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From an early age Will Jones, 43, was told, “You will be a college graduate.” Some may have taken that for granted, but for somebody like Jones who grew up in Kensee Hollow, Kentucky, the son of parents who dropped out of school, his mother in the eighth grade and father in the ninth grade, ...

10 years ago
PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) - A suspect being pursued by police in southeast Kansas died after the vehicle he was in crashed. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the chase began early Saturday in Pittsburg. The patrol says the vehicle being pursued was fleeing police officers when his SUV left the roadway and struck a utility pole and ...

10 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - A 39-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, detective fatally shot this week has been remembered by friends and colleagues as a hero. Detective Brad Lancaster died Monday after he was shot when he responded to a call. Hundreds attended Lancaster's Saturday funeral service, which included remarks by Mayor Mark Holland and Police Chief Terry ...

10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Secretary of State Kris Kobach, State Treasurer Ron Estes and an anti-abortion leader will be part of the Kansas delegation to the Republican National Convention this summer. The GOP State Committee on Saturday selected the last 25 of the state's 40 delegates to the convention in July in Cleveland. Kobach was the most ...

10 years ago
A small SUV careened down an embankment in a dramatic three-vehicle crash in South Salina Saturday evening. The crash happened in the 1200 block of E. Cloud Street, in front of the east entrance to the Dillons grocery store parking lot. Witnesses told KSAL News at the scene that a small SUV was headed west on Cloud ...

10 years ago
The University of Kansas Senate is organizing a committee to research and propose a policy to uphold freedom of speech at the school. The Lawrence Journal-World reports (http://j.mp/1X1LhCA) the committee, which was recently approved, will form this summer and work through the next academic year. The committee was proposed by outgoing University Senate President Mike Williams, an ...

10 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - A 20-year-old caregiver faces state charges accusing her of hitting and confining two mentally challenged men in her care. The Lawrence Journal-World reported Friday that Brooke Tiara Shinn of Topeka was arrested last month and faces felony charges of mistreatment of a dependent adult and aggravated battery, as well as a misdemeanor ...

10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Public defenders have withdrawn from representing a Topeka man who pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges and admitted to plotting to bomb a northeast Kansas military installation. Defense attorney Melody Brannon said Friday during a brief federal court hearing that a potential conflict of interest had developed with 21-year-old John T. Booker ...

10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - State agencies, cities and counties in Kansas will not be allowed to bar workers from carrying concealed guns while performing duties outside their offices, starting in July. Republican Gov. Sam Brownback signed a gun-rights bill this week that includes the provision affecting government workers. Agencies still could limit the carrying of concealed ...

10 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - The University of Kansas has put James Naismith's original rules of basketball on display at the new DeBruce Center, which was built to house the historical two-page document. The 32,000-square-foot, $21.7 million DeBruce Center is the permanent home for "The Original 13 Rules of Basket Ball," which Naismith wrote in 1891. The ...

10 years ago
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - Newly released court documents allege that a Manhattan homicide suspect killed a 3-month-old girl. The Manhattan Mercury reports that 25-year-old Andrew Gibson is jailed on first-degree murder and child abuse charges in last week's death of a 3-month-old baby. Bond is set at $500,000. The affidavit says that a series of bruises and ...