TOPEKA — The Kansas Board of Regents is urging the governor and lawmakers to restore higher education funding. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the regents took the stance Wednesday unanimously and without comment. For fiscal years 2018 and 2019, their proposal calls for reinstating about $30 million per year sliced from the fiscal 2017 budget. The cuts […]

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TOPEKA — Sentencing has been postponed for a 29-year-old Topeka man accused of helping a would-be jihadist’s unsuccessful plot to bomb Fort Riley. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree said Thursday he’s considering whether Alexander Blair’s crime qualifies for the five-year sentence prosecutors want. Blair’s attorney is seeking a sentence of five years’ probation. Sentencing is now set […]

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TOPEKA – A 29-year-old Topeka man is waiting to be sentenced for helping a would-be jihadist’s unsuccessful plot to bomb an Army post in northeast Kansas. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree was having a sentencing hearing Thursday for Alexander Blair. Court documents say Blair loaned $100 to another man who tried to plant what they […]

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – A Topeka man faces sentencing for his role in a foiled plan to detonate a bomb at the Fort Riley military post to kill and maim as many U.S. service members as possible. Alexander Blair has told the judge he made a big mistake and blames a genetic disorder for allowing […]

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HELENA, Okla. — The US Geological Survey reports a 4.0 magnitude earthquake has stuck northwestern Oklahoma. The USGS says the quake was recorded at 12:27 a.m., 12 miles northeast of Helena, about 85 miles northwest of Oklahoma City. There have been no reports of injury or damage. The USGS says the earthquake was widely felt […]

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  PORTLAND, Ore. – Authorities say a 39-year-old man formerly of Manhattan was arrested after officers who noticed him monitoring a Portland, Oregon police precinct found weapons and ammunition in his vehicle. Portland police Sgt. Pete Simpson says Eric Crowl was arrested Sunday on charges of attempted assault, unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful possession of a […]

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TOPEKA — Kansas voters will decide whether they want to alter the balance of power in the Legislature and replace two Republican congressmen in Tuesday’s primary election. The GOP and the Democratic Party are picking their nominees for the U.S. Senate, congressional seats, the Kansas Senate, the Kansas House and hundreds of county offices. Moderate Republicans are […]

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  MANHATTAN- Two women who are suing Kansas State University for refusing to investigate complaints that they were raped off-campus are getting support from the federal government. The U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Education say in a court brief that the university is incorrect in its conclusion that it isn’t responsible for […]

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Army has identified a man who died in an Alaska motorcycle crash as a soldier from Junction City. Thirty-one-year-old Staff Sgt. Maurice Tucker crashed on Anchorage’s Minnesota Drive just before 8 p.m. Saturday. Witnesses say the Tucker had stopped for a red light at Spenard Road while heading south. On a […]

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A war of words is being waged at Fort Riley after a highly decorated retired officer was disinvited from a prayer breakfast because of complaints about his outspoken Christian conservative views. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports retired Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin was scheduled to speak Monday at Fort Riley as part of the 1st Infantry Division’s “Victory […]

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