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HILLSBORO, Kan. (AP) — Authorities in central Kansas say two Tabor College students from California have died in a crash near Hillsboro. Television station KAKE reports that the single-vehicle crash happened just before 4 a.m. Sunday on a rural road south of Hillsboro. First responders who arrived on the scene of the crash found Johnethon

NORTON COUNTY, Kan. (AP) — A Florida man died when he crashed his truck while fleeing from police in northwest Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol said a trooper tried to stop the 29-year-old man for erratic driving shortly after 10:30 a.m. Saturday. But the Wichita Eagle reports that Derek Stortzum of Brooksville, Florida, fled from

LENEXA, Kan. (AP) — Three people died after a shooting in a Kansas City suburb on Sunday. Lenexa Police Department spokesman Officer Danny Chavez said the shooting was reported around 1:20 a.m. Sunday inside a home in the 8400 block of Laurelwood Street in Lenexa. The Kansas City Star reports that three people with gunshot

LENEXA, Kan. (AP) — Two people died and a third person was injured after a shooting in a Kansas City suburb on Sunday. Lenexa Police Department spokesman Officer Danny Chavez said the shooting was reported around 1:20 a.m. Sunday inside a home in the 8400 block of Laurelwood Street in Lenexa. The Kansas City Star

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer WACO, Texas (AP) — Flo Thamba had 18 points, Jeremy Sochan had 17 and 10th-ranked Baylor overcame a big early deficit to beat No. 5 Kansas 80-70. The 24-5 Bears avenged an embarrassing loss from three weeks earlier and kept the Jayhawks from clinching a share of their 20th

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Taylor Robertson beat the buzzer with a 3-pointer to give No. 20 Oklahoma a dramatic 72-69 victory over Kansas State. Robertson took a pass from Nydia Lampkin along the left sideline and drilled the 3-pointer as time was running out. Six of the last seven made baskets were 3-pointers. Twice Kansas

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Caleb Grill hit 6 of 10 from 3-point range to score 18 points off the Iowa State bench, and Izaiah Brockington added 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds as the Cyclones held off a late rally to edge Kansas State, 74-73 to earn their 20th win of the season. Iowa State

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer WACO, Texas (AP) — NaLyssa Smith scored a career-high 33 points and grabbed 16 rebounds, and fifth-ranked Baylor remained tied for the Big 12 lead with an 85-77 victory over Kansas. Smith only had one assist, but that came on Ja’Mee Asberry’s 3-pointer midway through the third quarter that

SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) — A Johnson County woman faces charges related to a house fire that killed a baby in suburban Kansas City, Kansas. The Kansas City Star reports that 28-year-old Karlie Phelps was arrested Friday on charges of involuntary manslaughter and endangering a child. She is scheduled to appear in court Monday. Television station

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Two men are charged with second-degree murder in the fatal beating of a homeless man in Wichita. Sixty-three-year-old David Chandler and 31-year-old Abel Molina made their first appearances in court Friday. Their bonds were set at $500,000 and their next court appearances are scheduled for March 7. Police say Chandler and

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ school board has suspended the state’s top public school administrator over an offensive public comment about Native Americans. Its decision Friday to suspend Education Commissioner Randy Watson for 30 days without pay came after it unanimously rejected the resignation he submitted after the governor and

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas state school board suspends education leader for 30 days over offensive remark after rejecting his resignation.

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The top public school administrator in Kansas has resigned over an offensive remark about Native Americans at a recent public conference. Education Commissioner Randy Watson’s decision was announced Friday by Jim Porter, the chairman of the State Board of Education. The elected 10-member board appoints the

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ top public school official resigns over offensive remark about Native Americans.

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A 37-year-old Leavenworth man has been sentenced to 3.5 years in jail for a fatal hit-and-run. Justen Michael McCarter was sentenced Thursday in the death of 44-year-old Adam Wheeler in March 2020. Police say McCarter was speeding on a stolen motorcycle when he hit Wheeler, who was crossing a Leavenworth street.

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer A look at the upcoming weekend around the Big 12 Conference: GAME OF THE WEEKEND The Big 12’s best team this season meets the league’s best — and the nation’s best, for that matter — from last season when No. 5 Kansas heads to No. 10 Baylor on Saturday

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly and indigenous leaders are calling on Kansas’ top public school administrator to resign over an offensive public remark about Native Americans. Kelly was joined Thursday by three Native American lawmakers and the chair of one of Kansas’ four Native American nations in demanding