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A parole hearing is planned for next month for a Kansas inmate who fatally injured her 5-month-old nephew nearly 17 years ago. Crystal J. Jasper, now 36, was convicted of first-degree murder in the March 1998 abuse death of Lance Jasper. She was caring for Lance and a niece when the boy was hurt at a ...

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Bus tours and educational programs are among the activities that are planned in Kansas to celebrate National Bald Eagle Month. Two events are planned for Jan. 24. At Kaw Valley Eagles Day at Free State High School in Lawrence, participants can dissect owl pellets and go on eagle-viewing field trips. At Raptors Day at Schlagle Library ...

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A New York man traveling across the nation on a bicycle has stopped in Lawrence, Kansas, to volunteer his time and services. Courtney Bibb started the trip that's expected to last six months in October, and has planned to stop at 20 cities to volunteer at different charities and organizations. He recently rolled into Lawrence, which ...

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Kansas legislators convene next week facing a massive budget deficit and a court mandate to sharply increase funding for public schools. A projected budget shortfall of more than $710 million for the current budget and the fiscal year that begins in July arose after aggressive personal income tax cuts engineered by Gov. Sam Brownback. Lawmakers are challenged ...

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A week of celebration in Salina is planned to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Kansas Wesleyan University has been chosen to host this year’s Salina community-wide Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Sunday, January 18th at 3:30 in the afternoon at Sams Chapel. According to the school, it is the second ...

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A coalition of supermarket and convenience store chains want Kansas lawmakers to let them sell stronger booze. The Wichita Eagle reports that retired Kroger Co. chairman and chief executive David Dillon is leading the latest effort. Kroger is the parent company of Dillons stores. Past legislation has faltered, largely because of its potential to drive existing licensed ...

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A 21-year-old man has been charged with fatally shooting an 18-year-old man as he was driving, causing him to crash into a Topeka home. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Kelsey Lee Fairchild, of Overbrook, was charged Friday in Shawnee County with alternative counts of first-degree murder in the death of Colton Chad Christenson. Other charges against ...

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Prosecutors have learned that Kansas welfare officials were contacted 17 times before police removed a 14-year-old girl who weighed just 66 pounds from her home. The Wichita Eagle reports that the Kansas Department of Children and Families initially provided prosecutors information about nine allegations of abuse or neglect. But prosecutors, acting on questions raised by The ...

11 years ago
Police say three suspects and a business owner have been injured by gunfire in a botched robbery at a suburban Kansas City gun shop. Shawnee, Kansas, police Maj. Dan Tennis says four people tried to rob She's A Pistol Friday afternoon. Three were shot. Two of them were critically injured. Another had less-serious wounds and was ...

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A Kansas board won't reinstate a doctor after concluding she kept inadequate records about young patients whom she referred for late-term abortions. The State Board of Healing Arts on Friday upheld its 2012 revocation of the license allowing Dr. Ann Kristin Neuhaus of Nortonville to provide charity care. The board previously said she performed substandard mental health ...

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Authorities say two men have been killed and two others wounded in a shooting in southeast Wichita. KAKE-TV reports that the shooting happened around 1:30 a.m. Saturday outside a bar called The Place. Police say that when officers arrived, three wounded men were in the parking lot and were taken to a hospital. A fourth wounded man ...