Justices skeptical of arguments that lawmakers have provided equitable...
Kansas Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Tuesday of arguments that the Legislature has provided equitable funding to schools, and questioned suggestions they could order lawmakers to fund...
View ArticleWillie Nelson, Leon Russell to perform Aug. 2 at TPAC
When Willie Nelson and Leon Russell perform this summer in Kansas — Aug. 1 in Salina’s Stiefel Theatre and Aug. 2 at the Topeka Performing Arts Center — it will be far from the first time they have...
View ArticleFloyd Bledsoe, who spent 15 years in Kansas prison, sues over wrongful murder...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas man who spent 15 years in prison for a rape and murder to which his brother confessed several times, including in suicide notes, filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday alleging...
View ArticleCourt document: Lawrence college student beaten, held against her will for 6...
LAWRENCE — Court documents allege that a man held a Lawrence college student against her will and beat her before returning her to her sorority six days later.The Lawrence Journal-World...
View ArticleManhattan 25-year-old charged with murder in infant death from last week
MANHATTAN — A Manhattan man has been charged in the death of an infant.Barry Disney, the senior deputy prosecutor at the Riley County attorney’s office, says 25-year-old Andrew L. Gibson was charged...
View ArticleMissouri limits public access to police body camera videos 2 years after...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Legislation limiting public access to police body camera videos won final approval Tuesday in Missouri, nearly two years after a fatal police shooting in Ferguson spurred massive...
View ArticleColorado inmate from Kansas City claims Prince is his father, seeks DNA test
A Colorado prison inmate has filed a paternity claim with a Minnesota court against the estate of Prince, the latest claimant in what could grow into a long line of people asserting that they're...
View ArticleProsecutors mull charges in Kansas City, Kansas officer's shooting death
A man suspected of gunning down a police detective in Kansas was charged Tuesday with shooting and wounding a woman in a botched carjacking in Missouri moments before he was shot by police and...
View ArticleReport forecasts bountiful winter wheat crop in Kansas
WICHITA — The nation’s farmers were forecast Tuesday to harvest a more bountiful winter wheat crop this season amid low commodity prices.U.S. winter wheat production is expected to be up 4 percent from...
View ArticlePolice: Thief steals air mattresses from Red Cross in Salina
SALINA — Police say 20 air mattresses have been stolen from an American Red Cross vehicle in Salina.The Salina Journal (http://bit.ly/1TPvSCQ ) reports that the theft happened last week at the North...
View ArticleLawrence student suffers head injury after jumping in retention pond near...
LAWRENCE — Authorities say a 16-year-old has been flown to a hospital after diving head-first into a retention pond near a Lawrence high school.6 News in Lawrence (http://bit.ly/23F4FFt ) reports that...
View ArticleSalina residents approve sales tax increase designed for city improvements
SALINA, Kan. — Salina residents have approved a sales tax increase designed for city improvements.Salina County Clerk Don Merriman announced Tuesday that unofficial results of the mail-in election...
View ArticleKansas school officials object to potential undermining of LOB aid
Superintendents of four public school districts condemned Tuesday an idea raised during oral arguments before the Kansas Supreme Court about halting the local-option budget mechanism generating $1...
View ArticleKansas City streetcars transport 32,000 riders in first weekend
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — More than 32,000 passengers have ridden Kansas City’s new streetcars on the first weekend of operation, far exceeding ridership projections.Kansas City Streetcar Authority officials...
View ArticleGov. Brownback signs revised city, county property tax lid
Gov. Sam Brownback signed legislation to advance implementation by one year a lid on property tax increases by city and county governments, officials said Tuesday.The GOP governor signed House Bill...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty in 2014 slaying of Wichita couple during robbery
The Associated PressWICHITA — A man charged in the slaying of a Wichita couple during a robbery has pleaded guilty.The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/1WosZwQ ) reports that 21-year-old Steven Wade...
View ArticleMore charges planned in Kansas City, Kansas, detective's death
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A suspect in the shooting death of a Kansas police detective is facing more charges.Wyandotte County District Attorney Jerome Gorman scheduled a news conference Wednesday to...
View ArticleGov. Sam Brownback signs sales tax break for repair of fire-damaged fence
Gov. Sam Brownback extended a hand to south-central Kansas farmers and ranchers Wednesday by signing legislation creating a temporary state sales tax exemption for supplies purchased to rebuild fence...
View ArticleAssistant D.A. Mike Kagay 'compelled' to run by Keen Umbehr's interest in...
Mike Kagay, assistant district attorney, always wanted to be a prosecutor.“That’s why I went to law school,” Kagay said. “I’ve wanted to pursue the path to be a district attorney.”He said his parents...
View ArticleChild, 7, drowns in southeastern Kansas river
EUREKA — Authorities say a 7-year-old girl has died after being pulled from a river in southeastern Kansas.The Greenwood County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call at the Fall River Bridge on Tuesday...
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