TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Carlos Wriedt came to the U.S. from Mexico in his 40s with his wife to pursue their dream of starting a business and to build a better life for their daughter, then 10 months old. He and his wife became U.S. citizens Monday, taking their oaths in a ceremony at the Kansas ...
A hostage standoff in Atchison has led to the shooting death of a St. Joseph, Missouri, man who was believed to have been holding a woman against her will at a home in the northeast Kansas community. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation announced on Monday that Bryson McCray, 36, of St. Joseph, ...
The anchor of NBC’s nightly news and the network’s popular Dateline news program will receive the University of Kansas’ top journalism award this spring. Lester Holt, the anchor and managing editor for “NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt,” and the anchor for “Dateline NBC” has ...
Governor Laura Kelly announced Thursday that the State of Kansas is partnering with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas to open a licensed child care center in Topeka. The child care center will serve both state employees and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas employees. The center will be ...
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Two children and two adults were killed Wednesday when a fire swept through an apartment complex in a Kansas City, Missouri, suburb in freezing temperatures. The fire was reported around 6 a.m. at the Indy Ridge Apartments in Independence. The victims, including children ...
Topeka — U.S. Rep. Tracey Mann stands as an absolutist on deporting immigrants in the U.S. illegally who engaged in criminal activity, but he prefers to temper enthusiasm for a federal crackdown that would unnecessarily weaken the state’s agriculture economy. Mann is a Republican who ...