When it comes to being a law enforcement officer in Kansas, you better have done some reading before you ever pull your weapon. The Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center — the University of Kansas-run center near Hutchinson that trains the vast majority of police officers in the state — ...
The students had just watched a video of a man getting beaten over the head with a baton, tased five times, and paramedics ultimately retrieving his unconscious body from a pool of his own blood. Police officers had delivered the beating, and the classroom was full of young adults hoping to ...
The shooting of Alex Pretti moved quickly. It started with a law enforcement officer shoving a seemingly unarmed female protestor to the ground. About 30 seconds later, it ended with — video evidence shows — two law enforcement officers firing multiple rounds into Pretti, who already had ...
In a crowded hearing in Topeka last week, Kansas lawmakers drilled a lawyer for the Kansas City Chiefs on the deal to bring the NFL team across the state line. Democratic state Rep. Rui Xu found himself in an unusual spot at this meeting: He agreed with conservative colleagues on a hot-button ...
TOPEKA — In Vicki Schumacher’s nutrition services office at Wichita Public Schools, staff spend roughly two hours verifying one free lunch application from start to finish. Under proposed legislation, the office could see its work increase twentyfold. Current federal law requires schools ...
The leader who oversees the University of Kansas chancellor and the presidents of the other state universities is retiring later this year. Blake Flanders, president and CEO of the Kansas Board of Regents, announced Thursday afternoon that he will retire from the position on June 30. ...