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By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly and indigenous lawmakers are calling on Kansas’ top public school administrator to resign after reviewing video of him making an offensive public remark about Native Americans. Kelly and three state House members issued their statements Thursday after the State Board of Education called

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says a man who was shot by police last week in Leavenworth is in custody after he was released from the hospital. The KBI said 31-year-old Donald Barden Jr. was arrested Wednesday. He was booked into jail on possible charges of aggravated assault of a law

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly is calling on the top public school administrator in Kansas to resign following reports that he made an inappropriate remark during a recent conference. Kelly issued her statement Thursday about Education Commissioner Randy Watson after the State Board of Education scheduled a special

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — State officials have identified two drivers killed in a head-on crash on Interstate 235 in north Wichita. Television station KAKE reports the crash happened around 6 p.m. Wednesday. The Kansas Highway Patrol says a southbound pickup truck driven by 56-year-old Darth Cline, of Wichita, crossed the median and collided head-on with

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Aliyah Matharu scored 16 points and No. 11 Texas overcame cold shooting to defeat Kansas State 62-51. Lauren Ebo scored 11 points and grabbed eight rebounds for the Longhorns, who have won five straight. Joanne Allen-Taylor added 10 points. Coach Vic Schaefer, in his second season at Texas after a long

AVERY OSEN Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Ashley Joens scored 22 points and had 11 rebounds and led No. 9 Iowa State to an 85-59 win over Kansas. The Cyclones (23-4, 12-3 Big 12) sit atop the conference along with Baylor after winning for the seventh time in eight games. Joens continues to make

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ state school board has scheduled a special meeting for Friday to discuss personnel issues. The meeting was set after Education Commissioner Randy Watson made what one board member called an inappropriate remark during a conference last week. State Board of Education member Ann Mah told The Capital-Journal on Wednesday that

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republicans in the GOP-controlled Kansas Legislature have moved to block local bans, restrictions or taxes on plastic bags or other packaging. The state Senate voted 27-13 for a bill that would strip cities and counties of their power to regulate or tax bags, cups, bottles

By DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A University of Kansas administrator has been chosen to be North Dakota State University’s next president. The North Dakota Board of Higher Education unanimously chose David Cook, the vice chancellor for public affairs and economic development at the Lawrence, Kansas, school. He beat out two other

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas House has approved a measure aimed at ensuring that counties don’t stop electing their sheriffs. The vote Wednesday was 97-24 on a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution declaring that sheriffs are elected to four-year terms. The constitution now says only that lawmakers will create county offices “as may

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Shawnee County authorities have charged a Topeka West High School student who was the subject of protests from other students with 11 sex-related crimes. District Attorney Mike Kagay says he will ask a judge to charge the student as an adult because of the serious nature of the crimes. The student’s

By DAVID SMALE Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Ochai Agbaji scored 23 points and passed Wilt Chamberlain on Kansas’ career scoring list, leading the No. 5 Jayhawks to a 102-83 win over Kansas State. Agbaji has 1,444 points in 110 games, 26th on Kansas’ all-time list. He passed Chamberlain with his 13th point of

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri state senator punished for wearing overalls on the Senate floor has blocked any work from getting done in protest. Republican Sen. Mike Moon on Tuesday filibustered to prevent even administrative tasks from getting done. Moon is running for Congress. Earlier this month, he

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Many Kansas legislators want to make sure that counties don’t change the longstanding tradition of electing sheriffs by enshrining the policy in the state constitution. The Republican-controlled state House gave first-round approval Tuesday to a proposal to add language to the Kansas Constitution’s short article

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas House has approved a proposed amendment to the state constitution to make it easier for the GOP-controlled Legislature to overturn state agencies’ regulations. Republicans had help from two dissident Democrats in Monday’s 85-39 vote. That was one vote more than the two-thirds majority necessary for passage. Most Democrats see

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The National Weather Service is warning of bitter cold descending on several Midwest states, including Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and parts of Missouri, as a winter storm system dropped some snow, sleet and freezing rain on those areas early Tuesday. The weather service has issued a wind chill warning for much of

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer Gonzaga has made two trips to the national championship game, annually beats the nation’s top programs in nonconference games and wins more consistently than any other program. Even with all their success, there’s still a corner of college basketball fans who insist the Zags are overrated, a product of

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say two people were found dead in a car that crashed in Wichita after it came under gunfire. KSNW reports that the crash happened early Monday. Police say that although someone was shooting at the car, officers don’t think bullets hit any of the people inside the vehicle. Police identified

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The nation’s massive infrastructure bill includes $248 million to help repair damage from 2019 flooding along the Missouri River. The St. Joseph News-Press reports that the flood damaged most of the structures used to control the river in an area that stretches from Rulo, Nebraska, to St. Louis. Dane Morris,