12 years ago
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and a special prosecutor are looking into an incident involving the Hamilton County sheriff. Details are scarce, but Scott County Attorney John Shirley told The Associated Press the incident involving Sheriff Richard Garza was a "family matter" and that there was no physical violence. Shirley was appointed special prosecutor at the request ...

12 years ago
The State Board of Education has voted to require all Kansas teachers renewing their licenses to submit fingerprints for checks against a state criminal database. Tuesday's 9-1 vote came during a discussion of how to strengthen a law requiring prosecutors to notify the state about criminal convictions of people seeking or renewing teaching licenses. Kansas has been ...

12 years ago
Authorities say a hunter died after he fell into a sinkhole while looking for a deer he believed he shot. Sheriff Ron Long says the hunter fell into the hole in southwest Missouri, which was about 70 feet deep, on Monday evening near Buckhorn. He told his wife earlier that he was going to track ...

12 years ago
A Kansas State Board of Education member who was criticized for using a racial slur has offered to recite Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech at a public discussion. Steve Roberts, a Republican from Overland Park, said Monday he's offered to recite King's famous speech from memory at the event Friday. The ...

12 years ago
Democrat Paul Davis is officially entering the 2014 Kansas governor's race, announcing his plans to challenge Republican Gov. Sam Brownback. Davis, the House minority leader and Lawrence attorney, announced his plans Tuesday through social media. It is Davis' first attempt at statewide office. In an online video announcing his candidacy, Davis says he wants to focus on ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Museum of History now has several personal items that belonged to Tom Leahy Jr., who generations of Kansas children knew either as Major Astro or the weekend movie host in the television show "The Host and Rodney." Leahy, who died in 2010 at age 87, was from Wichita and portrayed Major Astro in ...

12 years ago
Improvements have been made to the access road to Coronado Heights. The Smoky Valley Historical Association owns Coronado Heights. According to the organization, the ¾-mile road to the top of the hill has been graded and smoothed. This will provide visitors with a much more pleasant visit to the Kansas landmark located about 3 miles northwest ...

12 years ago
Kansas farmers have started planting their winter wheat crop at the same time the state's corn harvest has barely begun. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reports that 5 percent of the state's winter wheat has now been planted. That's about the same as last year in mid September and close to the 6 percent average. But the ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Republican Party's central committee is taking a stand against new standards approved by the state Board of Education for teaching math, English and science. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the committee adopted a resolution on the Common Core standards during a weekend meeting. The resolution criticizes the standards because they were developed to be used ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Department of Revenue has made changes at its driver's licenses offices because of the state's proof-of-citizenship requirement for new voters. Secretary Nick Jordan said Monday the agency is now providing additional printed information to people who register to vote at driver's licenses offices if they don't produce a birth certificate or passport or other ...

12 years ago
Officials from DS&O Rural Electric Cooperative Monday celebrated a major project hat has been years in the making. The company, which provides power for 8,300 customers in 3,000 square miles, is planning to build a new headquarters facility. General Manager Donald Hellwig Monday afternoon briefed a group of Solomon and company officials, company employees, and the ...