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September 21, 2022
Shawn Parcells of Kansas, accused of performing illegal autopsies, was sentenced to nearly six years in prison for wire fraud.
September 20, 2022
A former Kansas police detective will be released from jail pending his trial on charges involving two accusers, a federal…
May 19, 2022
Republicans on Wednesday improved their chances of flipping the only Kansas congressional seat held by a Democrat.
July 15, 2020
Rep. Steve Watkins, who had listed a postal box as his residence on a state voter registration form, has been…
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December 9, 2019
When Topeka K. Sam was charged with drug conspiracy, she hoped to receive bail, but instead, she ended up serving…
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July 2, 2018
The family of a black man fatally shot by two white officers in Kansas as he fled from them after…
October 6, 2016
Thomas Earl Brown Jr. was sentenced for the murder of a new bride still in her wedding gown and the…
June 11, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Kansas reporter Katya Leick really just wanted to get her story done so she could run inside…
April 17, 2015
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A new Kansas law tells poor families that they can't use cash assistance from the state…
May 15, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Segregation is making a comeback in U.S. schools. Progress toward integrated classrooms has largely been rolled back…
July 9, 2012
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A group that publicizes Kansas history is planning a three-day celebration in Topeka next month to…
October 18, 2011
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The U.S. Attorney's office in Kansas is weighing federal hate crime charges against two white men…
May 31, 2011
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Federal jurors in Kansas have convicted an 84-year-old Rwanda genocide suspect of lying on his U.S.…
May 17, 2010
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Parkinson had the signing ceremony on the 56th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education…