9 years ago
Students at the University of Kansas will face at least a 3 percent increase to live on campus next year. University of Kansas students next year will pay $5,910 to live on campus, which is $172, or 3 percent, more than this year. The Lawrence Journal-World reports (http://bit.ly/2gJjzZN) that adding in about $4,150 for meals means a ...

9 years ago
A judge has scheduled a February preliminary hearing for two men charged with kidnapping and raping a Johnson County deputy. The Kansas City Star reports (http://j.mp/2h9Msj1) that 24-year-old William Luth of Blue Springs, and 21-year-old Brady Newman-Caddell, of Independence, are charged in Johnson County District Court with abducting the woman in October from outside a county ...

9 years ago
Attorneys for a former Missouri city official sentenced to death in Kansas for killing his estranged wife, their two daughters and his wife's grandmother have asked Kansas' highest court to throw out his conviction. As a Kansas public defender specializing in death-penalty cases, Meryl Carver-Allmond told the Kansas Supreme Court on Friday there's no dispute that ...

9 years ago
A Kansas Highway Patrol trooper has been treated for injuries after his vehicle was involved in an accident on Interstate 70. The accident happened Saturday afternoon near Topeka as a wintry mix was making roads slick, but it wasn't immediately clear if the accident was weather-related. Few details have been released but emergency responders say the trooper's ...

9 years ago
The six Republican members of the Electoral College in Kansas feel obligated to follow their state's popular vote for Donald Trump in the presidential race. They also defend the college as a much-needed institution for ensuring that most of the U.S. isn't ignored. All of them reported receiving thousands of emails urging them not to vote for ...

9 years ago
A woman from Oak Hill braved the cold and ice Saturday to make a trip to Salina. She returned home with "Santa's Sta$h", totaling over $2,900. Rose Scott was among 18 finalists who gathered at the Salina Central Mall Saturday for the grand finale of Alpha Media Salina's "Santa's Sta$h" event. "Santa's Sta$h" was a locked box ...

9 years ago
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Tuttle Creek Lake will sponsor a free Eagle Day program on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The day will begin at the Manhattan Fire station at Kimball and Denison avenues. The event showcases bald eagles, their remarkable recovery and what makes them special to ...

9 years ago
Health Department Director Jason Tiller updated the county’s health advisory council  this week on strategies for minimizing the threat of standing water, which promotes the breeding of mosquitoes that can carry the Zika virus. Tiller spoke of the possibility of partnering with United Way to hold a service day in the spring to collect waste tires.  ...

9 years ago
Kenwood Cove Aquatic Park season passes are available at a discounted rate of 15 percent through February 28, 2017. Discounted basic season pass prices are as follows: youth-$55 (regularly $65), adult-$93 (regularly $110), group-$165 (regularly $195). Discounted premium pass prices are as follows: youth-$93 (regularly $110), adult-$136 (regularly $160), group-$212 (regularly $250). Group passes include two adults ...

9 years ago
A Kansas teen and another farmer have taken top honors at the inaugural National Wheat Yield Contest. The Hutchinson News reports The National Wheat Foundation announced the winners earlier this month. Seventeen-year-old Jagger Borth's winning variety for irrigated winter wheat, WestBred's Grainfield, had a yield of 133.64 bushels an acre. Jagger, of Meade, says an exceptional growing ...

9 years ago
Attorneys for a former Missouri city official sentenced to death in Kansas for killing his estranged wife, their two daughters and his wife's grandmother has asked Kansas' highest court to throw out his conviction. As a Kansas public defender specializing in death-penalty cases, Meryl Carver-Allmond told the Kansas Supreme Court on Friday there's no dispute that ...