9 years ago
February is all about the Bard at Kansas State University as "First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare" makes its only stop in Kansas for a month of activities celebrating the famous work and marking the 400th anniversary of the man often called the world's greatest writer. "First Folio" is a national traveling exhibition organized ...

9 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Sedgwick County authorities say a 23-year-old man has died after being hit by a car. The sheriff's department says the accident occurred early Saturday morning. Sheriff's Sgt. Lanon Thompson told The Wichita Eagle that emergency crews treated the victim on the scene, but that he died. He says the driver of the vehicle ...

9 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A Topeka man facing charges linked to an explosion in his car that injured his 4-year-old son has pleaded not guilty and waived his preliminary hearing. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that through his attorney, Jacob Daniel Schell entered not guilty pleas on Friday in Shawnee County court to charges, including aggravated battery ...

9 years ago
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) - Sprint Corp. says in state filings that it has given layoff notices to 829 employees at its suburban Kansas City campus in the past three months. The telecommunications company provided the information late Friday in a filing with the Kansas Department of Commerce. The Kansas City Star reports that the notice was ...

9 years ago
Nearly thirty hobbyists received a crash course on the operation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or Drones, at the Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus in Salina on Saturday. The course was presented by faculty, and students,  from the K-State Unmanned Aircraft Systems program. It included a two-hour classroom ground school session, followed by an hour-long one-on-one flights ...

9 years ago
The superintendent of a St. Louis area school district has been named to lead the Topeka school district. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1OOpCa7) that the Topeka Board of Education voted Friday to hire Tiffany Anderson, superintendent of the 2,600-student Jennings School District. Anderson previously led the 10,000-student Montgomery County school district in Virginia. The Topeka Unified School ...

9 years ago
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and his allies are trying to revive their push to remake Kansas' courts by stoking public outrage after recent abortion and death penalty rulings. Brownback has repeatedly advocated overhauling how Kansas Supreme Court justices are selected, potentially giving governors and legislators have more control. He and other prominent conservative Republicans renewed their ...

9 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Kansas man has pleaded guilty to a bomb hoax that caused the disruption at the Kansas City International Airport. David James Cain of Kansas City, Kansas pleaded guilty Thursday to conveying false information. Prosecutors say Cain left his truck parked in front of Terminal B for more than an hour in ...

9 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says he'll ask the state Supreme Court to review a ruling from a lower court that blocks the state from enforcing its first-in-the-nation ban on a common second-trimester abortion procedure. The Republican attorney general said in a statement that Friday's ruling from the Kansas Court of Appeals ...

9 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has received an award from a national anti-abortion group as a court in his state blocked enforcement of the law that prompted the honor. Brownback's office confirmed that he was in Washington on Friday to receive the award from the New York-based National Pro-Life Religious Council. The council honored ...

9 years ago
Weather, work, family commitments, and just sheer luck can have a lot to do with how much time you spend hunting during the season. If you’re looking to end your hunting seasons on a high note, or just want to see your dog work one more time before stowing away your gear, consider participating in ...