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Kansas measure would allow college athletes to accept endorsements

TOPEKA — Kansas legislators are taking steps to allow college athletes to hire agents and sign endorsement deals. Many fear that if they don’t act, then out-of-state rivals will leave the state’s most storied university athletics programs in the dust by attracting the best recruits. A bill that would bar state universities from preventing their [...]

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By AP Wire|2020-03-10T13:17:51-05:00March 10th, 2020|Entertainment News, Local News|Comments Off

University of Kansas Hospital has patient with coronavirus

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A woman admitted to the University of Kansas Hospital with the coronavirus is the Johnson County woman who state officials previously identified as having the first case in Kansas. Hospital and state officials said Monday the woman is under 50 and is being monitored in a specially equipped area designed [...]

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By AP Wire|2020-03-09T15:23:23-05:00March 9th, 2020|Entertainment News, Local News|Comments Off

University of Kansas Hospital has patient with coronavirus

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A woman admitted to the University of Kansas Hospital with the coronavirus is the Johnson County woman who state officials previously identified as having the first case in Kansas. Hospital and state officials said Monday the woman is under 50 and is being monitored in a specially equipped area designed [...]

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By AP Wire|2020-03-09T15:23:23-05:00March 9th, 2020|Entertainment News, Local News|Comments Off

6 arrested, 1 sought in multi-county Kansas drug bust

GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) — Central Kansas law enforcement authorities arrested six people and are searching for a seventh after an investigation into a multi-county methamphetamine ring. Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellendir said seven warrants were issued Wednesday in Barton, Stafford and Pawnee counties. He said officers developed information from several sources including an inmate [...]

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By AP Wire|2020-03-06T07:51:55-06:00March 6th, 2020|State News|Comments Off

Trooper fires shots at fleeing motorist near Topeka

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper fired shots at a fleeing motorist after he rammed a patrol car. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said in a news release that the driver was taken to a hospital with “minor injuries“ after the Thursday night shooting near Topeka. The release said the [...]

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By AP Wire|2020-03-06T07:48:24-06:00March 6th, 2020|State News|Comments Off

Gov. Kelly issues disaster declaration over fire risk

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has issued a disaster emergency declaration because of the risk of wildfires. Kelly signed the declaration Thursday and it is in effect through Saturday. The risk of fire is high because much of the state is dry with low humidity, strong winds and an abundance of dry [...]

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By AP Wire|2020-03-05T14:18:10-06:00March 5th, 2020|State News|Comments Off

Colorado pastor crashes plane in JC; no injuries

JUNCTION CITY — No one was injured when the pastor of a Colorado church crashed the small plane he was flying in Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says emergency crews were called around 10 a.m. Thursday to Freeman Field Airport in Junction City. Investigators determined the accident happened when landing gear malfunctioned on the 1968 [...]

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By AP Wire|2019-11-01T12:38:46-05:00November 1st, 2019|Local News|Comments Off

RCPD Report 10/29/19

The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police. Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law as well as in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further. Those arrested are presumed innocent [...]

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By AP Wire|2019-10-29T08:48:45-05:00October 29th, 2019|Local News|Comments Off

The Latest: Prosecutor: ‘Satanist’ Fort Riley soldier sought overthrow

TOPEKA, Kan. — The Latest on the criminal case involving an Army solider charged with distributing explosives information online (all times local): 4:25 p.m. A prosecutor says an Army soldier charged with distributing information about making explosives online is a Satanist who wanted to overthrow the U.S. government. Assistant U.S. Attorney Anthony Mattivi said during [...]

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By AP Wire|2019-09-28T05:37:47-05:00September 28th, 2019|Local News|Comments Off

Indictment: Fort Riley Soldier in bomb plot wanted to set fire to home

TOPEKA, Kan. — A federal grand jury in Kansas has indicted an Army soldier on charges that he distributed explosives information and threatened to set fire to a home. The indictment charges Jarrett William Smith with two counts related to the explosives and one count linked to trying to gain entry to a home and [...]

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By AP Wire|2019-09-26T14:26:37-05:00September 26th, 2019|Local News|Comments Off

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