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Immigration reform advocates gathered in Kansas City, Kan., and said contrary to popular rhetoric, most Kansans support immigration reform. Organizers said the town hall meeting Saturday attracted hundreds of people from Kansas, Iowa, Colorado and Rhode Island. After the meeting a group also went to the Wyandotte County home of Kansas Secretary of State Kobach and left ...

12 years ago
A teenage girl suffered serious injuries after her mother accidentally backed over her in south Wichita on Sunday, Wichita Fire officials said. The 17-year-old girl was reportedly lying on the driveway of a home in the 1100 block of South Terrace just before 5:30 p.m. She was listening to headphones and couldn’t hear her mother backing out ...

12 years ago
A 27-year-old Shawnee man has died after he was electrocuted by a downed power line. Nicholas Moeder was in a Kansas City, Kan., park early Sunday when he tripped over the live power line and became entangled in it. Lt. Kelli Bailiff with the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office says a friend tried to pull Moeder away from ...

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A man died after he fell from a moving car in rural Ellis County on Saturday, according to a release from the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office. It happened just after 1 a.m. near 210th Avenue and Mount Pleasant Road–just southwest of Hays. 20-year-old Jordan Schreurs was reportedly riding in a car near the intersection when he fell ...

12 years ago
A couple from McPherson, Kansas died Friday after a crash in southwest Missouri, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report. It happened at about 4 p.m. at the intersection of Missouri State Highways 13 and 248 in Reeds Spring. According to the report Richard Blubaugh, 66, and his wife Dorothy Blubaugh, 60, ran a stop sign ...

12 years ago
Kansas Republican Senator Pat Roberts is setting his sights on raising $5 million in his bid to return to Washington for another six-year term, even with no opposition on the immediate horizon. Roberts isn't taking anything for granted and plans to campaign aggressively statewide over the next 18 months to retain the seat he first won ...

12 years ago
The Republican Party's chairman is asking religious conservatives to support the GOP's plans to expand. Reince Priebus spoke on the final day of the annual Faith and Freedom Coalition gathering in Washington that brought Republicans leaders together with evangelical activists. Priebus said he supports "changing minds, not changing values" after the GOP lost the presidential contest last ...

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A Wichita teacher is facing a misdemeanor charge for carrying a concealed handgun on school premises. The Wichita Eagle reports 31-year-old Daniel C. Nagel was arrested May 20 at White Elementary in Wichita on suspicion of carrying a concealed gun on school property. District officials say Nagel is on paid administrative leave. His first appearance in ...

12 years ago
Wichita school board members will consider banning firearms from school district buildings or district-owned vehicles, except by law enforcement officers. The Wichita Eagle reports the proposed policy is a response to new state legislation that changes concealed carry in public buildings. The new policy set for board consideration Monday would clarify that Wichita schools are gun-free ...

12 years ago
It’s not about how fast you go. It’s about how you run the race. In the Great Race, this is no cliché. Three McPherson College students and a staff member are entering a red-and-white 1957 Ford Fairlane in the annual event. For them, winning really will depend on how they race. Tony DiValentin, junior, Fort Myers, Fla., ...

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Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is still considering action on the state's budget, with a spokeswoman saying a decision is expected over the weekend. Legislators finished work on the budget on June 2, laying out how to spend $14.5 billion in each of the next two fiscal years. The Republican governor has until Sunday by law to ...