Month: August 2018

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A Missouri woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a car plunged into the Kansas River and the body of her 5-year-old daughter was pulled from the water. The…

All elections are important. Tuesday’s primary may be a touch above some we had in recent years. Contentious races for the Republican gubernatorial and Second Congressional District will be decided. Allen County voters will have…

A federal judge had good reason to temporarily bar a gun-rights activist this week from distributing software to produce working plastic firearms from 3D printers, but it was the wrong result. While gun-control advocates are…

For voters planning to cast a primary election ballot for governor on Tuesday, your choice is move forward and away from the Brownback era or turn back toward it. Candidates have defined this choice on…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins’ blueprint for 2018 included a dynamic young center fielder making great plays on defense and coming up with big hits. Of course, that role was supposed to be filled…

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Just as the demonstrations of players during the national anthem have become a means of expression for NFL players, the stage at the Hall of Fame inductions often turns into a…

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Even the owner of the Kansas City Chiefs is excited to see what Patrick Mahomes II can do. Clark Hunt doesn’t seem worried about putting too much pressure on his…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State will rely on an outside law firm to investigate what coach Urban Meyer knew and did about domestic abuse accusations against a former assistant, a process expected to be…

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says all five people on board were killed when a small passenger airplane crashed in northern Oklahoma on Saturday. The cause of the crash was not immediately…

At Week’s End We talk lot about how important each election is. Even so, an inordinate number of voters often neglect to exercise their franchise. Two examples come to mind, races in which a couple…