Balance the budget. Cut income taxes. Extend an unpopular addition to the Kansas sales tax, or cut deeper into the state budget. Add another fret for Kansas Republicans: The 2014 elections.
Jon Stouffer donated his late mother’s collection of Precious Moments figurines to the Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks. Shirley Stouffer died of heart problems in 2007 at age 67, he said, and she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992.
A body believed to be that of the 18-month-old daughter of murder victim Kaylie Bailey was found Saturday in Osage County, Kan., authorities said early Sunday. Lana-Leigh Bailey had been presumed dead, but searchers had been unable to locate her body, despite six days of intensive searching.
The controlled stimulants that many college students seek, if only for a momentary edge, are all standard drugs for treating attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Their misuse, however, is thought to be on the rise at campuses nationwide — creating a potentially serious health hazard and trips to the emergency room for students not diagnosed for ADHD.
Kansas City officials hope a new single-terminal airport will bring in more passengers and flights. Recent terminal projects in other cities show that’s not a sure thing. But some experts say other airports are poised for growth while KCI could get left behind.
Crooks are preying on the prayerful by creating fake Facebook pages in the name of high-profile pastors. The Rev. Adam Hamilton, leader of Leawood‘s Church of the Resurrection, is one of many megachurch ministers nationwide fighting this new Internet scam.
Platte County prosecutors charged two escaped inmates each with 12 felonies in connection with a high-speed chase Friday where they allegedly fired four different times at officers. They remain in the Platte County jail in lieu of $5 million cash bond each.
Charlie Otero, who in 1974 came home to find his family brutally murdered, victims of the BTK serial killer, is back in the Wichita area. He says the move is “one of the easiest and smartest things I ever did.”
Two escapees arrested after hours-long standoff in Clinton County, Mo. The third is captured near Topeka.
After Kansas drivers lose license for non-payment of traffic tickets, they can now apply for restricted license that helps them keep their jobs and pay off fines over time.
Law enforcement officials followed a major crime sweep with home visits to spread the message that violence in Kansas City will no longer be tolerated.
Gov. Jay Nixon threatened to veto a GOP-backed tax cut proposal Thursday, saying it was “fiscally irresponsible.”
A Kansas man suspected of killing three adults and a young child on a farm near Ottawa, Kan., now faces a bevy of murder charges, two of which could bring the death penalty. As the search for the youngest victim’s body continued miles away, Kyle Trevor Flack, 27, made his first court appearance late Friday afternoon.
Authorities acknowledge no other state has such restrictive laws as Kansas when it comes to releasing criminal records.
For 22 years, Jim Mitchell has led the “anatomical donor memorial services” at Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences.
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New Jersey governor and prospective Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie’s struggles to lose weight have become part of his public persona.
About 150 investigators — on foot, horseback and all-terrain vehicles — combed rural Franklin County farmland Thursday looking for the child, whom investigators believe is dead. Charges are expected to be filed Friday against a 27-year-old man in connection with four slayings at the farm.
Fire up the ridin’ lawn mower, we’re headin’ to Walmart! Kansas City has just been named the second-most redneck city in the country. And we’ve got the NASCAR track to prove it, y’all.
A van carrying 10 Burmese refugees slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer. The occupants were on their way to work at a meat-packing plant in St. Joseph.
In a flurry of late-night votes, bills nullifying federal gun laws, banning Islamic law and blocking a U.N. resolution were all sent to the desk of Missouri’s governor.
At a news conference Friday morning, U.S. Attorney Tammy Dickinson will discuss 61 indictments, the fruits of a long undercover investigation into “violent individuals using firearms” by federal agents and Kansas City police.
A House committee Thursday took a step to shift the developmentally disabled in managed care. Some lawmakers say it pits the disabled against each other.
Gov. Sam Brownback's administration overcame fresh resistance from the Kansas Legislature on Thursday to his proposal for an additional $202 million in bonds to help cover higher construction costs for a national biodefense lab that state officials had pursued aggressively.
The nearly $25 billion budget passed Thursday assumes more than $55 million of savings by eliminating tax breaks for low-income seniors and disabled residents who live in rental housing. It would spend the savings on early childhood programs for the developmentally disabled, health care for the blind and medical clinics for low-income people.
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Battling back against tax cuts in neighboring Kansas, Missouri lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to an income tax cut for businesses and individuals that could reduce state revenues by about $700 million annually when fully phased in.
The enrollment effort fell short of the district’s goal, but the district sees enough promise to open the school in fall 2014 after sharing space next school year at Hartman Elementary.
After being threatened with a forced vote on one of their most hated bills, Democrats ended their filibuster of a $700 million tax cut bill.
Missouri is one of 10 states to specify that the ‘tried and true’ investigative tool of deception is not grounds to punish prosecutors for professional misconduct.
