12 years ago
Junction City Police say they have arrested a man in connection with a homicide investigation over the weekend. Police say in a collaborative effort between the Riley County and Junction City Police Departments with assistance from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the Kansas City Kansas Police Department, 33-year-old Anthony Stephan Nichols, was arrested ...

12 years ago
Derby High School students who are suspected of being intoxicated at school-sponsored events will now be tested on site. The school bought two AlcoBlow devices to test the students. The device measures the amount of alcohol in the air around a person, rather than requiring someone to blow into it. The district started using the ...

12 years ago
A benefit book sale for the Lawrence Public Library has been canceled by the presence of bedbugs in some donated items. The nonprofit Friends of the Lawrence Public Library announced the cancellation Wednesday. The fall book sale had been scheduled for later this month at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. But a donor called the group last week ...

12 years ago
The University of Kansas is looking at ways to involve more of its academic departments in research on water-related issues. A five-hour workshop scheduled Friday on the Lawrence campus will bring together more than 100 faculty and staff from more than 30 research centers and departments, including social sciences, arts and the humanities. Participants will hear from ...

12 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University is hoping to pack Salina Stadium Saturday evening. The school is inviting all of Salina out for "Community Day". According to the school, Kansas Wesleyan opens the home portion of its football schedule on Saturday when the Coyotes host No. 22 ranked Evangel (Mo.) at 6 p.m., at Salina Stadium. It’s Community Day ...

12 years ago
An Abilene man who intends to run for Congress is planning a town hall meeting this weekend. David Joyce was a member of the Abilene High School class of 1980. He did not graduate with the class, rather earning a GED. He then attended Mercer University in Atlanta, Georgia, and earned a Bachelors Degree in Business ...

12 years ago
A state audit says that the Kansas Department of Commerce mishandled an economic development program and violated state law by extending tax breaks above a statutory cap. Auditors said Wednesday that the commerce department authorized $7.5 million in incentives through the Promoting Employment Across Kansas, or PEAK, program in the current fiscal year. State law caps ...

12 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback says the state will move more quickly than expected to shrink waiting lists for disabled residents who are seeking in-home services. Brownback announced Wednesday that his administration is immediately releasing funds set aside by lawmakers earlier this year to address the waiting lists. Those funds will total $37 million over the next ...

12 years ago
Budget constraints and the need to remodel office space will keep newly confirmed Kansas Court of Appeals appointee Caleb Stegall from taking his seat until January. Chief Judge Thomas Malone announced Wednesday that Stegall will be sworn in Jan. 3. Stegall is Gov. Sam Brownback's chief counsel. Stegall is filling a new 14th seat on the Court ...

12 years ago
Miss Kansas Theresa Vail says she wants to break the stereotype that women with visible tattoos don't compete in pageants. So during the swimsuit portion of the Miss America competition on Tuesday, Vail revealed two tattoos - the Serenity Prayer on her right side and the insignia of the U.S. Army Dental Corps on her ...

12 years ago
A Fort Riley private has been convicted in the stabbing death of another soldier and sentenced to life in prison without parole. A court martial panel at Fort Riley sentenced Pvt. John Hughes Tuesday for the death of 21-year-old Pvt. Thomas Lavrey, of West Seneca, N.Y. Lavrey was found unresponsive in his barracks room at the fort ...