9 years ago
Kansas Turnpike Authority officials say they are keeping a close eye on traffic between Kansas City and Lawrence out of concern that the recently completed South Lawrence Trafficway could take revenue away from the Turnpike. Authority spokeswoman Jeri Biehler tells the Lawrence Journal-World  increases and decreases in traffic have been observed at toll plazas in that ...

9 years ago
Police are investigating after two people were found shot to death in an SUV on Interstate 70 in Kansas City, Kansas. The Kansas City Star reports  that Kansas City, Kansas, police responded to a car wreck along the highway early Saturday and found a man and a woman dead in the SUV from apparent gunshot wounds. Police ...

9 years ago
Jeff Colyer says his job description as Kansas lieutenant governor requires him to be ready to take over as governor at any time. Legislative leaders in both parties said they've had more contact with Colyer recently than in the past. Senate President and Wichita Republican Susan Wagle told reporters earlier this month that fellow legislators believe GOP ...

9 years ago
A trail linking significant landmarks in Topeka's history and combining public art and education is in the planning stages. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the Freedom's Frontier group will partner with local students from elementary through high school to design interpretive sidewalk murals depicting the stories of at least 10 local sites for the Topeka Heritage Trail. Locations ...

9 years ago
Authorities have identified a 52-year-old man as the person who died of hypothermia over the weekend in western Kansas as temperatures dropped well below zero. The Hutchinson News reports that funeral officials at Dykes Memorial Chapel in Walsh, Colorado, identified the man as Kyle Edward Christiansen. The coroner, Dr. Hubert Peterson, said Christiansen died from hypothermia. The ...

9 years ago
Lucky motorists are being pulled over by Wichita police officers and handed $50 gift cards instead of citations. The Wichita Eagle  reports the gift giving is part of a community-relations project launched by the police department. The giveaway started Wednesday and 29 traffic violators will be given a gift card and a warning to drive safely, instead ...

9 years ago
A University of Kansas official says four Kansas cheerleaders who were suspended from the team after the discovery of a Snapchat photo that mentioned the KKK are no longer with the program. The Kansas City Star reports  that athletic department officials originally became aware of the social media post last month. The photo depicted three men ...

9 years ago
A Kansas environmental group is urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to order the state to impose tighter controls on grass burning in the Flint Hills region. The Lawrence Journal-World  reports the Kansas chapter of the Sierra Club wants the agency to order the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to adopt a mitigation plan to ...

9 years ago
While Republican Gov. Sam Brownback talks about taking a new approach to funding Kansas public schools, educators are hoping lawmakers will return to a familiar per-student formula. Brownback has told reporters he wants a new formula to focus on student performance. But superintendents and local school boards expressed their desire for something more traditional in emails to ...

9 years ago
Child-care providers in Kansas say a state proposal to increase by several hours the training they must receive could mean parents they serve will have to pay more. The providers made that argument Tuesday during a hearing over the proposed Kansas Department of Health and Environment regulations. The department's plan would raise to 16 the number of ...

9 years ago
One of five people charged in the stabbing death of a Wichita man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. KAKE-TV reports that Diego Olivas was sentenced Wednesday for second-degree murder and kidnapping in the death of 42-year-old Moises Arias-Aranda. His body was found near Park City in a vehicle on Christmas Eve of 2015. Court ...