October 2013

Kansas Board of Regents Chairman Fred Logan says the state's higher education system may face a legislative attack on tenure for professors.
The Topeka Capital Journal reports that Logan raised the i…

A Topeka high school art teacher has won a prestigious teaching award.
Washburn Rural High School fine arts teacher Brad LeDuc was named a recipient of the Milken Educator Award for Kansas. The Kansa…

A Kansas truck driver has been sentenced for vehicular homicide stemming from a crash in south-central Nebraska.
The Hastings Tribune reports that 47-year-old Victor Allende (uh'-YEHN'-day) was given…

Reno County officials say a second county resident has died after contracting the West Nile virus and they are investigating other cases.
The Hutchinson News reports the wife of 75-five-year-old Jim …

Fall can be a welcome season for many in Dodge City but it can also be a dangerous one for those on the road. This is because deer tend to be more active during the fall.

As the peak of rut season a…

The United Way Leaders will conduct a “Dare to Care” food drive from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at Dillons grocery store at 1700 N. 14th Ave. Nonperishable food items collected from the eve…

A world-renowned opera singer and a Nobel Prize-winning economist will receive honorary doctorate degrees from the University of Kansas during graduation ceremonies next May.
Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDo…

Leavenworth police say a 26-year-old woman died when power lines fell on her after her car ran into a power pole.
Police Chief Pat Kitchens says after the Leavenworth woman's car hit a power pole Wed…

The trial for a Garden City man charged with stabbing another man to death will not begin until next year.
Thirty-four-year-old Fred Schmidt Jr. was scheduled to go on trial Monday for first-degree m…

Former Kansas football player Jeremiah Edwards was sentenced to three years of probation for his part in a home invasion robbery in Lawrence.
Edwards, of Garland, Texas, was sentenced Wednesday. He w…