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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — The Chiefs have held the Washington Football Team to 76 yards and four first downs in the second half of Kansas City’s 31-13 victory. Safety Tyrann Mathieu got upset in the first half after the Chiefs allowed Washington to convert on a third-and-16 and then

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw for 397 yards and engineered three second-half touchdown drives to compensate for a pair of interceptions, leading the Kansas City Chiefs to a 31-13 comeback victory at Washington that got them back to .500. After throwing two picks before halftime, Mahomes connected

GOVE COUNTY, Kan. (AP) — A teen girl and a woman from Colorado died after their vehicles collided on Interstate 70 in western Kansas early Saturday and several other people were hurt. The Kansas Highway Patrol said Christina Satana of Pueblo, Colorado, was driving the wrong way in the eastbound lanes of I-70 in Gove

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Farmers and Deere & Co. suppliers are worried about what the strike at the tractor maker’s factories will mean for their livelihoods. More than 10,000 Deere employees went on strike last week at 14 Deere factories in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Colorado and Georgia after the United Auto Workers union rejected a

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — The person who ran an Overland Park day care was fired after police began investigating allegations of child abuse at the center. A spokesman for The Learning Express said Sunday that the franchise owner of the location in Overland Park was fired for “failing to meet our standard of care.”

By DAVID SMALE Associated Press MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Breece Hall rushed for 197 yards and two touchdowns and Brock Purdy was an efficient 22-of-25 for 208 yards and a score as Iowa State downed Kansas State 33-20. The Wildcats had won 15 of the last 16 games in Manhattan. The teams split the last

By DAVID SMALE Associated Press MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Breece Hall rushed for 197 yards and two touchdowns and Brock Purdy was an efficient 22-of-25 for 208 yards and a score as Iowa State downed Kansas State 33-20. The Wildcats had won 15 of the last 16 games in Manhattan. The teams split the last

AVERY OSEN Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Henry Colombi threw for a touchdown, ran for another as Texas Tech had four rushing touchdowns in a 41-14 win over Kansas.  Colombi went 14-for-20 for 124 yards passing and added 35 rushing yards while Jason Bean went11-for-21 passing for 80 yards and one interception for Kansas.

AVERY OSEN Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Henry Columbi threw for a touchdown, ran for another as Texas Tech had four rushing touchdowns in a 41-14 win over Kansas.  Columbi went 14-for-20 for 124 yards passing and added 35 rushing yards while Jason Bean went11-for-21 passing for 80 yards and one interception for Kansas.

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A 37-year-old Leavenworth man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of a man who was hit by a motorcycle.  Justen Michael McCarter also pleaded guilty Friday to possession of stolen property. Prosecutors say McCarter was driving a stolen motorcycle and speeding in March 2020 when he hit Adam Wheeler,

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita police are investigating after a shooting left one person dead and two others critically injured. Police say the shooting occurred Friday afternoon at an apartment complex in east Wichita. Officers found one man dead at the complex. Police say a second victim who was critically injured was found at a

MEDICINE LODGE, Kan. (AP) — A 35-year-old Medicine Lodge man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a woman last summer. Clinton Wayne Rogers was sentenced Friday in Barber County District Court after he pleaded guilty Oct. 1 to first-degree murder. Prosecutors said Rogers killed 61-year-old Joyce Foulkrod in July 2020. A family

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Frustrated with persistently low prices, ranchers and others in the beef industry are moving to reverse a long trend of consolidation and planning to open new slaughterhouses. The new plants typically cost more than $300 million, but they still will be much smaller than those

By MATT DERRICK Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — At age 30 and after five suspensions handed out by the NFL for violations of the league’s substance abuse policies that cost him three full seasons, wide receiver Josh Gordon describes his landing with the Kansas City Chiefs as “a dream destination.” Excelling on the

DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) — The National Weather Service in Dodge City says seven tornadoes touched down in southwest Kansas during storms on Tuesday night. The weather service rated the tornadoes at EF-0 or EF-1 strength. The tornadoes touched down in mostly rural areas, and the damage was generally contained to irrigation systems and outbuildings.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation told state lawmakers this week that it has received 215 tips about Catholic clergy sexual abuse and opened 122 cases. KBI Executive Director Robert Jacobs told lawmakers a task force set up to investigate clergy abuse has reviewed almost 40,000 records since its work began in

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police in Wichita say they’ve made an arrest in a drive-by shooting earlier this week that injured an 11-year-old girl. Police say 25-year-old Byron Monroe Purcell was arrested Thursday and booked on counts of aggravated assault, aggravated battery and weapons, drug and parole violation charges. He’s accused of being the gunman

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man charged with killing six people on or near trails in south Kansas City, Missouri, in 2016 and 2017 is now set to stand trial next year. A judge on Thursday set Fredrick Scott’s first-degree murder trial date for Sept. 6, 2022. Earlier this year, Scott had been found

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court is once again allowing Texas to continue banning most abortions. The decision Thursday night keeps the law known as Senate Bill 8 in place as the Justice Department tries to halt the law. The Biden administration is suing Texas over the

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Federal authorities are investigating a former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective who has been accused of sexually abusing minority and poor women for decades and framing Lamonte McIntyre, who was wrongfully imprisoned for a 1994 double murder. The Kansas City, Kansas Police Department acknowledged Thursday that since 2019 it’s been