KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Police are investigating a shooting Friday near a Kansas City funeral home that left four people injured, one of them critically. The shooting was reported about 11:30 a.m. at the Elite Funeral Chapel in south Kansas City. Police spokeswoman Leslie Foreman said one shooting victim was inside the funeral home, one was in…
University of Kansas Researcher Sentenced to Time Served for Hiding China Ties
January 18, 2023
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A former University of Kansas researcher was sentenced to time served without fine or restitution for concealing work he did in China while employed with the university. Feng “Franklin” Tao was sentenced on Jan. 18 for one count of making a false statement. Tao was arrested in 2019 along with some two dozen other researchers…
Estimated 500,000 Gallons of Oil Spill in Keystone Pipeline Burst
WASHINGTON, Kansas—Cleanup efforts continued this week following one of the worst oil pipeline failures in Kansas history. Canada-based TC Energy reported the company had recovered nearly 12,000 of 14,000 barrels of crude from the Keystone Pipeline spill from Mill Creek in Washington County. However, the company said the cleanup is far from over as it works…
Locals Respond to Cleanup Efforts of 500,000 Gallon Keystone Pipeline Oil Spill: ‘Never Been Through Something of This Magnitude’
WASHINGTON, Kansas—Cleanup efforts continued this week following one of the worst oil pipeline failures in Kansas history. Canada-based TC Energy reported the company had recovered nearly 12,000 of 14,000 barrels of crude from the Keystone Pipeline spill from Mill Creek in Washington County. However, the company said the cleanup is far from over as it works…
Power Line Workers in High Demand Fueled by Wave of Retirements, Industry Growth
HAYS, Kansas—The view from a Midwest Energy bucket truck 62 feet above the barren corn fields in Ellis, Kansas, is not for the faint of heart or height in early January. Steady nerves and hands are an absolute must to work on the utility poles stretching for miles in every direction. One careless touch could…
Police Fatally Shoot Man in Kansas City Suburb
OLATHE, Kan.—Police in Kansas shot and killed a man who approached them with an “edged weapon” after a New Year’s Eve disturbance, police said. Officers were called to a disturbance Saturday night at a home in the Kansas City suburb of Olathe, Sgt. Joel Yeldell said in a news release. When officers arrived, a 27-year-old…
Keystone Pipeline Shut After 14,000-Barrel Oil Spill in Kansas
Canada’s TC Energy shut its Keystone pipeline in the United States after more than 14,000 barrels of crude oil spilled into a creek in Kansas, making it one of the largest crude spills in the United States in nearly a decade. The cause of the leak, which occurred in Kansas about 20 miles (32 kilometers)…
No. 6 Kansas Rallies Late to Beat No. 7 Duke 69–64
INDIANAPOLIS—Jalen Wilson and Dajuan Harris Jr. provided a calm, steadying influence for No. 6 Kansas on Tuesday night. Jayhawks freshman Gradey Dick provided the late splash. Together they extended the nation’s longest active winning streak. Wilson scored a career-high 25 points, Harris dished out a career-best 10 assists and Dick made three crucial baskets in…
Deep Red Kansas Reelects Democrat Governor
Incumbent Kansas Democrat Gov. Laura Kelly has survived Republican Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s bid to unseat her and will move into her second term in Topeka. Kelly collected 49 percent of the vote to Schmidt’s 48 percent, with an estimated 90 percent of the votes counted on Nov. 9. Throughout the summer and fall, polls showed…
Davids Holds Off Adkins to Stymie GOP Congressional Sweep in Kansas
November 9, 2022
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Incumbent Rep. Sharice Davids (D-Kan.) will return for a third term in Washington as Kansas’ lone congressional Democrat, according to projections on Nov. 8. Davids had 55 percent of the vote with nearly all precincts reporting, according to the Kansas Secretary of State Office. Republican challenger Amanda Adkins had 43 percent. The Associated Press and other…
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