CHAPMAN — Cleanup is expected to begin after a tornado that officials say stayed on the ground for about 90 minutes damaged or destroyed about 20 homes in rural northern Kansas. Dickinson County fire district one chief Paul Froelich told The Associated Press early Thursday that crews have completed secondary searches of the damaged properties.

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – A federal judge is slated to hear a change-of-plea request from a 29-year-old Topeka man accused of helping another man who plotted to bomb Fort Riley last year. The hearing is scheduled for Monday in Topeka. Alexander E. Blair previously pleaded not guilty to charges that he helped 21-year-old John T.

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Kansas’ state universities including K-State are calling for tuition increases of up to 5 percent, at least for now. The schools submitted their tuition proposals Wednesday to the governing Kansas Board of Regents. But those came before Gov. Sam Brownback signed a budget bill Wednesday afternoon that cuts higher education funding by

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – A 21-year-old Topeka man is due in federal court more than three months after admitting to plotting to bomb a northeast Kansas military installation. U.S. District Judge Carlos Murguia was holding a hearing Friday on the status of John T. Booker Jr.’s case. Booker pleaded guilty in February to two charges

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – An educator and farmer who previously ran against congressman Tim Huelskamp as a Republican is now planning to run in the 1st District of Kansas as an independent candidate. Alan LaPolice of Clyde announced Thursday that he is leaving what he called a failed political system to run as an independent.

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Federal court documents show that a 29-year-old Topeka man plans to plead guilty to a conspiracy charge in connection with a plot last year to bomb the Fort Riley military base. Alexander E. Blair’s attorney filed a request Thursday to change the not guilty plea entered for him last year by

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BOSTON — An 80-year-old man who ran a sprawling marijuana-dealing operation that covered several states, with records going back to 1992, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Marshall Dion pleaded guilty last year to drug and money-laundering charges, and Tuesday’s sentencing in Massachusetts was the latest chapter in a long, colorful history with law

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Two female students have sued Kansas State University, alleging it has refused to investigate their rapes at off-campus fraternity houses. The two civil rights lawsuits filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Kansas contend the university’s practice endangers students and violates federal law by creating a hostile learning environment for victims. Kansas State declined to

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Benjamin Williams, 22, of Manhattan, was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department Monday at approximately 8:05 a.m. for the offense of burglary. He was given a bond of $5,000 and at the time of this report was no longer confined at the Riley County Jail. This arrest stems from a burglary that included rifles,

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ALMA — Kansas residents are cleaning up from another round of rural wildfires that have burned at least 18 square miles. KSNT-TV reports that Alma City Councilmen Dan Deiter spent Wednesday sorting through debris at the Catholic school where he taught in northern Kansas. He says there was “no hope” for saving the building, which burned Tuesday.

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