Sam Brownback signs Kansas school finance legislation responding to court order
Gov. Sam Brownback said Thursday he signed a school finance bill that lawmakers hope will satisfy the Kansas Supreme Court’s order to develop a more equitable education funding system.The court will...
View ArticleFirefighters hope to contain Oklahoma & Kansas wildfires as winds subside
WOODWARD, Okla. — Firefighters battling a large wildfire in northwestern Oklahoma caught a break Thursday from diminished winds, but forecasters warned that other areas of the Midwest are at risk for...
View ArticleHearings to remain open for Hutchinson teens charged in high school attack plot
HUTCHINSON — A juvenile court judge has ruled that hearings in the cases of two students accused of plotting to attack their Kansas high school will remain open to the public.The Hutchinson News...
View ArticleTed Cruz's winning ways have yet to win over fellow GOP senators
WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz’s growing success with voters isn’t rubbing off on his fellow GOP senators, who remain decidedly cool to his presidential candidacy.The Texas Republican is notorious for...
View ArticleBernie Sanders: Hillary Clinton is 'not qualified to be president'
NEW YORK — The race for the Democratic nomination took a decidedly negative turn, with Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders exchanging a series of barbs over each other’s qualifications for the...
View ArticleReno County woman, 81, convicted of threatening animal control officers with gun
HUTCHINSON — An 81-year-old woman has been convicted of firing a handgun while two animal control officers were trying to capture a dog from her Kansas property.The Hutchinson News...
View ArticleTopeka series sings Street Corner Choir's praises
When it comes to the Street Corner Choir, the Last Minute Folk series is harmonious in singing the praises of the singer-songwriter duo of David Haken and Lezlie Revelle.read more
View ArticleWashburn Opera mixes 'Grease' with Donizetti's 'Elixer of Love'
Washburn Opera Studio mixes a little “Grease” into its production of Gaetano Donizetti’s comic opera “L’Elisir d’Amore” (“The Elixir of Love”).Instead of Donizetti’s original setting of a small village...
View ArticleOsawatomie woman sentenced to 27 months in prison for embezzling $471K
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas woman has been ordered to spend two years and three months in federal prison for embezzling about $471,000 she now must repay to her employer.Kimberly Joyce Padgett of...
View ArticleKansas City, Kansas, death investigated as a hit-and-run homicide
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Authorities suspect a hit-and-run driver may have killed a man in Kansas City, Kansas.Police Chief Terry Zeigler announced Thursday that the death of the victim has been ruled a...
View ArticleProvolone poacher takes $2K in cheese from Pueblo, Colorado eatery
PUEBLO, Colo. — The provolone poacher has struck again at a Colorado restaurant but this time he said “cheese” for security cameras.Police say someone stole 19 cases of the Italian cheese from the Do...
View ArticleMan sentenced 20 years in Kansas City for taking 13-year-old Missouri girl...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 56-year-old New Mexico man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for transporting a 13-year-old Missouri girl across state lines to engage in sexual activity.U.S. Attorney Tammy...
View ArticleHenry Kissinger accepts Harry S. Truman Legacy of Leadership Award
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has received a leadership award named after President Harry S. Truman.The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/1VDFNNq ) reports that Kissinger...
View ArticleHow firefighters fought the biggest Kansas fire in a century
WICHITA — On March 22, Bruce Stansberry was welding a piece of pipe just outside Freedom, Oklahoma.He was on a small hill, facing south, when his wife, Dixie, called. She had been carefully kneading...
View ArticleEx-Wichita school safety chief accused of molesting boys sentenced 16 years...
A former Wichita school safety supervisor accused of molesting boys in Kansas has been sentenced for similar offenses in Colorado.The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/1S7xBWB) reports that Alex Robinson...
View ArticleKansas Court of Appeals delves into weedy definition of 'plant,' overturns...
In a ruling that centered on the definition of “plant,” the Kansas Court of Appeals determined Friday that a Kansas City man should not have been convicted of cultivating marijuana after police found...
View ArticleWichita homebuilder gets 5 years probation for fraud scheme
WICHITA — A Wichita man will serve five years of probation for defrauding customers and can no longer work in the homebuilding business.The Sedgwick County District Attorney’s office says 44-year-old...
View ArticleNTSB: Track damage at Amtrak derailment site in Kansas traced to grain truck
CIMARRON — The derailment of an Amtrak passenger train last month in Kansas that injured more than two dozen people occurred at a site where there had been damage to the track that has been traced to a...
View ArticleKCP&L buys power from 2 new wind facilities
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Power & Light Co. has purchased another 500 megawatts of power from two new wind facilities in northwest Missouri.The utility announced Thursday that it will build a...
View ArticleKansas Supreme Court sets oral arguments on new school finance law
The Kansas Supreme Court set oral arguments for early May over whether legislation just signed into law purporting to make school funding more equitable meets constitutional muster.The court, in a...
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