12 years ago
More than 12,000 Boy Scouts from the Kansas City region attended a weekend event called Scouting 500 at the Kansas Speedway. The Kansas City Star reports the event at the Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas, included a zip line, go-karts, scuba lessons, remote-control helicopters and lessons on welding, carpentry, archery and more. Scott Boswell of Commerce Trust ...

12 years ago
The University of Kansas has held its 142nd annual commencement ceremony. More than 4,000 students were candidates for graduation this spring, and 12,000 were invited to the commencement ceremony on Sunday. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Kansas University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little told the crowd at Memorial Stadium to "strive to be something bigger than your selfie." Gray-Little ...

12 years ago
The ROTC program at the University of Kansas is graduating its first female combat arms officer since the Pentagon lifted the ban on women in combat. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Madeline Wilcox enrolled in the Army ROTC program at the University of Kansas four years ago when women weren't allowed to be combat officers. So she ...

12 years ago
Addiction treatment specialists say as dozens of tribal casinos popped up throughout the state in the past decade, resources for problem gamblers haven't kept pace. Only 45 certified counselors are available at 12 treatment facilities, but specialists say there should be at least double the counselors. The facilities are often located many miles from where problem gamblers ...

12 years ago
- Authorities have arrested several teenagers in connection with a string of daytime burglaries in Garden City. The Garden City Telegram reports that police, the Finney County Sheriff's Office and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, arrested 10 people Wednesday. The burglaries cost the victims about $36,000. Among items stolen were electronics, jewelry and cash. Most of the ...

12 years ago
The 2014 Walking Tour in downtown turned into a chance for Salinans of all ages to stop and touch 26 new sculptures on Saturday. The works made of steel, glass, and bronze gleamed in the sunshine and touched off conversations on the walkways where they'll stand for the next 11-months during Sculpture Tour Salina 2014. "I ...

12 years ago
A few hundred teachers and education advocates have rallied at the Kansas Statehouse to protest what they view as anti-public school policies from Republican Gov. Sam Brownback. The American Federation of Teachers and the Kansas National Education Association organized Saturday's rally. The protest and other events came on the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's ...

12 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback has filed for re-election, saying that under his watch Kansas has become a lighthouse for the nation. Brownback and Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer filled out the necessary paperwork Thursday morning to ensure that their ticket is on the Aug. 5 Republican primary ballot. They were joined at the Statehouse event by former U.S. Senate ...

12 years ago
An Ellsworth County man is killed in a crash on Friday. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 66-year-old James Thack from Holyrood was driving a Ford F150 pickup truck headed south on 5th Road in rural Ellsworth County. He failed to yield as he crossed K156 Highway, pulled in front of a semi, and was hit. ...

12 years ago
A 19-year-old Lawrence woman has been order to stand trial for the throat-cutting death of a 52-year-old businessman in the home they shared. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Sarah Gonzales McLinn was bound over on charges of first-degree murder and theft following a preliminary hearing Friday. McLinn has never denied killing Harold Sasko, whose body was found ...

12 years ago
First lady Michelle Obama says young people who've grown up with diversity must lead a national fight against prejudice and discrimination. She told high school graduates in Topeka, Kansas, on Friday that the historic Brown v. Board of Education ruling against school segregation is "still being decided every single day." Obama's speech at an event honoring the ...