- Residents irate over quarry blasting
- June 18, 2013
- Residents near the Hamm-Buchheim Quarry north of Lake Clinton say living conditions have become unpleasant since the quarry resumed operations last fall. They want Douglas County commissioners to put stricter limits on the quarry’s conditional use permit. By Peter Hancock
More Kansas and regional news
- Senate Democratic leader asks attorney general whether Supreme Court’s voter decision affects Kansas
- June 18, 2013
- A legislative leader on Tuesday asked Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt to issue a legal opinion on whether the state’s proof of citizenship requirement to register to vote is valid now that the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a similar law in another state. By Scott Rothschild
- Kansas Board of Regents to vote on proposed tuition, fee increases
- June 18, 2013
- Students attending Kansas University, and other state public universities, will find out how much they will have to pay after the Kansas Board of Regents votes Wednesday on tuition and fee proposals. By Scott Rothschild
- Decisions on KU budget cuts now in hands of deans, other leaders
- June 17, 2013
- Now that Gov. Sam Brownback has approved a budget, Kansas University leaders have about two weeks to determine just where the damage will fall from about $7.5 million in state funding cuts for the coming year. By Matt Erickson
- 19-year-old Lawrence man found guilty of having sex with 14-year-old girl
- June 17, 2013
- A 19-year-old Lawrence man has been found guilty of one felony count of having sex with a child. By Ian Cummings
- Kobach considering filing charges against protesters who came to his home
- June 17, 2013
- Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is considering filing criminal charges against immigration reform advocates who protested on his home’s porch over the weekend. Those who helped organize and participated in the protest said nothing improper happened. Reports indicated anywhere from 100 to 300 people showed up at Kobach’s home in western Wyandotte County on Saturday. By Scott Rothschild
- U.S. Supreme Court strikes down voter registration law similar to the one in Kansas
- 10:39 a.m., June 17, 2013 Updated 05:19 p.m.
- The U.S. Supreme Court today rejected an Arizona law that requires proof of citizenship to register to vote. The case has implications for Kansas, Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee, which have similar laws. By Scott Rothschild
- Location of Superman’s hometown sparks geographic divide
- June 17, 2013
- A Kansas community is staking its claim as the hometown of one of the world’s most recognizable superheroes with a temporary name change, but it hasn’t ended the debate over where the Man of Steel grew up.
- Wheel Genius: Roadwork planned for this week
- June 16, 2013
- Roadwork planned for the week of June 16.
- Symphony in the Flint Hills combines history, tradition at Fort Riley
- June 15, 2013
- The eighth annual Symphony in the Flint Hills brought the calm peace of the Plains and the harmonious sounds of the Kansas City Symphony to historic Fort Riley Saturday.
- Brownback signs two-year budget, with exceptions
- 12:56 p.m., June 15, 2013 Updated 12:12 a.m.
- Gov. Sam Brownback signed a two-year budget into law Saturday, but he line-item vetoed the Department of Corrections budget for 2015.
- Ottawa El Mezcal restaurant closed by Immigration and Customs officials
- June 14, 2013
- The El Mezcal Mexican restaurant in Ottawa was closed Friday as part of a criminal investigation by federal immigration and customs authorities. By Ian Cummings
- Hung jury in Valley Falls attempted murder case leads to second mistrial
- June 14, 2013
- A second mistrial was declared Friday in the attempted murder case against a 62-year-old Valley Falls man because the jury could not reach a verdict. By Ian Cummings
- Flags will fly at half-staff on Saturday
- June 14, 2013
- Gov. Sam Brownback has ordered that flags must be flown at half-staff on Saturday, June 15, in honor of a 2nd Lt. Justin Lee Sisson, a fallen soldier from Kansas.
- Officials cheer $10 million expansion of bioscience incubator at KU
- June 14, 2013
- It was a bit of déjà vu Friday morning for Kansas University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little. One of the first things she did after coming to KU in 2009, she remembered, was to stick a shovel into a hillside on the university’s West Campus to mark the groundbreaking for a new business incubator. On Friday, she was there again to do much the same thing. By Matt Erickson
- Former Franklin County Attorney resigns from Johnson County prosecutor’s office
- June 14, 2013
- Heather Jones, the former Franklin County attorney, has resigned from her post as a prosecutor in Johnson County in order to go into private practice. Allegations that Jones had been involved in a sexual affair with Jeff Curry, who at the time was Franklin County sheriff, and had bought methamphetamine from a confidential informant, surfaced in a criminal case against Curry in April. Attorneys representing both Curry and Jones strongly denied the drug allegations, and Jones has not been charged with any crimes.
- Embattled KCC director out following critical statements
- 10:31 a.m., June 14, 2013 Updated 05:27 p.m.
- Patti Petersen-Klein is no longer the executive director of the Kansas Corporation Commission. Her departure follows leaks of internal reports in which she criticized the staff of the agency that regulates public utilities. By Peter Hancock
- Brownback signs Kansas income tax cut bill into law
- June 13, 2013
- Proclaiming Kansas “open for business,” Gov. Sam Brownback on Thursday signed into law a measure that makes additional income tax cuts over the next five years while generating new revenue through higher sales taxes and other adjustments.
- Naismith to join Kansas Hall of Fame
- June 12, 2013
- Superman, the inventor of basketball, 1970s rock band Kansas and the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment are among the 2013 class of inductees in the Kansas Hall of Fame. Dr. James Naismith, who moved to Lawrence from Massachusetts in 1898, brought basketball to the University of Kansas and helped put the sport on the map.
- Jefferson County couple charged in alleged hit-and-run
- 03:28 p.m., June 12, 2013 Updated 05:25 p.m.
- A Jefferson County couple faced misdemeanor charges Wednesday after a 29-year-old Nortonville man’s car was struck Tuesday night by a vehicle that allegedly fled the scene. Ian Cummings
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