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Police in Topeka say a driver involved in an accident that killed an 85-year-old motorcycle rider told officers he was looking at his CD player just before the collision. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports it paid $5 to the city's Police Department Thursday for a copy of the report on the Sept. 12 accident. The report quotes the ...

11 years ago
A new report shows Kansas job growth is lagging well behind the nation but predicts the employment outlook will be better next year. Wichita State University's Center for Economic Development and Business Research on Thursday released its employment forecast for the Kansas and the Wichita metropolitan area. It shows that while employment nationwide grew by 1.9 percent ...

11 years ago
The Kansas State University Bulk Solids Innovation Center, which broke ground in July, is already creating momentum toward its project goals. The innovation center has garnered $2.4 million in equipment donations, the facility's foundation is currently being poured and the job description for a full-time research manager is being finalized. "It is absolutely thrilling to ...

11 years ago
Cooler, wet weather is on the way. According to the National Weather Service, showers and thunderstorms will develop as the day progresses on Thursday, dropping heavy rain in some areas. As the main storm system approaches this afternoon and evening, widespread showers and thunderstorms are expected to spread. Rainfall may be heavy at times, with totals ...

11 years ago
Kansas authorities are searching for a man who they say led officers on a chase that reached speeds of more than 100 mph. Reno County Sheriff Randy Henderson says that the 26-year-old suspect is armed and dangerous. He says the man on Wednesday led law enforcement officers from the county, Hutchinson and the Kansas Highway Patrol ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Department of Transportation says teenagers will be coming to the Statehouse to participate in a quick-click buckling-up challenge as part of a traffic safety event. Friday afternoon's event on the south side of the Capitol is part of KDOT's Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day. The challenge involves teams of teenagers racing to unbuckle their ...

11 years ago
A Wichita couple who left their 18-month-old son in an apartment closet have been sentenced to one year of probation. 18-year-old Destiny Lee and 19-year-old Donivan Turner pleaded guilty to misdemeanor child endangerment charges. A maintenance worker repairing an air conditioner in May found the boy inside a closet in the couple's apartment. Police say the temperature ...

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Two women who are seeking the first same-sex marriage license in the most populous county in Kansas say they already feel married because they've been together nine years. Angela and Jennifer Schaefer, of Gardner, went to the Johnson County Courthouse in Olathe on Wednesday to sign up for a marriage license. They did so shortly after Johnson ...

11 years ago
Three-term Republican Sen. Pat Roberts is insisting that his stronger-than-expected independent opponent is a liberal Democrat in disguise. But Greg Orman has donated to both Democrats, including Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Republicans, such as former Sen. Scott Brown. Orman pitched domestic policy ideas during the debate that both parties have championed, and again refused to say which ...

11 years ago
Democratic challenger Paul Davis is proposing to reverse a piece of Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's overhaul of the Kansas Medicaid program opposed by some advocates for the mentally disabled. The plan Davis outlined Wednesday during a Statehouse news conference would end three private health insurance companies' management of in-home support services for the mentally disabled. Brownback's administration ...

11 years ago
A judge in a northeast Kansas county has ordered it to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples following actions earlier this week by the U.S. Supreme Court. Johnson County Chief District Judge Kevin Moriarty issued the order Wednesday, saying the order was meant to avoid confusion about the legal climate surrounding same-sex marriages. The U.S. ...