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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a suspect shot and wounded a school resource officer and an administrator Friday at a suburban Kansas City high school. Olathe police said in a tweet the shooting occurred in the “office area” at Olathe East High School. Police say a suspect has been

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Police: Suspect shot and wounded a school resource officer and an administrator at a suburban Kansas City high school.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police have arrested a Wichita man suspected of firing more than 80 bullets at a house in Topeka last year, wounding a 1-year-old boy. Television station KSNT reports that 24-year-old Tray Robinson was arrested Thursday on warrants in the case after police in Wichita received a tip that he was in

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas coach Bill Self called point guard Dajuan Harris something unfit for print after his scoreless performance at TCU earlier this week served as a microcosm of the Jayhawks’ entire listless performance. Well, Harris and the rest of his team made sure Self wouldn’t repeat

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers are moving ahead with trying to end a three-day grace period for Kansas voters to mail in their ballots A GOP-dominated state Senate committee advanced a measure Thursday that one voting-rights activist called “madness.” It would require all mail-in ballots to arrive by

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Topeka man has been sentenced to 48 years and nine months in prison for killing his ex-girlfriend. Jeremy Lardner was sentenced Thursday for the 2019 death of 36-year-old Brandi Prchal, an officer for the Shawnee County Department of Corrections. Her body was found in Lardner’s gas-filled home on Nov. 1,

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The zoo in New Orleans says near-threatened maned wolves brought to the Audubon Zoo to breed have done just that, and are rearing four puppies. Three are black and one is silver, but they’ll mature to their parents’ coloration — red coats shading to black on muzzles and long, slender legs.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Conservative Republicans’ frustrations over how Kansas handled the coronavirus pandemic are complicating Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s efforts to keep her top public health administrator in place. The state Senate health committee made no recommendation Thursday on whether former hospital system executive Janet Stanek should be confirmed as head of the state

LENEXA, Kan. (AP) — Investigators found pipe bombs and a GPS tracking device in a car outside a Lenexa home where police say a gunman killed his ex-girlfriend and a man she was dating, then himself. Television station WDAF reports that investigators also found a so-called ghost gun and other weapons inside the home where

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tyson Etienne had 18 points as Wichita State beat Tulsa 72-62. Morris Udeze had 15 points and eight rebounds for the Shockers (14-12, 5-9 American Athletic Conference), who snapped a five-game skid on the road. Darien Jackson and Jeriah Horne both had 15 points for the Golden Hurricane (9-19, 3-14).

By AVERY OSEN Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Joanne Allen-Taylor scored 20 points, Lauren Ebo had 12 and the ninth-ranked Texas women outlasted Kansas 70-60. Texas has won seven straight games and hasn’t lost in nearly a month. After trailing 27-25 at halftime, the Longhorns scored 14 of the first 16 points in the

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on whether the man who killed a former NFL player in a road rage incident can be tried again for murder after his conviction on a lesser charge was overturned. Authorities in the New Orleans suburb of Jefferson

GREELEY, Kan. (AP) — Fire officials are investigating after two adults and a child were found dead in house fire in eastern Kansas. Anderson County Sheriff Veron Valentine said the fire was reported early Wednesday in Greeley. Valentine said the home was engulfed in flames when volunteer firefighters arrived. When firefighters were able to enter

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The congressional committee investigating last year’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has subpoenaed a former Kansas attorney general who promoted baseless election fraud claims that helped fuel the rioting. The U.S. House committee on the Jan. 6, 2021, violence issued its subpoena Tuesday to Phill Kline. It directs him to produce

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Kansas Senate has confirmed three members appointed by Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly to the state board overseeing higher education.  Former state Sen. Wint Winter Jr., of Lawrence; former Kansas City, Kansas, school Superintendent Cynthia Lane, and former BNSF Railway CEO Carl Ice, of Manhattan, won confirmation to the Board

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a 59-year-old Kansas man has been ordered to repay $40 million to the IRS for tax fraud. Scott Tucker, a former racecar driver from Leawood, was also sentenced to three years in prison for the scheme. Tucker pleaded guilty in November to one count of filing a

AUBURN, Kan. (AP) — Auburn fire officials say a 90-year-old man died after a brush fire he started got out of control. Auburn Assistant Fire Chief Erik Wood said crews responded to the fire Tuesday in southwest Shawnee County, where a woman said she couldn’t find her husband. Wood said firefighters found the man dead

BONNER SPRINGS, Kan. (AP) — A 20-year-old suspect in crimes on both sides of the state line in the Kansas City metro area is in custody after a standoff in Kansas. Bonner Springs police say Yucasante Oropreza was arrested without incident Wednesday. KMBC-TV reports Oropreza was a suspect in a shooting in Kansas City, Kansas,

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas Highway Patrol trooper says in a statement that he drew his pistol on a Kansas legislator stopped for speeding when the lawmaker abruptly got out of his car holding his cellphone. The trooper’s affidavit was released Wednesday and provides details about the Nov. 27 arrest in Lawrence of Democratic