Manhattan Community foundation announces $6 million gift from Diehl family
MANHATTAN — A Manhattan Foundation is receiving a $6 million donation from a couple’s estate.The Manhattan Mercury (http://bit.ly/1ZKDhWb ) reports that the gift from the estate of Dorothy and Lincoln...
View ArticlePolice: Kansas father and son face drug charges in Idaho after 11 pounds of...
BOISE, Idaho — Southwest Idaho authorities say a father and son traveling to their home state of Kansas after a brief stay in Oregon have been taken into custody after police found more than 11 pounds...
View ArticleUniversity of Kansas expands annual spring powwow, which is Saturday at Lied...
LAWRENCE — An annual spring powwow at the University of Kansas is expanding into a daylong educational festival.The Lawrence Journal-World (http://bit.ly/1RqyyqI ) reports that the 2016 KU Powwow and...
View ArticleInternet problems in Kansas stop student testing in Alaska
SITKA, Alaska — Standardized testing at schools in Sitka and elsewhere in Alaska has been pushed back after the first day of exams was cut short because of Internet connectivity problems in Kansas.
View ArticleOfficials tabulate losses from Kansas, Oklahoma wildfire; 41 structures lost
Agricultural officials were attempting Wednesday to estimate losses, especially of livestock, from a wildfire that burned hundreds of square miles of sparsely populated land in Kansas and Oklahoma.The...
View ArticleZoos, feds ask court to dismiss African elephant importation lawsuit
WICHITA — Federal wildlife officials and three U.S. zoos want a judge to drop a lawsuit against the recent importation of African elephants.The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/1UUBWMT ) reports that in a...
View ArticleCancer charities dissolved under agreement reached with Kansas, other law...
Two charities will be banned from fundraising after prosecutors across the country, including in Kansas, accused the organizations of fraud.Cancer Fund of America and Cancer Support Services will be...
View ArticleBarton County sheriff says evidence indicates sex assault on Great Bend swim...
GREAT BEND — An initial investigation has found evidence of a sexual assault during a school bus ride last month involving members of a central Kansas high school swim team, one of two separate assault...
View Article1 dead after domestic dispute, house fire in Lawrence
LAWRENCE — One man is dead after a domestic dispute and house fire in Lawrence.Police said they received a report of a domestic dispute early Wednesday. Sgt. Trent McKinley says during the dispute a...
View ArticleBrussels attack victims include Nic Coopman, who worked for Sabetha-based...
Victims of the attacks on Brussels’ airport and subway included commuters heading to work and travelers starting long-anticipated vacations. They came from dozens of nations to a city that’s home to...
View ArticleKSU provost on short list of University of Nebraska chancellor finalists
The Associated PressLINCOLN, Neb. — One of the four finalists to become chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has withdrawn his name.Several Washington state media outlets have reported that...
View ArticleKansas City man charged with murder in stabbing death of Independence woman
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Authorities have charged a Kansas City man with fatally stabbing a woman with a box cutter after she refused to let him sleep on her couch.Prosecutors said in a news release that...
View Article38-year-old man fatally shot outside Olathe bar; arrest made
OLATHE — Authorities have arrested a suspect in a fatal shooting outside a bar in the Kansas City suburb of Olathe.Police said in a news release that 38-year-old William Ray Schutkesting, of Olathe,...
View ArticleCrews monitor remnants of Kansas, Oklahoma wildfire from last week
MEDICINE LODGE — Crews are monitoring the remnants of a mostly contained Kansas and Oklahoma wildfire for hotspots.The fire started last week in Oklahoma and spread into Kansas, burning 574 square...
View ArticleFrustrated with Topeka, insurgent GOP candidates hope to upset incumbents
Several Republican hopefuls are taking aim at current GOP lawmakers this year, looking to funnel frustration with Topeka into electoral victory.A number of Republicans will challenge Kansas GOP...
View Article18-year-old faces sentencing in rural St. George shooting after entering...
WESTMORELAND — Sentencing is scheduled for May for a northeastern Kansas 18-year-old who has pleaded no contest to charges that he tried to kill a man during a shooting last December.KVOE-AM...
View ArticleKansas, Missouri man indicted in 2 armed bank robberies
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri and Kansas man have been indicted in two armed bank robberies.The U.S. attorney’s office says 46-year-old Terry Jacobs, of Kansas City, Mo., and 26-year-old Jayme Wilson,...
View ArticleReport: Kansas growers planting lots more corn this season
WICHITA — A government report shows Kansas farmers are planning to plant a whole lot more corn this year.The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Thursday that Kansas growers intend to...
View ArticleImmigration group files lawsuit against Brownback, two agencies
An immigration law organization filed a lawsuit in Shawnee County District Court to compel disclosure of documents by the administration of Gov. Sam Brownback to illuminate how the state was...
View ArticlePotential Kansas casino clears another legal hurdle
A Kansas judge has declined to intervene in legal efforts by a county and development group to block a planned state-owned casino after the plaintiffs’ bid to build and operate it was rejected.The...
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