Man dies in Lawrence house fire; blaze's cause unclear
LAWRENCE — Authorities are trying to determine what sparked a house fire that killed a man.The Lawrence Journal-World (http://bit.ly/1opmKcO) reports that the victim died at the scene of the blaze...
View ArticleZombie movie to help breathe life in Jayhawk theater
Drop dead gorgeous takes on new meaning in “Zombie Beauty Pageant,” a locally produced feature film that will have its world premiere Saturday night as a fundraiser for the restoration of the Jayhawk...
View ArticleTopeka to catch 'Saturday Night Fever' on Tuesday
Topeka will catch “Saturday Night Fever” on Tuesday.A national tour of the stage musical based on the 1977 movie that made John Travolta a star and spurred the disco craze will play at 7:30 p.m....
View ArticleOut & About calendar, April 1-7
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...
View ArticleWichita man found guilty in wife's fatal shooting
WICHITA, Kan. — A Wichita man has been found guilty of first-degree premeditated murder in the shooting death of his wife at their home.Thirty-two-year-old Derek Campbell was convicted Thursday in the...
View ArticleSherman Jenkins preliminary hearing: Details emerge in crash at S.W. 6th and...
Slaying victim Mia Holden was riding to a hospital for scheduled surgery on Feb. 4 when the car she was riding in was struck in the side, fatally injuring her, witnesses testified Friday.Witnesses...
View ArticleKansas county elections head used political ties to Kris Kobach, then curbed...
WICHITA — A Kansas county elections official used close ties to one of the nation’s leading advocates of voting restrictions to help secure the top job at a government agency entrusted with making...
View ArticleKansas tax revenue nearly $8.5 million short of March estimate
The state of Kansas fell $8.5 million short of the March tax revenue projection in wake of a shortfall of more than $50 million in February that compelled Gov. Sam Brownback to impose an emergency 3...
View ArticleKansas Supreme Court: Convicted killer needs resentencing
The Kansas Supreme Court has ordered a new sentencing for a man initially ordered to spend a half century in prison for a 2011 killing involving mistaken identity.The state’s high court made the ruling...
View ArticleHot spot monitoring from Kansas, Oklahoma wildfire continues
MEDICINE LODGE — Crews continue extinguishing hot spots from a wildfire that has burned hundreds of square miles since starting last week in Oklahoma and spreading into rural Kansas.The heaviest damage...
View ArticleFamily: Kansas City native held in the United Arab Emirates over $90K in...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A U.S. citizen detained in the United Arab Emirates over faked loans totaling nearly $90,000 drawn in his name has been freed and left the country for his teaching job in...
View ArticleMan, 19, charged with murder in Wichita's latest homicide
WICHITA — Prosecutors have charged a 19-year-old man in the fatal shooting of another man in Wichita.The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/22UQ7qf ) reports that Arturo Jesus Desantiago was charged this...
View ArticleAugusta man charged in deadly shooting at Olathe-area bar
OLATHE — Prosecutors in Johnson County, Kan., have accused a 28-year-old man in connection with a deadly shooting at an Olathe bar.Michael Wayne Chinn Jr. of Augusta is charged with second-degree...
View ArticleSome standardized testing on hold in more than dozen states because of...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Standardizing testing is on hold in more than a dozen states because of Internet problems at the University of Kansas where the test developer is based.The university’s Center for...
View ArticleKansas man in critical condition after grain bin fall in Fowler
FOWLER — A man has been flown to a Wichita hospital with critical injuries after falling inside an empty southwest Kansas grain bin.Meade County Sheriff Mark Miller says the worker was on a ladder at...
View ArticleExpansion plans on hold for historic Eldridge hotel in Lawrence
LAWRENCE — Expansion plans are on hold for a historic Lawrence hotel that stands on the site of one destroyed in 1856 and again in 1863 by pro-slavery forces.Eldridge Hotel general manager Nancy...
View ArticleOSHA cites Russell Stover, seeks $193K after ammonia release shuts plant in...
IOLA — Federal officials are seeking $193,600 in penalties from Russell Stover Candies after a hazardous chemical was released at an eastern Kansas plant.The Occupational Safety and Health...
View ArticleKirk Schulz, former K-State president, cites Washington lawmakers' support of...
PULLMAN, Wash. — The new president of Washington State University said Friday he was drawn to the Pullman school by its high academic standards and by the new medical school.Kirk Schulz also pointed to...
View ArticleRecalls this week: Fiskars garden shears, Toshiba laptop batteries
A line of garden shears with faulty handles are among this week’s recalled consumer products. Others include laptop battery packs that can overheat.Here’s a more detailed look:GARDEN SHEARSDETAILS:...
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