Topeka murder defendant Jonathan Maldonado-Vasquez: Trim back on photos of...
Defense attorneys representing a man charged with fatally shooting a victim in northern Shawnee County want jurors to see fewer photographs of the victim’s body during his trial, the attorneys said...
View ArticleGarden City man sentenced 6-plus years for possessing 16,000 child porn images
A Garden City man was sentenced to more than six years in federal prison for having more than 16,000 child pornography images.U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom says 43-year-old James E. McGary was sentenced...
View ArticleJudge blocks Missouri from pulling Planned Parenthood clinic's abortion license
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge on Monday temporarily blocked Missouri’s health department from revoking the abortion license held by a Planned Parenthood clinic in Columbia as its physician loses...
View ArticleBernadette Gray-Little, University of Kansas chancellor addresses diversity...
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas’ chancellor says hiring a new provost and addressing campus concerns about race are among her top priorities.The Lawrence Journal-World reports Chancellor Bernadette...
View ArticleJeff Colyer contends most Syrian refugees prefer to return home
Kansas Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer returned Monday from a trip to the Middle East without easy answers to a devastating Syrian civil war and refugee crisis with international ramifications stoked by violence...
View ArticleKansas City petition challenges e-cigarette use restriction
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A petition drive in Kansas City is seeking to overturn restrictions on electronic cigarette use in enclosed public areas.The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/1llMHso ) reports the...
View ArticleCoffeyville weathers Amazon job losses better than expected
COFFEYVILLE — Football fans still pack Veterans Memorial Stadium here on Friday nights and Saturday afternoons in the fall. The Verdigris River still flows sluggishly by.Life continues in this town of...
View ArticleQuality of education in Schumm home school questioned
No state records exist regarding the quality of education offered to more than a dozen children at a school operated for five years by a Topeka couple accused of child abuse.Unlike accredited public...
View ArticleGreat Western Bancorp buying parent of Home Federal Bank
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Great Western Bancorp Inc. plans to acquire HF Financial Corp., the parent company of Home Federal Bank.The deal involving the two Sioux Falls-based banking companies will create an...
View ArticleNation's net farm income lowest since 2002
WICHITA — The nation’s net farm income is the lowest since 2002, and with another year of low commodity prices, demand for agriculture loans is surging as farmers struggle to make ends meet.Today’s...
View ArticleSurvey involving Kansas indicates more evidence of Midwest economic slowdown
OMAHA, Neb. — The latest monthly survey of supply managers in nine Midwest and Plains states shows more evidence of a slowdown in that region’s economy, according to a report released Tuesday.The...
View ArticleInmate from Kansas convicted of robbery, kidnapping punished for role in Iowa...
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The inmate at the center of a cellphone smuggling scandal at an Iowa prison was punished with months of confinement, then sent back to his home state of Kansas, according to records...
View ArticleShawnee County legislators anticipate a budget-heavy session
Five Kansas legislators serving Shawnee County residents sounded alarm bells Tuesday about persistently weak state tax collections and election-year complications of adjusting the state’s budget during...
View ArticleKansas tax revenue in November beats estimates by about $8 million
Last month, officials slashed Kansas revenue projections for the current fiscal year by $159 million, prompting budget cuts and fund transfers to keep the state in the black.On Tuesday, officials said...
View ArticleParents ask U.S. Supreme Court to take Kansas education funding case
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Parents from the Shawnee Mission School District are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider their case challenging a state cap on the amount of local property tax money that the...
View ArticleMan sentenced 6 years in Wichita for laundering nearly $5 million in drug money
WICHITA — A Mexican man was sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison for laundering more than $4.7 million in drug funds in Kansas, Missouri and seven other states.U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom...
View ArticleUniversity of Kansas business school receives $7.2 million gift
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas says a $7.2 million gift will be used to create a new center within the university’s School of Business.The university on Tuesday announced that Roger and Julie...
View ArticleTravis Couture-Lovelady, Kansas lawmaker, to take job with National Rifle...
WICHITA — A Kansas lawmaker who helped pass a law that allows people to carry concealed weapons without a permit has taken a lobby job with the National Rifle Association.The Wichita Eagle...
View ArticleKansas City coroner: Remains from Kansas barn are from a juvenile
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Human remains found at a Kansas barn are those of a juvenile, but tests to determine whether the remains belong to a missing 7-year-old boy could take weeks, a coroner said...
View ArticleWichita man gets probation for suggesting courthouse attack
WICHITA — A Wichita man who suggested attacking the Sedgwick County Courthouse as a murder trial was ending was placed on probation.The Wichita Eagle reports (http://bit.ly/1HEP1VR ) Samuel McCrory was...
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