11 years ago
The flagship organization of the political network backed by billionaires Charles and David Koch (kohk) is ditching campaign ads and building an army of conservative activists to shape the final days of the midterm elections. Americans for Prosperity has sent more than 500 workers into 35 states in the past few years to shape how voters ...

11 years ago
Two suspects are jailed in the death of a Pittsburg State University student. The 21- and 24-year-old suspects were arrested Friday on suspicion of first-degree murder in the death of 20-year-old Taylor C. Thomas and several other felonies. The Joplin Globe reports that both suspects are from Pittsburg. An autopsy showed that Thomas died of a single ...

11 years ago
Allies of Democrat Paul Davis are criticizing a new television ad in the Kansas governor's race highlighting Davis' presence at a strip club near Coffeyville during a 1998 meth raid. Davis' backers had a teleconference Friday to decry the Republican Governors Association ad. Davis' campaign labeled it a "disgusting" smear. The RGA and Republican Governor Sam Brownback's ...

11 years ago
The Kansas City Royals' extra-innings victory in the AL Championship Series opener averaged 5.9 million total viewers - up 9 percent from last year's comparable game. The Royals won 8-6 in the 10th inning Friday night in Baltimore. Kansas City and Baltimore are the two smallest markets in ALCS history. The telecast peaked with 6.8 million viewers ...

11 years ago
Relatives of four people slain 14 years ago in a Wichita field have formed an organization opposing the retention of two of the Kansas Supreme Court justices who overturned the killers' death sentences. The Wichita Eagle reports that Kansans for Justice wants voters to remove justices Lee Johnson and Eric Rosen from the court in November. ...

11 years ago
A Michigan man has bought a World War II plane that has been housed at a Topeka museum for the past 20 years. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the buyer plans to make the O-46 aircraft fit to fly again. The plane recently was moved from the Combat Air Museum to the nearby American Flight Museum ...

11 years ago
A Kansas judge who cleared the way for a gay marriage in the state's most populous county says he doesn't regret his action. But Chief Johnson County District Court Judge Kevin Moriarty says some of his colleagues disagreed with him. An administrative order from Moriarty led the court clerk's office issued a marriage license Friday to a ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court has blocked the state's most populous county from issuing marriage licenses to gay couples, hours after the first one was issued under an order from a lower-court judge. The Supreme Court issued a three-page order in response to a petition filed by Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt. The high court said it ...

11 years ago
Kansas' attorney general has asked the state Supreme Court to block same-sex marriage licenses, hours after a court office in the state's most populous county issued one, believed to be the first in the state, to a gay couple. The petition asks for an immediate order blocking the licenses, saying a judge exceeded his authority ...

11 years ago
A fugitive has prompted officials in Ellsworth to change the location of a high school football game. Officials tell KSAL News that the Friday night game between Ellsworth and Southeast of Saline which was scheduled to be played in Ellsworth will instead by played at Southeast of Saline in Gypsum. The game change comes after schools ...

11 years ago
Police in Wichita have arrested a suspect in the rape of a 100-year-old woman during a break-in at her home. The Wichita Eagle reports the 35-year-old man was being held Friday in the Sedgwick County Jail on suspicion of rape and aggravated burglary. Police have not released the man's name. But jail and court records list him ...