10 years ago
The Kansas Republican Party plans to have a network of lawyers ready to watch voting on Election Day for potential legal problems. The GOP plans to have lawyers on standby, as they watch for what state GOP party director Clayton Barber calls "dubious actions" by Democrats. The newspaper says the plans were detailed in an email ...

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The trial of a Kansas man accused of beheading a man with a guitar string will not be moved out of Osage County. An Osage County judge on Tuesday rejected a request from 30-year-old James Paul Harris to move his trial to another county outside the Topeka news coverage area. Harris is accused of garroting 49-year-old James ...

10 years ago
A former executive with a private company managing part of the Kansas Medicaid program alleges in a federal lawsuit that she was wrongly fired for protesting potentially improper cost-saving measures. Jacqueline Leary filed the suit this week. Leary was fired from her position as vice president for the Sunflower State Health Plan in January. Sunflower is ...

10 years ago
Douglas County authorities say a 64-year-old man has been critically injured after flipping his car to avoid a deer in the road. Thomas Cunningham was injured south of Lawrence on Tuesday. Sheriff's office spokesman Lt. Steve Lewis says Cunningham's vehicle rolled several times after he drove into a ditch. He was flown to Kansas University Hospital. A Kansas ...

10 years ago
A fire damages a soutern Kansas refinery. Flames were shooting out of the roof of the Mag-Plant in Harper County on Tuesday after the fire started in a cooling tower. Emergency Manager Thomas Winter says the area was cleared in about a mile radius until the flames were put out. No injuries were reported. It's unclear what ...

10 years ago
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and Democratic challenger Paul Davis are making funding for Kansas public schools a key issue as their hotly contested race nears its end. Davis was rallying Tuesday evening with teachers at the Statehouse after kicking off a 30-stop campaign tour through eastern Kansas with an event in Iola in southeast Kansas. Brownback's allies ...

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A federal judge has set a new hearing on the lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union challenging the state's ban on same-sex marriage. A court notice filed Tuesday shows the hearing on the ACLU's request for an order forcing Kansas to allow gay marriages is set for 2:30 p.m. Friday before U.S. District Judge ...

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A tiny bobcat that was rescued from a central Kansas oil rig is proving to be a big hit at a northern California wildlife refuge. The Great Bend Tribune reports the little cat, called "Whisper," was brought to the Great Bend-Brit Spaugh Zoo this spring. She was sent in late May to Turtle Bay Exploration Park ...

10 years ago
A construction worker is hospitalized in serious condition after a 3-ton steel beam fell on him at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport. The Wichita Eagle reports the 25-year-old man was alert and responsive when emergency crews arrived shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday. The accident took place at the site where a new parking garage is being built. A spokeswoman ...

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Records from the Kansas attorney general's office show taxpayers spent more than $34,000 in legal fees for the secretary of state's failed effort to force Kansas Democrats to field a candidate for U.S. Senate. Secretary of State Kris Kobach told The Wichita Eagle that's not a lot of money, in litigation terms. The state paid Wichita-based Hinkle ...

10 years ago
The Justice Planetarium at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson will be renovated and upgraded next year, including installation of a new digital project system. The $400,000 renovation will be funded by contributions from the Walter E. & Velma G. Justice Fund for Reno County and from Dave and Dee Dillon. The Hutchinson News reports ...