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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico | Behind nine points from Eniel Polynice, Ole Miss leads Kansas State 32-30 at halftime at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico.
A Lawrence man was charged this week in a hit-and-run accident on Oct. 16 that killed a 20-year-old bicyclist , Rachel Leek, who grew up in Olathe.
A pregnant woman died this evening after she was shot in midtown Kansas City, and rushed attempts to save her 9-month-old fetus failed.
Authorities returned to an Independence home today to search a backyard shed for more evidence in the Mohler child sex abuse case.
A Basehor man who pleaded guilty to sex charges involving children was sentenced today to 120 months in prison.
A federal judge today sentenced three people who concocted a bizarre scheme to stage a sexual assault in Waldo to boost the payoff of a civil lawsuit.
WICHITA | Prosecutors are opposing a change of venue for the trial of the man who has publicly admitted killing George Tiller to save "unborn children."
JEFFERSON CITY | A teenager accused of killing a 9-year-old neighbor should be sent to a psychiatric hospital because she shows signs of severe depression and anxiety, her attorney said.
KENNETT, Mo. | A black school teacher who claimed white police officers abused and assaulted her agreed Friday to a plea deal convicting her of resisting arrest and disturbing the peace.
Former Attorney General John Ashcroft said today that prosecuting terrorists in federal court in New York City rather than a military tribunal jeopardizes the safety of Americans.
A major storm may affect the beginning of next week's holiday travel. This weekend looks cloudy but nice. And the sun should come out a bit Sunday.
A new on-ramp opened shortly before 2 p.m. today for motorists traveling from Levee Road to northbound Interstate 29/35. It is the fourth of 16 new ramps to open in connection with the Paseo Bridge project, which also includes the widening of I-29/35 northeast of the downtown loop.
Reality: 21,000 extra teens downtown — plus the massive buses that brought them here — means fewer spaces than usual for the rest of us to park. Suggestion: Pay attention to signs.
TOPEKA | The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday upheld Benjamin Appleby’s murder conviction and Hard 50 prison sentence for killing Leawood teen Ali Kemp in 2002. But the court reversed a second conviction — and a 19-year sentence — for attempted rape, saying it would be unconstitutional to convict Appleby twice for the same offense.
Authorities today charged a teen who allegedly shot and killed 20-year-old Taylor Holman on a Midtown Kansas City street. Nathaniel A. Brown, 18, of Kansas City is charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the Sept. 13 homicide.
Buying art is Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art director Bruce Hartman’s favorite pastime. On Thursday he learned he can pick up the pace, thanks to a million-dollar gift from Johnson County philanthropist and art collector Mary Cohen.
A bystander called police after hearing a gunshot and seeing a man limping out of a Northeast area carwash stall Thursday afternoon. When officers arrived, according to their report, the victim said he had been shot in the knee but refused to say who shot him or why.
Facing a budget shortfall, the North Kansas City School District will decentralize its leadership and reduce the number of administrators in its central office, including top management positions. The school board approved the district office reorganization Thursday night at a special meeting called to address budget concerns.
Following an online media report that the University of Kansas was reviewing the performance of Athletic Director Lew Perkins, Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little said today that no such review was underway.
TOPEKA | Labor officials say the Kansas unemployment rate declined to 6.4 percent in October, though an analyst cautions the job market remains weak.
LAWRENCE | The Lawrence Human Relations Commission has voted not to recommend adding gender identity to the city's anti-discrimination policy.
JEFFERSON CITY | A teenager accused of killing a 9-year-old neighbor was sent to a mental hospital after her attorney said she showed signs of severe depression and anxiety.
Missouri's Sean Weatherspoon has been named one of five finalists for the Butkus Award, the honor given to the best linebacker in college football.
If you were going to the Elton John and Billy Joel concert Dec. 1, hold on to those tickets. The Sprint Center show has been rescheduled to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27.
A dump truck driver was found dead Thursday afternoon after his truck veered off a rural, southwest Missouri highway and came to rest in a pond. The crash that killed Ronnie Kimbrough, 67, of Stella was discovered several hours after it happened on Missouri O near Stark City, according to a preliminary report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
An armed robber ran off with money from a Jackson County convenience store Thursday night — but his newfound wealth and freedom didn’t last long. Quick-acting Sheriff’s deputies caught him within two minutes of the 911 call, then took the stolen money back.
Kansas City police will conduct a sobriety checkpoint this weekend at a location in the city known for DUI-related crashes and arrests. The checkpoint will take place after 11 p.m. tonight or Saturday.
TOPEKA, Kan. | An audit in Kansas shows that the National Teachers Hall of Fame lost nearly $251,000 from 2006 through 2008.
LAWRENCE | The top-ranked Jayhawks got back to dominating, blowing out overmatched Central Arkansas 94-44 at Allen Fieldhouse on Thursday.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico | Behind a strong shooting night from Rodney McGruder, the Kansas State basketball team defeated Boston University 80-70 Thursday in its first game of the Puerto Rico Tip-off.
Jackson County sheriff’s deputies arrested a man this evening within two minutes of receiving a call about a convenience store robbery. The crime was reported about 6:30 p.m. at the Little General store, at U.S. 24 and Salem Drive, and the robber was said to be traveling north from the store on foot, said Sgt. Steve Leone of the sheriff’s office. Deputies recovered money after catching the man.
JEFFERSON CITY | Seven emergency responders, including two from the Kansas City area, have been given the Missouri Medal of Valor for savings lives in 2008.
Kansas City police today released surveillance photos of a man suspected of stealing items from GameStop, 906 Westport Road, last weekend. The thefts are thought to have occurred between 4:30 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. Friday or Saturday, police said.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. | An explosion has leveled a house in Springfield and damaged eight others, but authorities say no one was injured.
A 22-year-old man was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Jose Luis Salazar. Wyandotte County District Attorney Jerome A. Gorman charged Cristian Ruiz, of Kansas City, Kan., in the Nov. 15 shooting of Salazar, 28. The victim’s body was found in an alley near 9th Street and Armstrong Avenue.
Two men were charged today with carjacking a vehicle that contained a young child. Charles White, 19, and Frank T. Scharschell, 22, were charged in Wyandotte County District Court with aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, aggravated battery, kidnapping and aggravated endangering a child.
A 33-year-old Kansas City, Kan., man was sentenced to 52 months in prison this morning for a traffic wreck that killed Waynedale Avery. Howard Lewis Jr. pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter in September. Lewis was driving drunk and traveling at a high rate of speed when he struck a utility pole on Parallel Parkway near Victory Drive on Jan. 8, 2007. Lewis’ blood alcohol content was .14, well above the legal limit of .08. The crash killed Avery, who was riding in Lewis’ car.
Congressman Dennis Moore's office has confirmed that it will submit the name of Overland Park attorney Barry Grissom to be the next U.S. attorney for Kansas.
Kansas City homicide investigators are seeking the public’s help in identifying persons of interest who may be connected to a Nov. 4 shooting death. The victim, Maurice West, 20, of Kansas City, was walking with a friend near 116th Street and Holiday Drive about 4 p.m. when two men confronted them. The two groups argued and shots were fired.
A Kansas City man pleaded guilty to federal bank robbery charges today.
A retired State Department worker and his wife accused of a decades-long plot to spy for Cuba pleaded guilty Friday in a deal that will leave him behind bars for the rest of his life but gives her a chance at freedom in six years.
The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.
The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Democratic Sen. Roland Burris for misleading investigators about his maneuvering to get Barack Obama's old Senate seat from the governor who was ousted for trying to sell it.
Marines treated at Camp Lejeune for post-traumatic stress had to undergo therapy for months in temporary trailers where they could hear bomb blasts, machine-gun fire and war cries through the thin walls, according to servicemen and their former psychiatrist.
Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska is a "yes" in a crucial weekend test vote on health care.
Two former county judges accused of taking millions of dollars in kickbacks to send juveniles to private detention facilities are partially immune from civil lawsuits, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled Friday.
The Federal Aviation Administration is blaming an equipment outage this week for delaying 819 flights.
A black school teacher charged with assaulting white police officers, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace has agreed a plea deal with prosecutors convicting her of two misdemeanor counts.
There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his deadly rampage, the chairman of the Senate Armed Forces Committee said Friday.
The U.S. Army said Friday it would open Sarah Palin's appearance on Fort Bragg to media, a reversal from earlier in the week when the military wanted the event closed out of fears it would prompt political grandstanding against President Barack Obama.
New England was expected to see another dreary day, while the Pacific Northwest remains under wintry conditions on Friday.
An independent panel says the United States can extend the life of aging nuclear weapons for decades with existing programs, a finding that activists contend means there's no need for the nation to design replacements for the nuclear arsenal.
As of Friday, Nov. 18, 2009, at least 842 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EST.
A space shuttle is no tinker toy. But is it the most complex machine ever built?
The mother of the man former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol had planned to marry has been sentenced to three years in prison.
A woman who had been charged with child endangerment after almost 370 animals were seized from her Missouri farm has been placed on two years of unsupervised probation.
A judge's decision to move Johannes Mehserle's murder trial to Los Angeles County is a setback for the former transit police officer charged with gunning down an unarmed man on New Year's Day.
The parents of an 8-year-old Liberian girl who was allegedly raped by four boys have been arrested on felony child abuse charges.
Fresh from his weeklong trip through Asia, President Barack Obama is taking time to catch up on dad duty.
A Maui man accused of spying for China is difficult to work with and makes wild exaggerations but is legally able to stand trial, a federal prosecutor asserted Friday.
A 39-year-old Southern California man has been arrested for misdemeanor child annoyance after allegedly paying a teenager $31 to spit in his face. The Ventura County Sheriff's Department says Charles Hersel was arrested Wednesday in a sting operation at a mall in Thousand Oaks. He's free from jail pending a court hearing.
A former Marine has been charged with six counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of four people whose bodies were found in a burning home, including a prostitute featured on the HBO reality series "Cathouse."
Arun Kumar was born to disabled parents, beaten by his grandparents, ran away from home, got a job in a garment factory and had all his savings stolen by the police.
California is investigating several companies suspected of bilking churches nationwide of hundreds of thousands of dollars through fraudulent computer leasing schemes, authorities said Friday.
A retired State Department employee and his wife pleaded guilty Friday to charges that they have been spying for Cuba for decades.
A New York state man has been convicted of reckless endangerment after leaving his 85-year-old father in a car on a hot day and finding him dead three hours later.
A retired State Department employee will spend life in prison without parole after he and his wife pleaded guilty Friday to serving as covert agents for Cuba for three decades.
When federal officials descended on this small South Carolina town to investigate a kickback scheme that had caught up the mayor and another official, they stumbled across a web of corruption they believe is deeper and more widespread through the county.
Norm Olson's genial tone belies his reputation as a radical militiaman, yet here he is, at 63, an affable grandfather explaining why Americans should arm themselves against their government.
Police say they have arrested a third person in the shooting death of an off-duty Las Vegas police officer in his garage.
North Pole elves have good reason to celebrate again, thanks to a decision by the U.S. Postal Service to resume a Santa Claus letter program that's thrilled children from around the world for decades.
Whether he's planning another run for the White House or a bid for senator or governor, or he just misses the spotlight, Rudy Giuliani is suddenly back and talking about the topic that made him a national star - Sept. 11.
A bus carrying 35 elementary school children on an outing has caught fire on a New York City bridge, but the children and their escorts have been rescued.
As the nation's military academies try to recruit more minorities, they aren't getting much help from members of Congress from big-city districts with large numbers of blacks, Hispanics and Asians.
A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.
