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HIAWATHA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas state senator who recently left the Republican Party has begun campaigning for governor as an independent. The Kansas City Star reports that grain and livestock farmer Dennis Pyle of Hiawatha on Monday appointed a campaign treasurer.  Republican Attorney General Derek Schmidt and Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly are expected to

HAYSVILLE, Kan. (AP) — A southern Kansas man has been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for the killing of his 4-month-old daughter in 2018. Television station KAKE reports that 36-year-old Andrew Franklin, of Haysville, was sentenced Monday to 250 months in prison. Franklin pleaded no contest in April to second-degree murder and

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Romeo Crennel announced his retirement Monday, ending a 39-year NFL coaching career that included five Super Bowl titles. Crennel spent the past eight seasons with the Houston Texans. He was the team’s defensive coordinator from 2014-16 and assistant head coach from 2017-19. In 2020 he was

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Five young teenagers who are charged in a Kansas man’s shooting death pleaded not guilty in juvenile court to first-degree murder. Court documents say the teenagers pleaded Monday. Three of the suspects who pleaded Monday are 14-years-old and two are 13. A hearing for a sixth 14-year-old scheduled for Monday was

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Three 14-year-olds who are charged in a Kansas man’s shooting death pleaded not guilty in juvenile court to first-degree murder. Court documents say the teenagers pleaded Monday. A fourth teenager, who is also 14, was scheduled to be in court Monday but his hearing was postponed to June 15. They and

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Appeals Court Judge Anthony Powell plans to retire on June 30. A court spokeswoman announced Monday that Powell intended to step down from the court, which he has served since January 2013. Before being appointed to the appeals court, Powell was a district court judge in Sedgwick County for 11

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The city of Wichita plans to settle a lawsuit over the fatal shooting of a man by police in 2012. The City Council is expected to approve a $175,000 settlement this week with the mother of 24-year-old Troy Lanning. He was killed by officer Randy Williamson in April 2012 after a

KANSAS CITY, Kan, (AP) — Jesús Ferreira failed to convert a pair of first-half chances as U.S. forwards kept up their goal-scoring struggles and the Americans played a 0-0 draw against Uruguay in their second of four World Cup warmup matches this month. The U.S. took the field three hours after learning Wales would be

KANSAS CITY, Kan, (AP) — Jesús Ferreira failed to convert a pair of first-half chances as U.S. forwards kept up their goal-scoring struggles and the Americans played a 0-0 draw against Uruguay in their second of four World Cup warmup matches this month. The U.S. took the field three hours after learning Wales would be

By MARC BOWMAN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Yordan Álvarez hit his 16th home run of the season and Framber Valdez won his fifth straight start for the Houston Astros, who beat the Kansas City Royals 7-4. Álvarez extended his hitting streak to seven games. Valdez allowed only a third-inning leadoff single before

By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — If Donovan Atterberry thought about abortion at all as a young man, it was perhaps with some vague discomfort, or a memory of the anti-abortion protesters outside the clinic that he would pass on his way to the park as a child. It became real to

By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In the decadeslong struggle for abortion rights, some men have played an active supporting role, through organizations and as legislators and abortion providers. But advocates say more are needed, especially in the face of a looming U.S. Supreme Court decision that could overturn the 1973 Roe

By MARC BOWMAN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Yordan Álvarez, Aledmys Díaz and Martín Maldonado each homered and the Houston Astros beat the Kansas City Royals 10-3 for their fifth straight win. Kansas City has lost 12 of 14. Álvarez, who reportedly reached agreement on a $115 million, six-year contract, also had a

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer IRVING, Texas (AP) — There are representatives from the Big 12’s four future members attending the conference’s spring meetings, along with the lingering presence of Texas and Oklahoma, the league’s only football national champions who still are three years away from their scheduled departures to the SEC. Outgoing commissioner

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A jury has found that a white Topeka police officer did not use excessive force when he arrested a Black man in 2018. Timothy Harris sued Officer Christopher Janes after his arrest during a traffic stop in Topeka. He alleged Janes violated his civil rights by taking him to the ground,

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas woman who was shot and wounded by Kansas City, Missouri, police last week has been charged with several counts. The Kansas City Star reports that Jackson County prosecutors have charged 26-year-old Leonna Hale, of Kansas City, Kansas, with unlawful firearm possession, exhibiting a firearm and resisting arrest. The

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Prosecutors say a police officer in Kansas who fatally shot a former police detective during a scuffle will not be charged with a crime. The Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday that no charges will be filed against the Kansas City officer who shot Lionel Womack in November. The