9 years ago
A St. Louis police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old VonDerrit Myers Jr. last fall has resigned after police opened an investigation into whether he was drunk when he crashed his squad car. Police spokeswoman Schron Jackson told The Associated Press on Sunday that Officer Jason Flanery struck a parked vehicle Saturday morning and left the scene.  ...

9 years ago
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback says he and many Kansas legislators aren't ready to consider big increases in aid to public schools. Brownback says he first wants to be certain that enough of the money already spent on education is finding its way into the classroom. Lawmakers who expect to work on a new school funding law next ...

9 years ago
Legendary singer / songwriter Gordon Lightfoot is coming to Salina. The cross-country USA tour "Gordon Lightfoot In Concert: The Legend Lives On..." will make a stop in Salina at the Stiefel Theatre this coming spring. Lightfoot has recorded 20 albums and has five Grammy nominations. His songs have been aired regularly for 50 years, earning him ...

9 years ago
A federal lawsuit seeking to prevent an Oklahoma Indian casino from expanding its operations into Kansas has been dismissed after the judge said the court didn't have jurisdiction in the case. The Joplin Globe reports U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree on Friday threw out the lawsuit filed by Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt and the Cherokee ...

9 years ago
A Manhattan woman's Christmas will be a little brighter after she took home the "Sunny Christmas Money" on Saturday. Tamara Spradling was among a group of a dozen finalists who gathered at the Manhattan Town Center as part of the Alpha Media Manhattan "Sunny Christmas Money" radio promotion. She took home the grand prize of $1,996.76 ...

9 years ago
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says about 50,000 people in Kansas had signed up through the federal health insurance exchange as of Dec. 12. Open enrollment runs through Jan. 31, but people who haven't signed up won't have coverage until February. The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/1RZQrwK) reports people who have a "qualifying event" after ...

9 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld the capital murder conviction of a man sentenced to life in prison for shooting two people in Wichita. Marquis J. Marshall was convicted for the 2012 deaths of 22-year-old Zachary Hunt and 79-year-old Henry Harvey. Marshall was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after the state chose ...

9 years ago
A southeast Kansas sheriff says the FBI will pay for damage to a home where authorities unsuccessfully sought a fugitive. Cherokee County Sheriff David Groves told The Joplin Globe (http://bit.ly/1OAMtVV) that the Galena home was damaged when the FBI and local agencies served a search warrant Monday night looking for man being sought on a warrant ...

9 years ago
The University of Kansas will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people wearing holiday sweaters during the first half of the school's upcoming men's basketball game. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the attempt will happen during Saturday's game. University officials say the current record belongs to Loughborough University in Loughborough, ...

9 years ago
Kansas State University is set to spend $6 million more than originally budgeted for the renovation of its student union. The Manhattan Mercury reports that the Kansas Board of Regents approved a request Wednesday to increase the project's budget from $25 million to $31 million. University students voted for the renovations in 2013 to update the food ...

9 years ago
A Lawrence woman accused of fleeing to Europe with her two daughters has been indicted for kidnapping. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Samantha Elmer was indicted Thursday on charges of parental kidnapping, making a false statement on a passport and aggravated identity theft. Prosecutors say Elmer took the girls in October and boarded a flight from O'Hare ...