The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department was called to the 2200 block of Lafayette Avenue before 9 a.m. Saturday “regarding aggressive dogs fighting,” according to a statement from the department. But when officers contacted the owner, 57-year-old Erika Goodwin, at the scene, a larger, ...
TOPEKA — Ahead of President Donald Trump’s temporary pause on 50% tariffs on Canada, Kansas Republican U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran urged the administration to “consider the consequences” of tariffs on Canadian salt imports, which are a crucial resource for winter road safety. Moran said ...
A witness told a Douglas County jury that his simple failure to return a stranger's nod at a gas station led to the stranger angrily pulling a gun on him, but a defense attorney told jurors that the armed man was clearly acting in self-defense and that it was the unarmed man who should be on ...
At a brief meeting about Douglas County’s 2025 audit results on Wednesday, county leaders signaled that a review of some financial policies might be coming soon. “Now that we’ve gotten two major projects for the year, budget and audit, out of the way, we can return our attention to ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Justice is defending its prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey, saying "there is no serious dispute" that a social media post of seashells he made last year could be understood as a threat against President Donald Trump. Prosecutors also called ...
From an AI energy boom to a banking system bust, a set of speakers at the Dole Institute of Politics will be examining those issues and more as part of the Lawrence center’s fall schedule of events. Sheila Bair, a University of Kansas alumna and former chair of the FDIC, will be one of the ...
