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Kansas City fights to keep Marine data center...
It takes a lot to pull together a bipartisan, bi-state effort on anything these days, but Kansas City may have found just the issue. New Orleans wants to take the Marine data center that's been here since 1967.
Kansas is not flat in these true tales
Asked to describe anything about the state of Kansas, the adjective "colorful" isn't what most people would choose. And they would be so wrong, says writer Diana Lambdin Meyer.
Kansas City Chiefs hire Brian Daboll as offensive...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Kansas City Chiefs hired Brian Daboll as the team's new offensive co-ordinator Monday, bringing in a familiar face for new head coach Romeo Crennel.
Relax in the Great Outdoors at Kansas City Airport...
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Experience the newly renovated Grand Pavilion when you stay at the Kansas City Airport Marriott. The hotel in Kansas City, Missouri , recently finished construction ...
Missouri Tigers, Kansas Jayhawks Redux Continues:...
As a University of Missouri alum, I still can't get over the stunning victory Feb. 4 against the Kansas Jayhawks at home in Columbia. The final three minutes of the game were probably the most exhilarating I've experienced as a Tigers' basketball fan.
Kansas City's attractions making noteworthy lists
Kansas City is not just a place where people work and live, it has also become a top destination according to travel experts around the world.
Hollywood Casino Opens New Facility at Kansas...
Hollywood Casino opened its newest location to great fanfare. The casino now has a location next to the Kansas Speedway. NASCAR stars Clint Bowyer and Kasey Kahne were on hand for the grand opening festivities. Though it just opened on Friday, February 3, 2012, there are already...
Denmon, No. 4 Mizzou edge No. 8 Kansas
Denmon, No. 4 Mizzou tied atop Big 12 with three-point win over No. 8 Kansas.
Texas A&M blows lead in loss to Kansas State
Texas A&M blows lead in loss to Kansas State Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 05:26 p.m., Saturday, February 4, 2012 - Will Spradling had a career high 19 points, Angel Rodriguez scored all 13 of his points in the second half and Kansas State rallied for a 64-53 victory ...
Kansas women stumble at A&M
Defending national women's basketball champion Texas A&M is playing itself into Big 12 contention, while Kansas University is quickly falling out of it.
Kansas governor's big agenda is off to a slow...
With just a year under his belt, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has proposed a 2012 legislative agenda that's already been labeled the nation's most ambitious for any state. Some lawmakers are recoiling from it, calling it too much too fast. Others are praising it as a bold, new conservative vision.
Kansas can't hold an eight-point, late-game lead
Until the final three minutes, Kansas played the game coach Bill Self deemed necessary to win at fourth-ranked Missouri. Missouri made every play and Kansas made none down the stretch.
Kansas Speedway hits the jackpot with Hollywood...
The visionaries who breathed life into Kansas Speedway more than a decade ago dreamed that the racetrack would give rise to a surrounding megaplex of retail chains and restaurants as well as sports and entertainment options.
Kansas-Missouri Preview
Any time Kansas comes to town, it's a big deal for Missouri. It seems a bit bigger this time around. The border rivalry that dates to the Teddy Roosevelt administration is about to be shut down indefinitely as Missouri leaves for the Southeastern Conference. Oh, and both schools are in the top 10, too.
Casino opens at Kansas Speedway
The ownership of Kansas Speedway is gambling on a new casino overlooking Turn 2 to generate interest, drive ticket sales and increase revenue during a sluggish time for motorsports.

Preliminary hearing today for two men accused of killing Hutchinson woman
A preliminary hearing is scheduled today for two men charged with killing a 27-year-old Hutchinson woman. Billy Joe Craig Jr., 48, and Charles Christopher Logsdon, 32, are charged with first-degree murder in the death last June of Jennifer Heckel. The judge in Reno County court has to determine if probable cause exists that Craig and Logsdon committed the crime. If he finds probable cause, the case moves to trial and a date is set for arraignments, when pleas will be entered. Heckel was shot to death in her home on the north side of Hutchinson. Her 5-year-old son was in the home when the shooting occurred and alerted neighbors.Read more
Residents allowed to return to homes after...
About a dozen homes around the Arlington Co-op grain elevator in Reno County were temporarily evacuated today as firefighters tried to extinguish a fire that was touched off by an explosion that occurred shortly before 7:30 a.m. in the headhouse. Residents were allowed back inside their homes tonight after officials determined that another explosion was unlikely.Sheriff Randy Henderson said two employees were on site at the time of the explosion, and one was transported to the burn unit of Via...
Hutchinson woman pleads no contest in baby's hair...
A Kansas woman who left a hair dryer running to warm her infant daughter on a freezing night has pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter in the baby's death.Brigit Hippen, of Hutchinson, had been scheduled to go on trial Tuesday for a second time on a charge of second-degree murder. Instead, she pleaded to the lesser charge in Reno County District Court.KWBW-AM reports ( http://bit.ly/xbEUM8) that Hippen faces roughly three to 11 years in prison. She'll be sentenced Feb. 24 - two years...
Kan. man gets year in jail for 9th DUI conviction
A Hutchinson man has been sentenced to a year in jail for his ninth conviction for driving under the influence.The Hutchinson News (http://bit.ly/s8aEAz) reports 48-year-old Percy Seamster apologized Friday to Reno County District Judge Trish Rose for his "stupidity."His public defender had asked for a minimum 90-day jail sentence for the felony conviction, noting he had never failed to appear in court.Read more
Man arrested in fatal Hutchinson stabbing
Police today said they have arrested a man in the fatal stabbing of a 23-year-old man Wednesday night.At about 8:49 p.m. Wednesday, officers were dispatched to a report of a stabbing in the 100 block of East Carpenter and found 23-year-old Allen M. Frank with a stab wound to his abdomen, the Hutchinson Police Department said in a statement today.Reno County EMS took Frank to Promise Regional Medical Center, and he was transported by air ambulance to Via Christi on St. Francis, where he was...
S. Hutch man pleads guilty to rape of child
A 31-year-old South Hutchinson man has pleaded guilty to raping a 9-year-old girl and now faces a possible sentence of life in prison. Jacob Ridley, who appeared Thursday afternoon before Reno County Magistrate Judge Randall McEwen, also pleaded guilty to aggravated criminal sodomy of a child. The crimes occurred April 30, and Ridley was arrested on a warrant May 25 at the Kay County Jail in Newkirk, Okla., according to an arrest report from the South Hutchinson Police Department. Read more
Murder charges filed in death of Hutchinson woman
At 27, Jennifer Heckel had a good job and a nice home in Hutchinson that she shared with her husband and 5-year-old son.But on the evening of June 14, she became the victim of a violent tragedy, authorities allege, when robbers targeting someone else went to her home by mistake. One of them shot and killed her while her son was in another room and her husband was working out of town."Jennifer Heckel was as innocent a victim as you get," said Reno County District Attorney Keith Schroeder. Read...
Mistrial declared in Kansas baby death case
The second-degree murder trial of a Kansas woman who used a hair dryer to warm her 3-month-old daughter on a cold night has ended with the jury unable to agree on a verdict.A mistrial was declared Friday in Reno County District Court for 20-year-old Brigit Hippen, who was 18 when her daughter died in February 2010 in their Hutchinson apartment. The Hutchinson News reports ( http://bit.ly/pQqHgz) the jury had begun deliberations Thursday after hearing Hippen's testimony.Hippen's daughter, Karina...
Ex-Arlington official gets life term in sex case
A judge has sentenced a former south central Kansas city councilman to life in prison without parole for at least 25 years for sex crimes involving a 7-year-old girl, despite pleas for leniency from relatives and supporters.Shane Zink, 37, a former Arlington city councilman was sentenced Thursday for six counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and eight counts of sexual exploitation of a child, The Hutchinson News reported ( http://bit.ly/nMfI0z).Although Reno County District...
Reno County food banks to give away produce Friday
Food banks in central Kansas will be giving out free produce to families in need today.The Hutchinson News (http://bit.ly/mYVyWz) reports that the Kansas Food Bank and Reno County Food Bank will distribute fresh produce beginning at 1 p.m. at the Reno County Food Bank. The produce will include peaches, plums, nectarines and potatoes and will be handed out on a first-come, first-served basis.The Kansas Food Bank released information recently showing that in Reno County, 13.6 percent of the...
Valentine diners keep serving history
HUTCHINSON — The old Valentine diner has seen better days.It sits hidden beside a tree row at Loda Center — a spot in the road just south of Arlington in Reno County. The windows are boarded and a rope across the drive wards off trespassers.Back in the 1940s, its first owners served up hamburgers and fries in Kingman. But somewhere along the way, the business closed, and eventually the structure ended up parked at the deserted farmstead.Read more
Feds look into truck driver killed in Amtrak crash
Authorities plan to look into the driving and medical records of the semitrailer driver who died when the truck slammed into an Amtrak train, killing a train crew member and injuring dozens of passengers.Peter Knudson, a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board, said they also will look at autopsy results to determine whether the driver had consumed any drugs around the time of the collision Friday.The big rig plowed into the California-bound train at a crossing in a rural area...
Kansas State Fairgrounds hoping funds will lure...
The Kansas State Fairgrounds is hoping a $10,000 financial incentive will help in its efforts to court the 2013 summer convention of the Family Motor Coach Association, which leaders say would bring more than 6,000 visitors to Hutchinson.The Hutchinson News reports the fair is planning to contribute $2,500 to the incentive and is seeking the same from Reno County, the city of Hutchinson and the Greater Hutchinson Convention and Visitors...
Man convicted of murder, kidnapping in Hutchinson
A Hutchinson man was convicted in the death of another man in what prosecutors say was a revenge killing.Reno County jurors on Monday convicted 26-year-old Anthony Waller of first-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping in the April 2010 death of 33-year-old Joshua Haines.District Attorney Keith Schroeder says Waller lured Haines to an apartment for a supposed drug deal. When Haines arrived, he was ambushed, beaten and tied up. His body was found several hours later in his car.Read more
Attempt at stealing Kan. ATM fails
Reno County authorities have been investigating an attempted theft of an ATM machine.Reno County Sheriff Randy Henderson said in a release that someone driving a pickup truck backed up to the ATM at the Citizens National Bank in Arlington early Saturday. Henderson said the suspect tied a cable to the ATM and tried twice to pull the machine from the bank, but failed both times.Bank employees discovered the damaged ATM and called police.Read more
Prosecutor adds charge for Kan. killing suspect
Prosecutors have added a kidnapping charge for a Hutchinson homicide suspect after a co-defendant was acquitted of murder.Anthony Waller already had been charged with first-degree murder and aggravated robbery in the April 2010 beating and strangulation death of 33-year-old Joshua Haines.The Hutchinson News reported that Reno County prosecutors added the aggravated kidnapping count Friday.Read more
Activists criticize BLM director
RENO, Nev. -- Wild horse activists are criticizing U.S. Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey's plans to attend a Las Vegas conference conducted by groups supporting the slaughter of the animals for human consumption.read more
Woman robs South Hutchinson bank
Reno County authorities are looking for a woman who held up the Bank of Kansas in South Hutchinson this afternoon.Reno County Undersheriff Sheldon Stewart said the woman, who appeared to be in her 40s, held up the bank at 2:46 p.m. before escaping through an alley in a silver car.The woman, who is white, weighs 180 to 190 pounds, and is 5-feet-4-inches to 5-feet-7-inches tall, escaped with an undisclosed amount of case.Read more
State happy with performance of Boot Hill Casino
Dodge City Mayor Kent Smoll likes to tour the parking lot of the Boot Hill Casino and Resort on the western edge of his city every so often to check out the license plates. "I'd say 60 percent of the people are coming from outside the county," Smoll said. "It's a lot higher number than I expected."Boot Hill, which opened as the state's first gambling operation a year ago, draws customers from Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado and distant counties in Kansas, including Sedgwick and Reno, Smoll said.Read...
Kansas man gets max sentence in daughter's...
A 32-year-old Hutchinson man has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for the scalding of his 2-year-old daughter in a bathtub.Charles Kendall got the maximum sentence Friday for aggravated battery and felony obstruction. As part of the deal, Kendall waived his right to appeal and agreed not to request probation in exchange for prosecutors not seeking a doubled sentence.Kendall was convicted by a Reno County jury last month.Read more
KBI to investigate complaint against assistant...
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is looking into a complaint filed against an assistant Hutchinson police chief over a confrontation with an ex-boyfriend of his daughter.Reno County prosecutor Keith Schroeder witnessed the incident, so his office will not be involved in the probe.Police Capt. Troy Hoover has been placed on administrative for the Nov. 22 confrontation with 25-year-old Stacy Hem in front of the Law Enforcement Center.Read more
Guilty plea in meth bust
HUTCHINSON -- A Wichita man pleaded guilty to three drug charges in what officers have called the largest methamphetamine bust in Reno County history.read more
Reno Co. finds another pot field
HUTCHINSON -- Reno County authorities are investigating a cultivated marijuana operation found near the site of a larger, similar field discovered last month near Haven.read more
Cultivated pot operation found in Reno County
Reno County authorities are investigating a cultivated marijuana operation found near the site of larger, similar field discovered last month near Haven.Sheriff Randy Henderson says the operation found Monday is located near the Arkansas (ahr-KAN'-zuhs) River in south-central Kansas. He didn't immediately provide details about the number of plants.Nearly 3,000 pot plants worth an estimated $3 million were discovered by hunters on Oct. 7 in what is believed to be the largest such operation ever...
Kingfisher attends judicial college
Shawnee County District Judge Cheryl Kingfisher attended a general jurisdiction course at the National Judicial College in Reno, Nev., in October.read more

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