10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Many Republican legislators in Kansas are angry with the state Supreme Court's latest order on education funding. They question the justices' motives and doubt the court will accept any further fixes from GOP lawmakers. Their views prompted Republican legislative leaders to abandon a push to pass further education funding changes Wednesday before lawmakers ...

10 years ago
Children from around the area got hooked on fishing Saturday at Lakewood Park in Salina. "Fishing With a Cop," reeled in 150 kids, who showed up to throw a line into the water. The event is a spin-off from the annual Lakewood Fishing Derby that added the involvement of local law enforcement. On Saturday officers with Salina Police ...

10 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Jackson County judge has decided that a 15-year-old charged in the shooting death of another teenager won't be tried as an adult. The Kansas City Star reports that the defendant faces second-degree murder and tampering charges in the Feb. 15 death of 15-year-old Raytown High School student Jaiair Strong. Witnesses told ...

10 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - A Lawrence man was sentenced to more than 23 years in prison for fatally stabbing a man to death. The Lawrence Journal-World reports 34-year-old Joshua Back was sentenced Thursday for intentional second-degree murder and theft. He was convicted in April of killing 45-year-old Tracy Dean Lautenschlager outside a home in May 2015. The ...

10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The former owner of the Heartland Park Topeka racetrack is suing the city of Topeka for more than $4 million. Jayhawk Racing LLC and Heartland Park LLC allege in the lawsuit that the city breached its contract by not honoring an agreement to purchase the park and assume the plaintiffs' debt. They ...

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LEAWOOD, Kan. (AP) - A federal workplace safety investigation is planned in the case of a man who fell to his death from scaffolding during an apartment renovation site in suburban Kansas City. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration says it will scrutinize the death Friday in Leawood, Kansas, of a Van ...

10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Gov. Sam Brownback has appointed the retired chief financial officer of an advertising and public relations agency to lead a review of the state's revenue-projecting process. Brownback announced Friday that Sam Williams of Wichita will help budget director Shawn Sullivan evaluating the forecasting process. The governor's office also said Williams will help ...

10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A spokeswoman for Gov. Sam Brownback says his staff is looking at shuffling funds within state government to cover a projected short-term budget deficit. But Brownback spokeswoman Eileen Hawley said Friday that budget-balancing measures won't be finalized until officials have a better picture of revenues this month. Tax collections fell $74.5 million short ...

10 years ago
On Monday May 23, 2016, unknown suspect(s) forced entry into a residence located in the 400 block of W. Parsons Road in rural Saline County causing damage to the front and rear door frames of the residence. The suspect(s) then stole a box of checks, numerous bottles of prescription medication and a jewelry box containing miscellaneous pieces ...

10 years ago
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is warning the public to be aware of a drug that has contributed to several accidental drug overdose deaths in the last month. KBI spokesman Mark Malick says the drug, U-47700, is a synthetic opioid analgesic drug that is nearly eight times more potent than morphine. It causes sedation and respiratory ...

10 years ago
A woman has admitted that she killed a Lawrence woman who had given her a place to live. Angelica Kulp pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder and aggravated burglary in a plea agreement that dropped a first-degree murder charge. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Kulp killed 56-year-old Christine Kaplan in July 2014. Police found dozens of stab wounds ...