11 years ago
Pope Francis is wishing for a better world, with peace for the land of Jesus' birth, for Syria and Africa, as well as for the dignity of migrants and refugees fleeing misery and conflict. In his Christmas message today, the pope spoke from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica to tens of thousands of people ...

11 years ago
A northeast Kansas sheriff says a man has drowned at Milford Lake after his boat capsized while duck hunting. Geary County Sheriff Tony Wolf declined to identify the man who drowned Tuesday other than to say he was a member of the military. KJCK reports a second man on the boat was able to make it safely ...

11 years ago
Faculty members at Kansas State University want the Kansas Board of Regents to repeal a social media policy devised after criticism about a Kansas journalism professor's anti-NRA tweet. The regents approved the policy last week allowing university officials to fire faculty and staff who post social media messages that conflict with the institution's best interests and ...

11 years ago
The former director of a northeast Kansas animal shelter has pleaded not guilty to stealing $40,000 from the shelter where she worked for seven years. Lisa Junghans entered her plea Monday in Geary County District Court. Her attorney sqys that the state will have a hard time proving she did anything wrong. Junghans began working at the ...

11 years ago
Infant twins have died in a house fire in south-central Kansas. Police in Pratt say the infants died Monday afternoon in the fire at their home. Emergency crews called to the home found the twin's mother outside covered in smoke and soot. She's been hospitalized with fire-related injuries. Pratt police say the two babies were pronounced dead ...

11 years ago
Roads around Kansas are filling with holiday travelers. According to AAA Kansas, 94.5 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the year-end holiday season, an increase of 0.6 percent from the 94 million people who traveled last year. Nearly 30 percent (29.7) of all Americans will take a trip this holiday, with ...

11 years ago
Rolling Hills Zoo lost a very special animal Monday. According to the zoo, Chanda the female Amur tiger, died Monday from renal failure. She was 17 years old. Chanda was born at the Minnesota Zoo on May 9, 1996. She came to Rolling Hills Zoo on June 2, 2004 at the age of eight. Chanda was ...

11 years ago
A federal judge has explained her reasons for continuing to detain a man accused of plotting a suicide bombing at a Wichita's Mid-Continent Airport. U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen Humphreys issued a written detention order Monday against Terry Lee Loewen following last week's detention hearing. The 58-year-old avionics technician is charged with attempted use of a weapon of ...

11 years ago
Members of the Kansas Board of Regents plan to ask lawmakers to support the board's long-range plan to increase the number of Kansans with education beyond high school. Regent Vice Chairman Kenny Wilk told The Lawrence Journal-World reported heplans to put together a resolution for the Legislature to consider when the 2014 legislative session starts in ...

11 years ago
A legal challenge over whether Kansas will create a dual voter registration system has moved to federal court. The Equality Kansas lawsuit seeks to block Secretary of State Kris Kobach from creating a dual registration system, arguing it would violate voters' rights to equal protection. The American Civil Liberties Union is representing the group and voters. U.S. ...

11 years ago
Dozens of seasonal employees at the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism were laid off the week before Christmas. Department spokesman Ron Kaufman said Monday 75 seasonal KDWPT employees were told last week that their last day of work for the department was Friday. He said they'd receive their final paycheck in early January. Seasonal ...