Kansas House declines to support override of governor on STAR bonds
The House declined to mirror the Senate’s decision to override a veto Wednesday by Gov. Sam Brownback of a budget provision blocking the state from issuing new sales-tax financed bonds for developments...
View ArticleKansas school finance plan advances to Senate floor after splitting districts
School districts split Wednesday over the latest school finance equity plan that now heads to the House and Senate floors, divided over an approach that will ensure no district loses state funds but...
View ArticleKansas Board of Regents unveil KSDegreeStats.org, a college degree outcomes...
The counseling office at Shawnee Heights High School is well stocked with information for students eyeing college. The many brochures lining the wall offer tips on everything from the ACT and...
View ArticlePlane makes emergency landing on central Kansas road in McPherson County
GALVA — A pilot has safely landed his small airplane on a central Kansas road after experiencing engine failure.The Salina Journal (http://bit.ly/22Fvx9H ) reports that 22-year-old Ian Barnhart, of...
View ArticleJury convicts Kyle Flack in 2013 quadruple homicide in Ottawa
OTTAWA — Kyle Flack now faces a life-or-death decision, but the choice isn’t up to him.Jurors on Wednesday convicted Flack in the spring 2013 slayings of four people at a farmstead west of Ottawa....
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood offering abortion services in Wichita
WICHITA — Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri has begun offering the abortion pill at its Wichita clinic, becoming the second facility in the city to provide the abortions since Dr. George...
View ArticleDebate on Common Core amendment reveals political friction
A Wichita Republican went toe-to-toe with House colleagues Tuesday on an amendment prohibiting implementation in Kansas public schools of health, sexuality and social studies standards developed by...
View ArticleReport of shots fired at deputy was really blown transformer
WICHITA — Reports of shots fired at a Kansas sheriff’s deputy brings 30 squad cars to the scene where investigators discover the sound was actually an electrical transformer blowing.The Wichita Eagle...
View ArticleGov. Brownback declares state of emergency for area of central Kansas...
Gov. Sam Brownback declared a state of emergency Wednesday for a large area of south-central Kansas threatened by wildfires.Meanwhile, Topeka fire officials reported receiving multiple reports of smoke...
View ArticleWildfire burns about 620 square miles in Kansas, Oklahoma
MEDICINE LODGE — Crews were trying to get a foothold Thursday against wildfires that have scorched hundreds of square miles in Oklahoma and Kansas and led residents of some small communities to flee...
View ArticlePowerful snowstorm barrels into Plains
DENVER — Severe weather including hail and reports of at least one tornado were reported in the Midwest as other areas began digging out of a spring blizzard that shut down the Denver airport, closed...
View ArticlePolice crime scene officer: Shoe print on beating victim's face matches...
The distinct pattern of a shoe print found on the face of a beating victim matched the sole of a Nike athletic shoe found in defendant Joseph Taylor Hughes’ bedroom, a police witness testified...
View ArticleHunger striker Raymond Schwab arrested on Kansas Statehouse steps
As he began an 11th day of hunger striking and protests outside the Kansas Capitol, Raymond Schwab was arrested by Capitol police on the north steps Thursday afternoon.Weakened by nearly a dozen days...
View ArticleKansas City, Kansas, man pleads guilty in shooting death
KANSAS CITY — A Kansas City, Kansas, man has admitted that he fatally shot a man who answered an online sex ad.The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/1XPSxj4) reports that 24-year-old Ladarrious White...
View ArticleAmazon.com plans new shipping center in Edgerton, Kansas
EDGERTON — Amazon.com Inc. says it plans to open a 1,000-job fulfillment center in the Kansas City suburb of Edgerton.Amazon announced Thursday that the hourly, full-time employees at the planned...
View ArticleGov. Sam Brownback, Kansas adjutant general Lee Tafanelli hold briefing on...
More than 300,000 acres have burned in a wildfire that has devastated large swaths of two south central Kansas counties.No one has been injured and less than 10 buildings have been burned, Gov. Sam...
View ArticleHouse debate on education bill erodes into partisan, verbal joust
A broad majority in the House voted Thursday to accept a stop-gap bill developed in response to the latest Kansas Supreme Court decision that found state financing of public school districts in...
View ArticleEaster fun Saturday might require a sweater
With his fur coat, the Easter Bunny won’t have to worry about the weather Saturday at some seasonal activities, but everyone else might want to slip on a jacket or sweater and keep an umbrella in...
View ArticleMaria the Mexican brings new music home to Topeka
Should someone buy or download Maria the Mexican’s sophomore CD after its release party Friday in Topeka, the music they hear on it will more resemble their live sound than did the music on the group’s...
View ArticleOut & About calendar, March 25-31
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...
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