the loose after Manhattan-area drug seizure arrested early Wednesday...
Three men who were on the run from Manhattan-area authorities after a drug bust Tuesday were arrested early Wednesday in Topeka, Riley County police said in a news release.The three men, who...
View ArticleShawnee County farmer wades into weeds of bill on noxious plant management
Shawnee County organic farmer Jackie Keller shared anxiety about potential fallout from chemical treatment of weeds Wednesday during a Senate committee review of a bill changing how Kansas designates...
View ArticleKU School of Medicine alumna donates $1M for building
LAWRENCE — One of just two women to graduate in 1964 from a 100-member University of Kansas School of Medicine class is making a $1 million donation.The Lawrence Journal-World (http://bit.ly/1QLJkUX )...
View ArticleArrested Hutchinson teens accused of threatening staff, school
HUTCHINSON — Police have arrested two teens who are accused of plotting to attack a Kansas high school.The Hutchinson News reports that the 15- and 14-year-old Hutchinson boys were taken into custody...
View ArticleFormer Topeka store clerk sentenced in ATM worker robbery
A former Topeka store clerk has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for helping to arrange a robbery of a man who stocked ATMs with cash.The U.S. attorney’s office says 21-year-old Ahmad...
View ArticleJudge denies request to stop elephants' transport to US zoos, including one...
WICHITA — A judge has denied an animal rights group’s request to stop an import of elephants from Swaziland to three American zoos, including the Sedgwick County Zoo.The Wichita Eagle...
View ArticleWichita school district to consider teachers, staff layoffs
WICHITA — A Wichita school district official says leaders will have to consider laying off teachers or other personnel as it faces up to $30 million in cost increases next school year and no additional...
View ArticleNebraska pushes to allow ex-drug felons to get food stamps
LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska is inching closer to allowing people with felony drug convictions to receive food stamps.Lawmakers advanced a measure 31-5 Wednesday to opt out of a federal law making these...
View ArticleCrash survivor backs Kansas plan to boost seat belt education
Wabaunsee High School student Lauren Newell was a passenger in a vehicle that catapulted off the interstate highway and barreled into the ditch.The car driven by her friend Taylor Benteman had swerved...
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