The Douglas County Spelling Bee always comes down to letters, but you couldn’t be blamed for taking note of a certain number when it appeared at Saturday’s event. Maci Perrins entered the lobby of Billy Mills Middle School on Saturday morning to check in for the event that features the ...
TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate approved tougher regulations on vapes Wednesday in an effort to crack down on unlicensed products and eliminate advertisements geared toward children. Major tobacco companies were behind the bill, which would impose the same licensing and advertising ...
The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, passed a resolution this week that could temporarily block future immigration detention centers. In a 4-2 vote, the Planning Commission approved a two-year moratorium on special-use permits for jails and detention centers. If ...
Most days, Stacy Tucker feels like she has "bricks on my shoulders." But you wouldn't know it watching her dance down the red carpet at River City Church on Friday night. The "bricks," Tucker said, are the feeling she and other people with special needs have when the world doesn't understand ...
RALEIGH, N.C. — A judge sentenced an 18-year-old who acknowledged killing five people in a North Carolina mass shooting to life in prison without parole Friday, rejecting arguments that he deserved the chance for release decades from now. Austin David Thompson was 15 during the Oct. 13, ...
UNITED NATIONS — The Trump administration is urging other nations to press a tiny Pacific island country to withdraw a United Nations draft resolution supporting strong action to prevent climate change, including reparations for damage caused by any nation that fails to take action. In ...
