Overland Park Jewish center memorial honors 3 killed in 2014 attack
OVERLAND PARK — Three people fatally shot by a white supremacist at two Jewish sites in suburban Kansas City are being remembered with a memorial at one of the shooting sites.Family and friends...
View ArticleKansas City man sentenced to 23 years in prison after pleading guilty in...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City man was sentenced to 23 years in prison after pleading guilty in the child abuse death of a 2-year-old boy.Jackson County prosecutors said 24-year-old Mirsad Hamidovic...
View ArticleDH Pace to expand headquarters in Olathe, add 150 jobs in Kansas
OLATHE — A door sales and service company plans to expand and renovate its headquarters in Kansas and add 150 new jobs.The Kansas Commerce Commission announced in a news release Wednesday that DH Pace...
View ArticleBallet Midwest's 'Sleeping Beauty' features a flock of fairies
When it comes to tellings of Charles Perrault’s story “Sleeping Beauty,” Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet out-fairies Walt Disney’s movie by a score of 10 to 3.read more
View ArticleWife pleads guilty to four charges tied to sex assault of child in Shawnee...
A 35-year-old Topeka woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to four charges that could result in her being sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole until after 25 years.She is the second...
View ArticleTopeka USD 501 alarmed over potential loss of $300k in expected state aid
Kansas school districts may not receive up to $11.5 million that they budgeted under the state’s block grant system, a possibility Topeka Unified School District 501 argues undercuts promises of...
View ArticleKBI announces winner of Kansas National Missing Children's Day Poster Contest
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has named Lily Stivers, of Hays, the winner of the 2016 Kansas National Missing Children’s Day Poster Contest, the agency announced Wednesday. Each year, the Missing...
View ArticleEx-WichitaHeights High School teacher gets probation in sexual relations case
WICHITA — A former Wichita high school music teacher has been sentenced to two years of probation for attempted unlawful sexual relations with a student.Twenty-six-year-old Alan Martens was sentenced...
View ArticleBoy, 12, arrested after knife, toy gun incidents in Salina
SALINA — Salina police say a 12-year-old boy has been arrested following an incident with a toy gun on a school bus and an unrelated incident involving a knife on a playground.Capt. Mike Sweeney said...
View ArticleJudge considers ACLU challenge to voting documentation rule
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A federal judge is considering whether to temporarily block Kansas from enforcing its proof of citizenship requirement for people who register to vote at state motor vehicle...
View ArticleSoutheast Kansas standoff ends with suspect stunned
PITTSBURG, Kan. — A southeast Kansas standoff has ended with an officer using a stun gun on a suspect.The Pittsburg Morning Sun (http://bit.ly/1Xxd38r ) reports that the 53-year-old female suspect is...
View Article2 hurt in downtown Wichita apartment fire
WICHITA, Kan. — Two people have been injured in a fire in a downtown Wichita apartment building.A Sedgwick County emergency dispatcher says the fire started late Wednesday at the Shirkmere Apartments....
View ArticleKansas murderer who faced death penalty after Wichita decapitation slaying...
A Kansas prison inmate facing the death penalty for capital murder for the 2002 decapitation slaying of a Wichita housekeeper died Wednesday at El Dorado Correctional Facility, the Kansas Department of...
View ArticleK-State names retired Air Force general Richard B. Myers interim president
Former U.S. Air Force general and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Richard Myers, a native of Merriam, Kan., and a Kansas State University alumnus, has been named interim president of K-State.The...
View ArticleFort Riley officials identify solider found dead in Manhattan this past Saturday
Fort Riley officials on Thursday in a news release identified a First Infantry Division soldier who died suddenly this past Saturday in Manhattan.Capt. Yohan Lee, 45, whose cause of death remains...
View ArticleKansas birder reports rare sighting of vermilion flycatcher
OLATHE — Birders are reporting a rare Kansas sighting of a small, bright red species known as the vermilion flycatcher.The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/1RWD8NJ ) reports that Rex Miller spotted the...
View ArticleKansas City police warn of speeding ticket scam
KANSAS CITY — Kansas City police are warning people to ignore emails that claim the motorists were ticketed after being caught speeding by a red light camera.Police say it’s likely the emails are part...
View ArticleKansas health department issues air quality advisory
WICHITA — Kansas Department of Health and Environment has issued an air quality advisory due to annual controlled burning in the Flint Hills.The agency is advising residents to take precautions because...
View ArticleKansas high school students train, give away therapy dogs
STAFFORD — High school students in Stafford have been training dogs from animal shelters to become service, therapy or companion pets.Stafford High School teacher Mike Cargill started the “Training to...
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