Lawsuits filed Wednesday: Kansas State ignores off-campus fraternity rapes
WICHITA — Two female students allege that Kansas State University has refused to investigate their rapes and other sex assaults at off-campus fraternity houses, according to federal lawsuits filed...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court expresses doubts about drunken driving laws
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is expressing doubts about laws in at least a dozen states that make it a crime for people suspected of drunken driving to refuse to take alcohol tests.The justices heard...
View ArticlePotentially high lead levels detected in Olathe neighborhood
OLATHE — A Kansas City suburb is providing bottled water to residents of one neighborhood as a precaution after potentially high lead levels were detected.The city of Olathe said in a news release that...
View ArticleBrownback orders budget overhaul to match revenue shortfall
State of Kansas revenue projections over the next 15 months were cut Wednesday by a quarter of a billion dollars to broaden the cash shortfall facing lawmakers and apply greater political pressure on...
View ArticleMissouri seeking death penalty in homicide where Mexican national is accused...
MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo. — A hearing for a Mexican national accused of killing a man in Missouri and four others in Kansas is being postponed, with prosecutors planning to seek the death penalty in the...
View Article2 Kansas men charged with invoking Donald Trump's and Bernie Sanders' name in...
WICHITA — A Wichita gas station clash in which authorities say racial slurs and the names of presidential hopefuls Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders were shouted has led to misdemeanor charges.Joseph...
View ArticleKansas State architecture school receives $8 million gift, largest in design...
MANHATTAN — Kansas State University’s College of Architecture, Planning & Design has received an $8 million gift, the largest in the design college’s history.The university said in a news release...
View ArticleHall foundation gives $8 million to Kansas Cancer Center
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The Hall Family Foundation has given an $8 million gift to help The University of Kansas Cancer Center receive a national cancer center designation.The cancer center in Kansas City,...
View ArticleWichita abortion opponent faces trial in threat case
WICHITA — A judge has spurned a last-ditch effort to throw out a lawsuit against an abortion opponent accused of sending a letter to a Wichita doctor saying someone might place an explosive under her...
View Article3 charged in Kansas City, Kansas, bank robbery witnessed by assistant U.S....
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Three men have been charged in a Kansas City, Kan., bank robbery that a federal prosecutor witnessed.The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/1SklKiP ) reports that 33-year-old Jonathan...
View ArticleWichita City Council approves regulating massage businesses in hopes of...
WICHITA — A new Wichita ordinance bans all sex activity in massage parlors and requires formal training for would-be masseurs and masseuses.The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/1pgBYBi ) reports that the...
View ArticleMichael Sam, first openly gay NFL draftee, slams Missouri's religious...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Michael Sam, the first openly gay NFL draftee, slammed a Missouri measure that would shield some businesses that deny services for same-sex weddings, telling fellow opponents...
View ArticleTSA will provide security screening at Salina Regional Airport
SALINA — The federal government has agreed to provide screening resources to the Salina Regional Airport, which will allow the airport to resume commercial air service.U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran announced...
View Article28-year-old jailed for alleged sexual battery in Wichita high school bathroom
WICHITA — Authorities have booked into jail a 28-year-old man who has been identified as a person of interest in a sexual battery at a Wichita high school.The Wichita Eagle reports that the man is...
View ArticleMusic fund endowed for $1 million at McPherson College
The Salina Journal (http://bit.ly/1SUfn4X) reports that Steve Clark is using the endowment at the central Kansas school to honor his mother, Fern Lingenfelter.The music series will include two annual...
View ArticleThree-county chase ends with damaged patrol car in Douglas County
A tri-county police chase Wednesday left a patrol car with damage and an Overbrook man in handcuffs.A deputy with the Osage County Sheriff’s Office stopped a 1993 Chevy pickup around 2:50 p.m. for a...
View ArticleSchumm diversion documents detail 'spanking' of 12-year-old with a belt,...
When a 12-year-old son in the home of Jonathan Schumm violated an unspecified "household rule," he was ordered to disrobe down to his underwear, then was "spanked" with a belt, leaving cuts around an...
View ArticleProsecutors, defense recommend 25 years in prison for child pornographer tied...
Prosecutors and defense attorneys for a South Carolina man have recommended he be sentenced to 25 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to producing child pornography of a Kansas girl.Robert Pitya...
View ArticleTractor-trailer strikes, kills highway pedestrian in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A tractor-trailer has struck and killed a pedestrian who was attempting to cross a Kansas City highway.The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/1Qpwj1E ) reports that the accident...
View ArticleCourt suspends Lawrence attorney's license for 18 months
LAWRENCE — The Kansas Supreme Court has suspended the license of a Lawrence attorney for 18 months amid complaints from her clients and others attorneys.Under an order issued last week, Joan M. Hawkins...
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