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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita police say they have arrested a man who shot a 27-year-old roommate who was suicidal and had just shot himself. Police said 28-year-old Charles Burnham was arrested Tuesday and is being held on $500,000 bond facing a possible charge of first-degree murder. Officers who went to a home early Tuesday

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked the U.S. Treasury from enforcing a provision of the American Rescue Plan  that prohibited states from using the pandemic relief funds to offset new tax cuts.  U.S. District Judge L. Scott Coogler ruled Monday that Congress’s exceeded its power under the

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Newly released court documents say a 21-year-old Kansas lawmaker who is charged with domestic battery pushed, hit and spit on his 18-year-old brother in a fight that erupted because the brother was going to get baptized. The probable cause affidavit that was released Tuesday also says

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — After seven years of legal battles, a criminal threat charge against Topeka developer Kent Lindemuth has been dismissed. Lindemuth was scheduled to go on trial on Monday. But an order of dismissal filed Friday said the victim in the case asked that the charge be dropped and two witnesses recently became

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A man in a wheelchair has died after being hit by a car as he crossed a street in Wichita. Police say the crash happened around 8 p.m. Monday in a business district just northwest of the Wichita State University campus. Police say the man was crossing Hillside Street when a

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A 29-year-old woman is charged with killing a Kansas City, Kansas, woman who was on her way home from volunteering at church. Authorities announced Monday that Melanie Perry is charged with first-degree murder and criminal discharge of a firearm. Investigators allege she killed 62-year-old Lillian Jackson on Sept. 18. Jackson

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Missouri’s Tyler Badie is the only player in the country to run for at least 200 yards in four different games in a season. His latest was Saturday, when he carried 34 times for 209 in a 31-28 win over South Carolina. His average of just under 123

By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Desean Jackson fumbled away his chance to be a major playmaker in his Las Vegas Raiders debut. Trailing 24-14 late in the third quarter on Sunday, Raiders quarterback Derek Carr stepped up in the pocket and fired the ball 40 yards downfield, targeting Jackson for the

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Offshore powerboat racers Lorne Leibel and John Tomlinson piloted Canada Homes to a Super Cat class world championship Sunday, the third and final racing day of the Race World Offshore Key West Championships in the Florida Keys. Driver Leibel of Toronto and throttleman Tomlinson of Miami pulled ahead of M-Con,

PALCO, Kan. (AP) — Two semitrailer trucks crashed into each other in northwest Kansas on Friday killing one of the drivers. The Kansas Highway Patrol said the crash happened at an intersection of two county roads about a mile south of Palco in Rooks County shortly after 4 p.m. Friday. Palco is a small town

By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Jalon Daniel hit Jared Casey on a scrambling pass for a 2-point conversion in overtime and Kansas stunned Texas 57-56 Saturday night to snap their eight-game losing streak this season and a 56-game losing streak in Big 12 road games over the past 13 years.

HOUSTON — Tristan Moore had 26 points as Houston Baptist rolled past Barclay 122-44. Chazten Brown led the Bears with 15 points.

WICHITA, Kan. — Ricky Council IV had 19 points and eight rebounds as Wichita State beat South Alabama 64-58. Qua Grant had 13 points for Wichita State. Dexter Dennis added eight rebounds and three blocks. Morris Udeze had 12 rebounds. Javon Franklin had 18 points and 12 rebounds for the Jaguars. Charles Manning Jr. added

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State kept watching West Virginia stubbornly convert fourth downs to keep its comeback hopes alive. Finally, the Wildcats did the same thing on fourth down to dash them. Deuce Vaughn ran for 121 yards and a touchdown, Sammy Wheeler had a touchdown catch along

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Another Kansas school district is extending its Thanksgiving break to a full week to give overwhelmed staff a reprieve. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the school board approved a plan Friday to turn Nov. 22 and Nov. 23 _ a Monday and a Tuesday _ into wellness and self-care days. Staff