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Trump Supporters Protest at Statehouses Across the U.S. as Capitol Hill Demonstrations Turn Violent
Supporters of outgoing Republican President Donald Trump protest at statehouses across the U.S. on Wednesday.
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Kansas Mayor Resigns After Threats Over Backing Mask Mandate
Dodge City Mayor Joyce Warshaw is resigning after receiving threats over supporting a mask mandate
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Kansas Mayor Resigns After Receiving Threats Over Mask Mandate
The mayor of Dodge City, Kansas, said she resigned and moved after she started receiving threats over the city’s face mask mandate.
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Supreme Court Won't Revive Kansas Voter ID Law That Kept Tens of Thousands From Registering
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Kansas that sought to revive a law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote
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Suspect Arrested for Allegedly Abducting Two Daughters From Home Where Two Boys Found Dead
Donny Jackson, 40, was arrested after allegedly abducting his two daughters, who were later found safe. It is unclear what his relationship is to the two dead boys.
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Kansas Father Accused In Double Murder, Kidnapping
A Leavenworth, Kansas man is in custody after allegedly killing his two sons and abducting his two young daughters. KSHB’s Rae Daniel reports.
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Every Resident of Kansas Nursing Home Infected With COVID
All 62 residents of a Kansas nursing home have tested positive for the coronavirus, and 10 have died, health officials said. One resident is hospitalized, and the rest are being quarantined, NBC News reports.
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Kansas Freshman GOP Rep. Watkins Charged With 3 Felonies
A freshman Kansas congressman who had listed a UPS Inc. postal box as his residence on a voter registration form has been charged with three felony crimes, including unlawful voting
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Newspaper Owner: Sorry for Equating Mask Rule to Holocaust
A Kansas county Republican Party chairman who owns a weekly newspaper has apologized for a cartoon posted on the paper’s Facebook page that equated the Democratic governor’s coronavirus-inspired order for people to wear masks in public with the mass murder of Jews by the Nazis during the Holocaust
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Soldier Thwarts Potential Mass Shooting in Kansas by Ramming Suspect With Vehicle
A soldier based at U.S. Army Garrison Fort Leavenworth thwarted a potential mass shooting Wednesday by striking and injuring a suspect with his vehicle, authorities said.
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Biden Wins Kansas Primary Conducted With All-mail Balloting
Joe Biden overwhelmingly won a Democratic presidential primary in Kansas conducted exclusively by mail balloting by the state party because of the coronavirus pandemic
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Crossing Guard, 88, Killed Saving 2 Children From Car, School Says
A beloved school crossing guard in Kansas died after he was hit by a car while saving two young children, the school said in a Facebook post.
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Emaciated Dogs, Contaminated Food: Puppy Mill Problems Persist
Five years after the Humane Society’s first report, it continues to find horrendous conditions across the country — emaciated dogs with open, festering wounds, rats feces in food, and puppies with mange. Its “Horrible Hundred” is not meant to be comprehensive, but to expose conditions prevalent among disreputable dog breeders and brokers.
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Soldier Who Discussed Attack in US Pleads Guilty to Distributing Bomb Instructions
A soldier stationed in Kansas accused of talking about a terrorist attack in the United States pleaded guilty Monday to distributing instructions for making explosive devices over social media, federal prosecutors said.
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Bench-Clearing Brawl Erupts at End of Kansas-Kansas State Basketball Game
A basketball game between the University of Kansas and Kansas State University ended in a bench-clearing brawl Tuesday night, NBC News reported.
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Belated Bill to Help Solve Indigenous Cold Cases Gains Steam
A bill originally meant to help law enforcement investigate cold cases of murdered and missing indigenous women that has floundered in Congress for two years may have the missing ingredients to become law — money and muscle. The money comes from an appropriations subcommittee chaired by Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who told The Associated Press that for the first...
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Missouri Health Department Tracked Planned Parenthood Patients' Periods
Missouri’s health department director on Tuesday said he tracked the menstrual cycles of Planned Parenthood patients as part of an effort to identify what the agency says were “failed abortions” at a St. Louis clinic. Department of Health and Senior Services Director Randall Williams made the revelation during the second day of an administrative hearing to determine whether Missouri’s only...
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2nd Suspect in Kansas City Bar Shooting Still at Large
The search for Hugo Villanueva-Morales, one of two men who allegedly opened fire inside a Kansas City, Kansas bar early Sunday, continues. Four were killed and five more wounded in the shooting.
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Suspect Arrested in Kansas Bar Shooting That Killed 4; 2nd Suspect Still at Large
Two men suspected of opening fire inside a bar in Kansas City, Kansas, killing four people and wounding five others early Sunday, have been identified by police and charged with four counts of first degree murder, the Kansas Police Department said in a statement. Javier Alatorre, 23, was arrested late Sunday afternoon. The second suspect, Hugo Villanueva-Morales, 29, is “still...
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Supreme Court's Election-Year Term Opens With Insanity Case
The Supreme Court began its election-year term Monday by wrestling over whether states must allow criminal defendants to plead insanity. The one minor surprise when the justices took the bench just after 10 o’clock was the absence of Justice Clarence Thomas. The 71-year-old Thomas was at home, likely with the flu, the court said. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was in...