The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that it has reached an agreement with a pipeline operator to clean up a spill that dumped 14,000 bathtubs’ worth of crude oil into a rural …
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH
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1/9/23
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The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeals of two brothers who were sentenced to death for four fatal shootings in a soccer field in December 2000 known as “the Wichita massacre.” …
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By JOHN HANNA
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1/9/23
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Democrat Laura Kelly is preparing to be sworn in for a second term as Kansas governor. She is facing a skeptical, Republican-led Legislature and a new, hard-right state attorney general. Kelly and …
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By JOHN HANNA
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1/9/23
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One person died and two people are injured after an SUV being pursued by police crashed into another vehicle early Sunday. Police said the crash happened around 2 a.m. Sunday after officers from …
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1/8/23
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In several red states around the country, conservative officials say it's time to reconsider tenure for university professors. The indefinite academic appointments have faced review from lawmakers or …
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH
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1/8/23
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State investigators are probing what they're calling a homicide at the Lansing Correctional Facility. Kansas Bureau of Investigation officials said in a news release Saturday that the facility …
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1/7/23
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Kansas’ recently reelected Democratic governor and Republican lawmakers are headed for a clash over how their financially flush state should cut taxes as the Legislature prepares to open its annual …
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By JOHN HANNA
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1/7/23
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The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says a lengthy investigation into sexual abuse by Catholic priests in the state has not led to any charges. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt released the KBI's …
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By MARGARET STAFFORD and JOHN HANNA
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1/6/23
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Kansas water experts are warning that farmers and ranchers in the state's western half must stop pumping more water out of a vast aquifer than nature puts back each year or risk an economic collapse …
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By JOHN HANNA
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1/6/23
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The Douglas County District Attorney says she will drop prosecution of a woman who was accused of killing a baby at a Eudora day care in 2016. Carrody Buchhorn, of Eudora, was convicted of …
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1/5/23
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A Kansas prisoner alleges in a federal lawsuit that the state Department of Corrections is not providing him with proper treatment for terminal cancer. Lawyers for 56-year-old John Keith Calvin said …
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1/5/23
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The KDA and K-State Research and Extension (KSRE) will offer virtual workshops Feb. 6 to 10 to assist farmers’ market vendors and managers, and also for those wanting to sell food products directly to consumers.
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1/5/23
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The Shawnee Tribe says it wants to take over ownership of a Kansas historical site that might contain unmarked graves of Native American students. The Shawnee Tribe released an architectural survey …
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1/4/23
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Former Kansas Attorney General Robert Stephan has died. His brother, Don Stephan, told Kansas media Tuesday that the former attorney general died overnight at the age of 89. A cause of death was not …
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1/3/23
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The Kansas Department of Commerce announced Tuesday that $50 million will fund a second round of projects under the Building a Stronger Economy (BASE) grant program.
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1/3/23
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Kansas City Star. December 29, 2022.
Editorial: Kansas Legislature, listen to the people on Medicaid expansion, marijuana and more
The Kansas Legislature will face a long list of to-do items …
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By The Associated Press
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1/3/23
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With temperatures dropping and winter weather arriving in Kansas, the Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) is once again offering its Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) to help families struggling to pay their heating bills during the winter months.
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1/3/23
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Police in Kansas City, Kansas, have identified the man killed last week after a confrontation with police. The man was identified Monday as 53-year-old Thomas Marshall of Kansas City, Kansas. Police …
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1/2/23
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Officials are investigating a fatal police shooting in a Olathe, Kansas, on New Year's Eve. Olathe police said in a news release that an officer shot and killed a 27-year-old man after being called …
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1/1/23
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Associated Press Louisiana Daybook for Saturday, Dec. 31.The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to …
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12/31/22
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