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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Health care workers who were once saluted for saving lives in the COVID-19 outbreak are now being issued panic buttons and ditching their scrubs before going out in public to avoid harassment. Across the country, doctors and nurses on the front lines of

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dániel Sallói had two goals to push his season total to 15, Johnny Russell scored on a penalty kick and Sporting Kansas City beat 10-man FC Dallas 3-1 on Wednesday night. Kansas City has won three of its past four games as it chases the top spot in the Western Conference.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Thousands of people filled an arena in Wichita to honor a Kansas priest who died in 1951 as a prisoner of war during the Korean War. Services for Rev. Emil Kapaun were held Wednesday, decades after the priest from Pilsen, Kansas, died while ministering to fellow prisoners of war. After the

By ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities in Kansas say multiple staff members at a juvenile facility engaged in a physical struggle with a 17-year-old youth who was restrained and died two days later at a hospital. Details of the events leading up to Sunday’s in-custody death of Cedric “CJ’ Lofton

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Outfielder Michael A. Taylor and the Kansas City Royals have agreed to a $9 million, two-year contract covering 2022 and ’23. Taylor can earn $250,000 annually in performance bonuses. He would have been eligible for free agency after this year’s World Series. The 30-year-old is batting .244 in his first

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A 20-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for attacking a federal undercover agent during a weapons transaction. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Wednesday that Nicholas Newman was sentenced this month after pleading guilty in May to one count of forcible assault on a

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. Marshals Services says a 60-day effort to reduce violent crime in the Wichita area led to more than 1,000 arrests and numerous drug and weapons seizures. The Marshals Service said in a news release Wednesday that Operation Triple Beam-Wichita, which ended Sept. 5, involved numerous federal, state, county and

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former Kansas utility worker accused of remotely tampering with a public water system’s cleaning procedures has notified a federal court that he plans to change his plea. Wyatt Travnichek was indicted in March with remotely accessing the Post Rock Rural Water District’s systems in March 2019, about two months after

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a 17-year-old who became unresponsive while being restrained at a Kansas juvenile facility died two days later at a hospital. He was taken into custody by Wichita police on suspicion of three counts of battery on a law enforcement officer. Police took him Friday to the Sedgwick County juvenile

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Catholic archdiocese for northeast Kansas says the pastor of a parish in Topeka has been suspended from his public duties after being accused of sexually abusing a minor. The Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas said Monday that the Rev. John Pilcher of Mater Dei parish denies the allegation and

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Catholic archdiocese for northeast Kansas says the pastor of a parish in Topeka has been suspended from his public duties after being accused of sexually abusing a minor. The Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas said Monday that the Rev. John Pilcher of Mater Dei parish denies the allegation and

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Indians won their last home game before they become the Guardians, beating the Kansas City Royals 8-3 to close a run that started in 1915 and will continue in 2022 with a new identity. Amed Rosario homered, drove in three runs and had four

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly has ordered flags throughout the state to be flown at half-staff to honor COVID-19 victims as Kansas exceeded 6,000 reported deaths. Kelly’s order Monday applied immediately and directed that flags remain lowered until sunset Wednesday. The governor has issued such an order every time Kansas reports another 1,000

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly has ordered flags throughout the state to be flown at half-staff to honor COVID-19 victims as Kansas exceeded 6,000 reported deaths. Kelly’s order Monday applied immediately and directed that flags remain lowered until sunset Wednesday. The governor has issued such an order every time Kansas reports another 1,000

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Indians won their last home game before they become the Guardians, beating the Kansas City Royals 8-3 to close a run that started in 1915 and will continue in 2022 with a new identity. Amed Rosario homered, drove in three runs and had four

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a Sedgwick County sheriff’s detention deputy has been arrested twice on the same day stemming from separate incidents involving his domestic partner. The sheriff’s office said in a news release that detention deputy Aareon White was arrested Sunday by Wichita police on allegations of misdemeanor domestic violence battery and

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a Sedgwick County sheriff’s detention deputy has been arrested twice on the same day stemming from separate incidents involving his domestic partner. The sheriff’s office said in a news release that detention deputy Aareon White was arrested Sunday by Wichita police on allegations of misdemeanor domestic violence battery and

KINSLEY, Kan. (AP) — The undersheriff of a south-central county in Kansas has been arrested in connection to a domestic violence incident over the weekend. The Kansas Bureau of Investigations says in a news release that Edwards County Undersheriff Robert “Bobby” Blackwell was arrested Monday for aggravated domestic battery. The KBI says that an Edwards

KINSLEY, Kan. (AP) — The undersheriff of a south-central county in Kansas has been arrested in connection to a domestic violence incident over the weekend. The Kansas Bureau of Investigations says in a news release that Edwards County Undersheriff Robert “Bobby” Blackwell was arrested Monday for aggravated domestic battery. The KBI says that an Edwards

By ANDY TSUBASA FIELD Associated Press/Report for America TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Top Kansas legislators are forming a committee to examine the impact of COVID-19 mandates and what they call government overreach, partly in response to Democratic President Joe Biden’s federal vaccine requirements. Republican Senate President Ty Masterson and Republican House Speaker Ron Ryckman will