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Kansas-Baylor Preview
Baylor coach Scott Drew was talking about the challenge of facing Kansas again and what to do differently this time when Brittney Griner, the 6-foot-8 blocking phenom for the top-ranked Lady Bears, briefly walked into the room. Somebody jokingly asked Drew if she might be his secret to countering Kansas forward Thomas Robinson.
Baylor gets top 10 rematch at home against Kansas
Baylor coach Scott Drew was talking about the challenge of facing Kansas again and what to do differently this time when Brittney Griner, the 6-foot-8 blocking phenom for the top-ranked Lady Bears, briefly walked into the room. Somebody jokingly asked Drew if she might be his secret to countering Kansas forward Thomas Robinson.
From Spinning Slots to Speeding Through the Stars...
TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Kansas is marking 2012 in a big way. This year, the state, as well as the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks & Tourism , will celebrate the opening of the new ...
Verizon Wireless Invests $95 Million in Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless announced today it invested $95 million in 2011 to enhance its network in Kansas, which includes the expansion of 4G LTE to nine cities, ...
American Heart Association Certifies Kansas City...
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Heart Association has certified another Kansas City Steak product ( the 5 oz. Top Sirloin Steak ) as part of its Heart-Check Food Certification ...
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.

DA expects to quiz Kansas governor; House speaker upset
Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor said Friday that he’s likely to interview Gov. Sam Brownback as a witness during an investigation into the legality of private meetings with legislators at the governor’s official residence, but the state’s most powerful lawmaker criticized the prosecutor’s tactics. House Speaker Mike O’Neal, R-Hutchinson, said he’s advising fellow legislators not to respond immediately to a letter from Taylor, a Democrat. The letter, delivered to most lawmakers Friday, directed them to maintain records and electronic files that could be potential evidence. O’Neal, an attorney, said he hopes legislators will draft a collective response to Taylor’s letter. In an interview, he said didn’t think it was professional for Taylor to send a letter to all 40 senators and 125 House members, even those not involved in the meetings. Read more
Kansas teen won't apologize to Gov. Brownback over...
Shawnee Mission East teen Emma Sullivan insulted Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback over Twitter while on a school field trip to the state capitol last week. "Just made mean comments at gov. brownback and told him he sucked, in person #heblowsalot," she wrote to her 60 followers who tuned in to her sporadic updates about the [...]
Lawmaker criticizes House Speaker O'Neal
More dark clouds could be on the horizon for Kansas House Speaker Mike O’Neal as the legislative session begins, Brad Cooper of the Kansas City Star reports:Conservative state Rep. Owen Donohoe of Shawnee took aim at O'Neal in a letter he circulated to the House Republican caucus. He ripped into the speaker for nepotism and "abuse of power." He suggested it might be time for a new leader."As we approach the 2012 legislative session, I would like to share my concern about the...
Shawnee County looking into earthquake insurance
Shawnee County commissioners have authorized the county's insurance broker to look into the cost of earthquake insurance.The topic came up last week at a commission briefing on new quotes for property, automobile and excess workers' compensation insurance coverage.The Topeka Capital-Journal reports ( http://bit.ly/uPPScp) that an official with the county's insurance broker noted that homes in Topeka were rattled in November by an earthquake and several aftershocks in Oklahoma. The official said...
Topeka man gets 44 months for running over man
A Topeka man is sentenced to three years and eight months in prison for running over a man on a sidewalk three times while driving drunk.The Topeka Capital-Journal ( http://bit.ly/vEhFCL) reports Shawnee County District Judge Evelyn Wilson sentenced 19-year-old Brandon Stodden on Friday for aggravated battery, leaving the scene of an accident, felony failure to report an accident and drunken driving.Stodden pleaded guilty in August to the charges. As part of his plea, Stodden said he drank...
2 Topeka residents killed in 1-car rollover crash
Two 20-year-olds are dead after being involved in a one-car, roll-over crash north of Topeka.The Shawnee County Sheriff's Office identified the victims as Topeka residents Yasmin Lopez and John Miller.The Topeka Capital-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/v7Aazb) officials said both occupants of a white Honda Accord were ejected from the vehicle when it crashed about 8 p.m. Friday.Read more
Jewel of a gift lands in Kansas City area...
KANSAS CITY, Mo - Tossing a stone into a Salvation Army kettle at Christmas wouldn't be a nice thing to do. Unless it's a diamond, of course. Someone recently put a 3/4-carat diamond in a kettle outside a Walmart in Shawnee, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City. It was appraised Thursday at $2,000. A Salvation Army employee found the loose diamond wrapped in paper, said Major Michele Heaver ...
School aims to move on from tweet controversy
Outrage over a tweet that landed a northeast Kansas student in the principal’s office has taken a turn, with many of the girl’s classmates rallying behind the principal and their school.“We don’t want vindication. We don’t want to drag this through headlines again to get the ‘real’ story out,” wrote Emily Donovan in a recent issue of the Shawnee Mission East High School student newspaper, the Harbinger.“Everyone here at East hopes to...
Brownback apologizes for reaction to student's...
Gov. Sam Brownback said he’s sorry his staff alerted school officials about an insulting tweet posted by a high school student last week.“My staff over-reacted to this tweet, and for that I apologize,” Brownback said in a statement posted on his Facebook page Monday. “Freedom of speech is among our most treasured freedoms.”Officials with the Shawnee Mission school district also said Emma Sullivan would not be disciplined or required to write a letter of apology for the...
Teen tweeter won't apologize to Kansas Gov....
A Kansas teenager who wrote a disparaging tweet about Gov. Sam Brownback said Sunday that she is rejecting her high school principal's demand for a written apology.Emma Sullivan, 18, of the Kansas City suburb of Fairway, said she isn't sorry and doesn't think such a letter would be sincere.The Shawnee Mission East senior was taking part in a Youth in Government program last week in Topeka, Kan., when she sent out a tweet from the back of a crowd of students listening to Brownback's greeting....
Kansas teen-Gov. Brownback Twitter controversy...
Call it the tweet heard ’round the world – or at least across political and social media circles.Kansas teenager Emma Sullivan spent much of the past two days fielding media requests, phone calls, e-mails and Twitter comments after her disparaging tweet about Gov. Sam Brownback – and her principal’s insistence that she apologize – drew national attention.Sullivan, a senior at Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, was in Topeka on Monday as part of a Kansas...
Disparaging tweet about Gov. Sam Brownback lands...
A Kansas teenager is in trouble after mocking Gov. Sam Brownback during a mock legislative assembly for high school students.Emma Sullivan, a senior at Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, was in Topeka on Monday as part of Kansas Youth in Government, a program for students interested in politics and government.During the session, in which Brownback addressed the group, Sullivan posted on her personal Twitter page:Read more
Small earthquake recorded in central Oklahoma
A small earthquake hit central Oklahoma just in time for Thanksgiving dinner.The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a 3.7 magnitude quake about 3:11 p.m. Thursday near Prague, Okla. The epicenter of the quake was 17 miles northeast of Shawnee and 44 miles east of Oklahoma City.There weren't any immediate reports of damage or injuries, said Jessica Elder, a 911 dispatcher in surrounding Lincoln County. She said she felt the quake, which she described as more of a boom than a rumble.Read more
Judge rules for Kansas sheriff, deputies in cash...
A federal judge has ruled that Shawnee County Sheriff Dick Barta and five deputies did not violate a Las Vegas trucker's rights when they arrested him and seized cash from his trailerEduardo Arencibia was seeking more than $1 million in a lawsuit he filed after he was arrested in November 2007. The officers seized $551,985 in cash from his truck.The Topeka Capital-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/txSN99) that Arencibia alleged the Sheriff's Department unconstitutionally searched the truck;...
REECE RICCI HUDSON
Jennifer and Tyler Hudson, Fairway, Kan., are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter Reece Ricci Hudson on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011, at 2:23 p.m. at Shawnee Mission, Kan. Reece weighed 6...
County's budget a worry in Topeka domestic cases
TOPEKA — The city of Topeka, which was criticized this week when it repealed an ordinance against domestic violence, offered Thursday to assist the county whose district attorney had decided to stop handling misdemeanor domestic cases because of budget cuts.Interim City Manager Dan Stanley met with Shawnee County Commission Chairwoman Shelly Buhler, extending an offer for Topeka to handle all remaining misdemeanor cases filed within the city in municipal court. The intent would be to free...
DA to take some Topeka domestic cases
TOPEKA — A district attorney in Kansas said Wednesday that his office will review all misdemeanor domestic violence cases forwarded to him by the Topeka police and determine on a case-by-case basis which ones merit pressing charges. Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor, who had announced last month that he would no longer pursue such cases, said in a statement Wednesday that he now has "sole authority" over them after the city of Topeka voted to repeal a local domestic violence...
District attorney in Kansas to review and file...
TOPEKA, Kan. - A district attorney in Kansas said Wednesday that his office will review all misdemeanor domestic violence cases forwarded to him by the Topeka police and determine on a case-by-case basis which ones merit pressing charges. Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor, who had announced last month that he would no longer pursue such cases, said in a statement Wednesday that he now ...
Topeka drops domestic violence law in budget spat
TOPEKA — City leaders repealed a local law against domestic violence late Tuesday as part of a controversial plan that supporters blamed on budget concerns but victims' advocates chastised as austerity run amok.Topeka's City Council and mayor voted 7-3 to approve the repeal, saying such cases are better handled by county or state courts. They also said retaining the ordinance would muddy the debate over the county prosecutor's recent decision to stop prosecuting domestic battery...
Topeka repeals domestic violence law
City leaders repealed a local law against domestic violence late Tuesday as part of a controversial plan that supporters blamed on budget concerns but victims’ advocates chastised as austerity run amok.Topeka’s City Council and mayor voted 7-3 to approve the repeal, saying such cases are better handled by county or state courts. They also said retaining the ordinance would muddy the debate over the county prosecutor’s recent decision to stop prosecuting domestic battery...
DWAYNE ALAN McPHETER
Dwayne Alan McPheter, 59, of Overland Park, Kan., passed away Oct. 9, 2011, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. Dwayne was born Oct. 5, 1952, in Liberal, Kan. He was a graduate of Buhler High School,...
Dispute leaves domestic abuse cases hanging
TOPEKA — A women's advocacy group says misdemeanor domestic battery victims in Topeka are being left unprotected amid a budget dispute between the Shawnee County district attorney and the county commission.Karen Ann Rinker, state coordinator for the National Organization for Women, said the Shawnee County Commission needs to work with District Attorney Chad Taylor's office to determine how to pay for Topeka cases that have gone unprosecuted since the commission approved a 10 percent...
FBI: Investigators looking for missing Kansas City...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - FBI agents searched a Kansas landfill on Friday in connection with the disappearance of a 10-month-old Missouri girl, whose parents said was snatched from her crib three days ago. Agents and Kansas City police were searching the Deffenbaugh Industries landfill in the suburb of Shawnee, FBI spokeswoman Bridget Patton said. She declined to discuss details, citing the ongoing ...
SIENA LOREN TIMPERLEY
Summer and Steve Timperley, Overland Park, Kan., are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter Siena Loren Timperley on Friday, Sept. 2, 2011, at 5:12 p.m. at Shawnee Mission Medical Center,...
LIAM PARKER KARLESKINT
Stephanie and Loren Karleskint and sibling Ben, Spring Hill, Kan., are pleased to announce the birth of their son and brother Liam Parker Karleskint on Saturday, July 2, 2011, at 6:02 p.m. at Shawnee...

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