Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is stepping down from that office this year as he seeks the Republican nomination for governor. That opening has drawn a crowded field of Republican candidates who hope to succeed him. The secretary of state's office is responsible for a wide range of duties, but the most prominent include supervising state and federal elections in Kansas, being the official record-keeper ...
As the Aug. 7 primary elections in Kansas draw near, much of the advertising money and media attention will be focused on races for governor, congressional seats and other statewide offices. But there are other primary races further down the ballot that are also important for the future of state government in Kansas. All 125 seats in the Kansas House of Representatives are up for election this year, and there ...
BALDWIN CITY - U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas on Friday faced a backlash of criticism against President Donald Trump and his own reluctance to criticize the president, as a number of Douglas County residents asked why he, as a Republican, wasn't doing more to hold Trump accountable for his actions or even help remove the president from office. "The last year and a half, we've been going through this circus of ...
Jurors in the trial of a man accused of murder stemming from a brawl outside a Eudora bar last summer will be shown security camera video Friday of the entire incident. Danny W. Queen, 37, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 32-year-old Bo Hopson following a fight that occurred at D-Dubs Bar and Grill, 10 West Ninth St., in Eudora, in the early-morning hours of June 24, 2017. The trial had been ...
A string of witnesses provided testimony Wednesday about the events that led to a deadly shooting outside a Eudora bar last year, with all of them identifying Danny Queen as the one who instigated the disturbance. The jury also saw body camera video shot by Eudora police officer Brandon Sharp, the first responder on the scene, depicting the pandemonium taking place outside D-Dubs Bar and Grill, 10 West Ninth ...
Story updated 7:07 p.m. July 24, 2018: Prosecutors and defense attorneys offered vastly different explanations Tuesday of what happened in the early-morning hours of June 24, 2017, when an argument at a Eudora bar turned into a melee and, eventually, a fatal shooting. During opening statements in the trial of Danny W. Queen, Assistant District Attorney Bryant Barton said Queen acted with premeditation when he ...