9 years ago
Three environmental groups want Lawrence to reduce the use of plastic grocery bags by imposing a ban or fining shoppers who use them. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the Sustainability Action Network, the Sierra Wakarusa Group and the Lawrence Environmental Teams United for Sustainability are taking their proposal to a city advisory board next week. California and ...

9 years ago
A Kansas teacher will return to work Monday after being on leave for showing a controversial anti-bullying film to his students. Conway Springs school officials said Friday that Tom Leahy will be allowed back in the classroom with some safeguards in place. The Wichita Eagle reports Superintendent Clay Murphy would not discuss details of the safeguards ...

9 years ago
Lightning struck not once, but twice for the Salina South High School Soccer Team in the state championship game in Topeka Saturday evening. In a stunning upset, South won the state championship. The Cougars, playing against perennial state power and the two-time defending state champion St. Thomas Aquinas Saints from Kansas City, trailed 2-1 late in ...

9 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for a convicted serial killer who stuffed several of the bodies of his female victims into barrels. The ruling Friday in the case of John E. Robinson Sr. marks the first time justices have upheld a death sentence since Kansas reinstated capital punishment ...

9 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Sam Brownback's administration is recommending against granting emergency state aid to most Kansas school districts that plan on seeking funds at an upcoming meeting with lawmakers. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports superintendents were sent a message from the Kansas State Department of Education on behalf of the Division of Budget. The message ...

9 years ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the Pentagon's plan outlining the long-stalled effort to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center, expected next week, includes details suggesting that the Centennial Correctional Facility in Colorado is one suitable site to send detainees whom officials believe should never be released. The plan represents a last-gasp effort by the Obama ...

9 years ago
Kansas National Guard Soldiers will be busy on, and in the days leading up to, Veterans Day. Veterans Day, formerly known as Armistice Day, was originally set as a U.S. legal holiday to honor the end of World War I, which officially took place on November 11, 1918. In legislation that was passed in 1938, November ...

9 years ago
The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism  will auction off surplus buffalo at the Maxwell Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 beginning at 11 a.m. Corrals are located 6 miles north and 1.75 miles west of Canton. Those interested in bidding are encouraged to arrive early to receive a bidder number. The auction is ...

9 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - A Kansas woman has been charged after she fled to Europe with her 9-year-old and 11-year-old daughters. The Douglas County District Attorney's Office says Samantha Elmer was charged Friday with two counts of aggravated interference with parental custody. Authorities say Elmer and the girls were was last seen October 26th in Lawrence. The ...

9 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Governor Sam Brownback's administration is recommending against granting emergency state aid to most Kansas school districts that plan on seeking funds at an upcoming meeting with lawmakers. The Capital-Journal reports superintendents were sent a message from the Kansas State Department of Education on behalf of the Division of Budget. The message says ...

9 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas has slashed its revenue projections, and Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's budget director has announced immediate budget adjustments so the state keeps paying its bills on time. State officials and university economists on Friday issued a new, more pessimistic forecast for state government. The new forecast predicts $354 million less in state ...