Month: February 2019

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas judge who blamed two teenage girls for a sexual encounter with a 67-year-old man spent nearly a decade on the bench overseeing mostly sealed juvenile and child-in-need-of-care cases behind…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas guard Lagerald Vick is taking a leave of absence from the basketball program, leaving the No. 13 Jayhawks even more short-handed as they face an uphill climb to a 15th…

Earlier this week we ran a story about employee buyouts at The Kansas City Star and The Wichita Eagle, Kansas’s two biggest newspapers owned by the McClatchy Co., who is wanting to trim staff by…

I went to the doctor Tuesday because of a cold. Just an average cold. I felt a tickle in my throat, accompanied by a cough, so I called the doctor’s office and was in and…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The arc of the Kansas City Royals last season tracked closely to that of Adalberto Mondesi, one of their most touted prospects in years and quite possibly the future of…

In just a few short weeks, the Humanity House Community Garden will be open for the 2019 growing season. We are excited for the opportunity to spend three more seasons outdoors, in the dirt, growing…

Once upon a time Dr. Earl Walter saved my life by urging me to get tested for prostate cancer. Wife Beverly had been after me to have the test, but being a bit stubborn, I…

Crowding the plate, fearsome and fearless, Frank Robinson hammered his way into the Hall of Fame. His legacy, however, was cemented that day in 1975 when he simply stood in the dugout at old Cleveland…

Toronto, Milwaukee and Philadelphia made their moves. Anthony Davis will have to wait until the summer for his. The New Orleans Pelicans held onto Davis but dealt Nikola Mirotic to the Bucks, one of the…

Like many Chiefs fans, general manager Brett Veach saw the viral video of quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ pickup basketball moves and was concerned. The fear of an injury to the NFL’s Most Valuable Player led Veach…