Out & About calendar, April 15-21
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 ArticleKansas man ordered to stand trial in deadly Edgerton bar fight
OLATHE — A trial has been ordered for a 32-year-old man accused of recklessly killing a man by hitting him in the neck with a pool cue at a bar in Johnson County.The Kansas City Star...
View ArticleKansas Supreme Court overturns 1978 precedent, finds right to appeal isn't...
The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday overturned its own 38-year-old precedent, ruling the right to appeal a ruling in a civil case is not absolute and not guaranteed by the Kansas Constitution or U.S....
View ArticleKansas students protest bills directing transgender students in school restrooms
High school students demonstrated Friday outside the Statehouse against legislation that would direct transgender students to use the restrooms of their gender at birth.The bills – one in the House and...
View ArticleKansas City police say human remains found at dump site identified as man who...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Mo., police say human remains found last week at a dump site have been identified.Authorities say 24-year-old Ezekiel Willie of Kansas City went missing in August 2014...
View ArticlePolsinelli, a Kansas City law firm, announces Barry Grissom as newest addition
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City, Mo., law firm says Kansas’ U.S. attorney will join its national team specializing in government investigations and compliance.Polsinelli announced its addition of...
View ArticleWright Career College, a Kansas-based school, files for bankruptcy
Kansas-based Wright Career College folded Friday, looking to liquidate its assets in bankruptcy after abruptly closing its five campuses in three states.The Overland Park-based nonprofit filed for...
View ArticleNebraska Supreme Court upholds hate-crime conviction of Kansas City man in...
OMAHA, Neb. — The Nebraska Supreme Court will not overturn a hate-crime conviction and 12- to 18-month prison sentence for a Missouri man who sucker-punched a Marine for associating with two gay...
View Article'Excessively brutal' murder warranted consecutive sentences, Kansas Supreme...
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled Friday that a Thomas County judge did not err by sentencing a convicted murderer to consecutive, rather than concurrent, prison sentences.Teri Morris was sleeping in her...
View ArticleKansas Wesleyan optimistic about nursing accreditation
SALINA — Kansas Wesleyan University President Matt Thompson says he is optimistic the school’s nursing program will regain accreditation this fall.Wesleyan withdrew its accreditation from the...
View ArticleTopeka West's 'The Library' deals with aftermath of school shooting
Memories and truth aren’t the same thing, as Topeka West High School’s production of Scott Z. Burns’ “The Library” demonstrates.In the play inspired in part by the 1999 shootings at Columbine High...
View ArticleMississippi governor signs bill banning second-trimester abortion method;...
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi’s governor has signed into law a ban on a commonly used second-trimester abortion procedure, setting the state up for a possible legal challenge.Gov. Phil Bryant signed the...
View ArticleSam Brownback has new plan to end Kansas City-area business raiding
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has a new proposal designed to end his state’s ongoing battle with Missouri to lure businesses across the border in the Kansas City area.But the proposal Brownback outlined...
View ArticleKBI: Man shot, killed after attacking two deputies in McPherson County
A man died Thursday in McPherson County after attacking two sheriff’s deputies who were trying to arrest him, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation said Friday.According to a news release, the deputies...
View ArticleShrinking Oakland congregation donates church to Topeka Rescue Mission
The number of members worshipping in Oakland Christian Church’s sanctuary was down to no more than 30 people each Sunday, and that number “wasn’t enough to pay the bills” to keep the more than...
View ArticleLawsuit alleges sexual assault at Kansas military school
WICHITA — A Tennessee father sued a Kansas military school on Friday, alleging its failure to adequately supervise cadets led to the sexual assault of his 12-year-old son by another student.The...
View ArticleKansas AG Schmidt files brief in Gannon v. Kansas
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt filed a brief with the Kansas Supreme Court in Gannon v. Kansas on Friday evening. This brief makes an argument that the Senate Substitute for House Bill 2655...
View ArticleWichita Police: Bite marks found on girl's body, father arrested
WICHITA — Police say a 28-year-old man has been arrested after bite marks were found all over his 4-year-old daughter’s body.The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/23DhK7u ) reports the man was arrested just...
View ArticleSix of Washburn's best student musicians to perform
Six of Washburn University’s best student musicians will take a turn in the spotlight Sunday afternoon when the music department presents its annual honors concert.The spring semester rite of passage,...
View ArticleTopeka Jazz Concert Series finale offers best of KC jazz
The Topeka Jazz Concert Series will end its 47th annual season Sunday with the second of the series’ showcases of the best of Kansas City jazz.Steve Waugh, president of the Topeka Jazz Workshop Inc.,...
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