10 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Next semester the Lawrence Public Schools will introduce a pilot course that relies on free, openly licensed educational resources rather than textbooks. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the district's plan is part of a new U.S. Department of Education campaign called #GoOpen, which encourages states, school districts and educators to use openly licensed ...

10 years ago
Sunday night belonged to Matt Harvey. Monday morning - and now a World Series title - belongs to the Kansas City Royals. After Harvey dominated the first eight innings of Game 5, the Royals broke through to tie the game in the ninth, then scored five runs in the 12th to beat the New York Mets ...

10 years ago
After a thrilling, comeback win Saturday night in New York, the Kansas City Royals find themselves on the brink of their first World Series Championship in 30 years. KC  rallied for three runs in the eighth inning after an error by second baseman Daniel Murphy and stunned the New York Mets 5-3 Saturday night for a ...

10 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Texas man whose identity was stolen decades ago by a convicted child sex offender can't keep a job, pay his bills or support his children. But a case unfolding in Kansas is offering Marcus Calvillo hope of finally clearing his name, after federal prosecutors charged a Kansas inmate with assuming Calvillo's ...

10 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City-area woman who was a victim of "revenge porn" is working to persuade Kansas and Missouri legislators to make the practice illegal. Alecia Clemmons says that after someone posted naked pictures of her taken by a former husband several years ago, she had to move, change her job and ...

10 years ago
A member of a panel discussing renovations of a Wichita State University chapel says she agrees that the chapel should be open to all races and faiths but only if those using the chapel are encouraged to become Christians. Lisa Ritchie was the only opponent of the renovations on the panel, which held a public hearing ...

10 years ago
Have you tried e-mailing one of the Saline County Commissioners lately at their “@saline.org” address?  Did they get it?  Did they read it? On October 25, I e-mailed Commissioners my concerns about proposed by-laws for a newly created committee tasked with reducing the jail population.  My e-mail to [email protected] “bounced back” but I had an alternate. ...

10 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A patient at a state hospital for the mentally ill man has been charged with raping a staff member. Forty-two-year-old Aaron C. Goodman, of Hartford, was charged Friday in Miami County with rape. He is jailed on $250,000 bond. The ...

10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The Kansas Supreme Court says a Shawnee County court incorrectly sentenced a man for battery. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports in a ruling Friday, the Kansas Supreme Court said the Shawnee County District Court improperly assessed a prior conviction of Topeka defendant ...

10 years ago
A judge is considering a request to move the trial for one of five people accused in the shooting death of a Salina high school student. Judge Rene Young heard several motions Friday afternoon from attorneys representing 22-year-old Macio Palacio. Palacio is accused of being the person who fired several shots from a handgun, including one ...

10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court says a Shawnee County court incorrectly sentenced a man for battery. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports in a ruling Friday, the Kansas Supreme Court said the Shawnee County District Court improperly assessed a prior conviction of Topeka defendant Richard Allen Luarks and incorrectly sentenced him to 14 years in ...