11 years ago
Topeka Zoo officials have denied claims by activists that the zoo's two elephants are suffering from lack of social interaction. The animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wrote to Topeka Zoo director Brendan Wiley asking for a meeting to discuss elephants Tembo and Sunda. Rachel Mathews, with PETA's Captive Animals Law Enforcement unit, ...

11 years ago
A Wellington woman accused of stabbing her 10-year-old son to death is set to undergo a second mental evaluation. Lindsey Nicole Blansett will spend 30 to 45 days undergoing psychological testing to determine if she had a mental defect that rendered her incapable of premeditation. She's charged with first-degree premeditated murder and aggravated assault for the ...

11 years ago
A new private school opened its doors for the first time in Salina Wednesday morning. Cornerstone Classical School of Salina held classes for the first time. According to the school, doors opened at 7:30 and school began at 8:00 to an enrollment of 48 students, Pre-school thru 6th grade. Cornerstone is located in the former Franklin ...

11 years ago
A new report finds Kansas is missing out on the manufacturing employment growth the nation is experiencing. The Wichita Eagle reports that the Governor's Council of Economic Advisors released its findings Tuesday. The group says Kansas saw a 0.9 percent decline in manufacturing employment between June 2014 and 2015, losing about 1,400 manufacturing jobs. During that ...

11 years ago
A former state employee claims in a federal lawsuit that she was fired from her job at the Kansas secretary of state's office after she declined to attend prayer services in the office. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Courtney Canfield says in her lawsuit filed in federal court in Topeka that before Assistant Secretary of State ...

11 years ago
Topeka officials have banned electronic cigarettes in enclosed public places. WIBW-TV reports that council members voted 7-2 on Tuesday night to extend the city's ban on indoor smoking to include vaping. The e-cigarettes, which allow nicotine users to inhale vapor, have become increasingly popular substitutes for tobacco cigarettes. But Topeka City Councilwoman Elaine Schwartz says questions remain ...

11 years ago
Authorities say a stun gun was used on a man after he threw bricks at a south-central Kansas law enforcement building and expressed outrage about police shootings. Surveillance cameras at the Law Enforcement Center in Newton captured police officers deploying a Taser on the man Tuesday afternoon. The Newton Police Department said in a Facebook post Tuesday ...

11 years ago
Top Republican legislators are asking Kansas school districts seeking extra state aid to provide information about how they've become more efficient in recent years. Four GOP legislative leaders sent a letter Wednesday to the superintendents of 38 school districts that have applied for extra aid under the state's new education funding law. The districts are seeking ...

11 years ago
A state faculty organization says a University of Kansas business teacher does not warrant academic protection to keep his emails private. Kansas Conference of the American Association of University Professors says in a brief in the case of Art Hall v. the University of Kansas that Hall isn't a faculty member entitled to academic protection. Hall is ...

11 years ago
University of Kansas faculty and staff are embarking next week on a five-city tour of the state to recruit students, and the first community will be Kansas State University's hometown. The university announced Tuesday that it will meet with high school counselors and students throughout the day and hold receptions in the evenings. Students from 157 ...

11 years ago
Convicted national security leaker Chelsea Manning has been found guilty of violating prison rules and will receive three weeks of recreational restrictions at the Kansas military prison where she's serving a 35-year sentence. Manning was accused of having a copy of Vanity Fair with Caitlyn Jenner on the cover and an expired tube of toothpaste, among ...