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A semi collides with a Kansas Highway Patrol car, injuring a trooper. According to WIBW Radio , the crash happened just before 8:00 Thursday morning in the Topeka area. The semi struck the KHP car, which was parked near a construction area at US 24 Highway and Menoken Road. The 24 Highway was closed between Menoken Road ...

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K-State Salina is becoming "K-State Proud" on Friday. According to the school, K-State Proud is a Kansas State University student-led fundraising campaign that was established in 2007. Students, faculty, staff and members of the community are encouraged to stop by the information table at the College Center in Salina from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to make ...

12 years ago
Two teens are hurt in a crash near Abilene caused by the wind. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 17-year-old Kade Stroud of Abilene was driving a Chevrolet Prizm west on Interstate 70. A strong gust of wind caught the car, pushing it out of its lane. Stroud over-corrected. The car slid into the median and ...

12 years ago
A former NASA astronaut who helped put the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit now uses the images it captures to conduct research at the University of Kansas. Physics and astronomy professor Steven Hawley first researched an abnormal planetary nebula called Tololo 26 as a young astronomer, before ever venturing beyond earth. Besides helping to put the ...

12 years ago
Over 100 weather professionals from three states gathered Wednesday to discuss weather related issues. The National Weather Service office in Wichita organized the 2014 Integrated Warning Team gathering. Meteorologists from National Weather Service offices in Kansas and Nebraska participated, along with emergency management personnel and media from around Kansas and educators from Oklahoma. The event ...

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The Kansas attorney general's office has spent slightly more than $1 million on outside attorneys defending anti-abortion laws enacted in the past three years. Attorney General Derek Schmidt's office disclosed the figures Wednesday at the request of The Associated Press. The costs include $179,000 in attorneys' fees and expenses associated with federal and state lawsuits filed ...

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A judge has set an evidentiary hearing next month on requests by Kansas and Arizona for a court order forcing federal election officials to modify voter registration forms to require proof-of-citizenship documentation for their residents. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren on Wednesday scheduled a two-day hearing beginning Feb. 11 in federal court in Wichita. The hearing comes ...

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Anti-abortion leaders have told hundreds of people at the Kansas Statehouse that history is on the side of abortion opponents as they work to eventually end the procedure nationwide. The rally Wednesday marked the 41st anniversary of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion across the nation. Since then, abortion opponents have enacted restrictions on ...

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Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says reviewing the state's birth records will allow election officials to remove 7,700 people from the list of voters whose registrations are on hold for failing to meet a proof-of-citizenship requirement. Kobach told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he expects registrations for the new voters to be validated by ...

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Kansas Chief Justice Lawton Nuss is thanking legislators for passage of a pay increase for certain non-judicial employees, hoping that the deal leads to resolution of other funding needs. Nuss says Wednesday during his annual State of the Judiciary address that a measure passed earlier in the day by the House would provide some salary increase ...

12 years ago
The Provost at Kansas Wesleyan University is retiring. According to the school, Dr. A. Wayne Lowen, Executive Vice President and Provost at Kansas Wesleyan University, has announced his plan to retire from his position at the end of June 2014. Dr. Lowen has ably led the university’s academic areas since his appointment in July 2010. During ...