After more than two years of investigation, the Department of Justice announced Friday it would not file federal civil rights charges against the Overland Park police officer who shot and killed 17-year-old John Albers in his driveway as the teen was backing out of his garage.
Thursday students in Kirstyn Pract’s class at Santa Fe 5/6 Center spent several minutes watching a video that left them at a loss for words. They watched several minutes of news clips from the 9-11 attacks, recorded on that fateful day in 2001.
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PEARL, Miss. (AP) — Incarcerated women of faith inside Central Mississippi Correctional Facility have struggled to find a reliable worship space for years, but that will soon change. The prison in Pearl, the only state prison that holds females, hosted a groundbreaking ceremony recently for a new church that will primarily cater to those women.
Jehovah’s Witnesses have restarted their doorto- door ministry after more than two and a half years on hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, reviving a religious practice that the faith considers crucial and cherished.
The general election in Kansas is on Nov. 8, giving voters the opportunity to decide on local, statewide and federal offices. On the ballot this November are the state’s highest offices, including governor, attorney general, treasurer, secretary of state and commissioner of insurance. One U.S. Senate seat is on the ballot, as are seats for all levels of the state judiciary. And Kansans statewide will vote for the first time for representatives in newly redrawn districts for each of the state’s four congressional representatives, 125 state house representatives and five state Board of Education seats.
TOPEKA, Kansas — A woman lost her appeal to wrestle custody of her grandchild from the Kansas foster care system when the Kansas Supreme Court ruled against her on Friday. A 4-month-old, called N.E.
Sitting at the corner of Eighth and Walnut is an old gas station, the pumps gone since the place closed in the 1980s. First constructed in 1955, the station made use of U.S.
A family fun night designed to help parents find resources will be at Chisholm Middle School Sept. 12. Called “It Takes a Villiage” night, the school will host parents, community members and school staff between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m.
Special to the Kansan Time to get out the camera or sort through photos - the annual Best of Newton Photo Contest will be accepting entries from Oct. 1 through 28.