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Did Kris Kobach Underestimate the Number of Illegals Voting in Kansas?
A comprehensive report released by the think tank, Just Facts, suggests that, if anything, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach…
Northland Man on Scalise Shooter: “He Couldn’t Handle Trump”
A Northland man who grew up with James Hodgkinson, the shooter of Rep. Steve Scalise and four others, told Fox4kc that…
Signs of K-12 Education Overspending Abound
There’s a possibility that some public schools spend more than necessary. Though that sort of blasphemy is rarely discussed in polite…
Planned Parenthood pressures 96.5 The Buzz into dropping Advice & Aid advertising
Kansas City radio station 96.5, “The Buzz,” shut down an advertising campaign the station had contracted with Advice & Aid…
Kansas Revenue Hits May Target
Kansas revenue projections for May neared dead center. The Kansas Department of Revenue estimated the state would collect $443 million,…
Feds Bust 35 Missouri Convenience Store Owners for Cigarette Smuggling
With the lowest cigarette tax on the nation, Missouri has become something of a Mecca for cigarette smugglers, all puns…
Breaking: Fifth South KC Walking Trail Homicide Victim Also White
Credit goes to the Hays Post for answering the obvious question that Kansas City media were reluctant to ask: what…
Update: Police Identify the Fifth South KC Hiking Trail Victim
Kansas City police have identified the fifth man found on or near a South Kansas City hiking trail as 31-year-old…
Kansas Tax Credit Scholarship Program Under Fire
A small scholarship program that allows some kids in failing schools to attend private schools is under fire in the…
Student Journalists Seek School Official Accountability
Student journalists are demanding in an editorial that the Pittsburg School District Superintendent Destry Brown be held accountable for hiring…
City Resists Homicide Trend, Second South KC Dog Walker Murdered
Police are investigating the death of popular sports bar owner Mike Darby as a homicide. Darby had been walking his dogs…
Wamego Tourist Boom Coincides with Marshall Town Hall
Wamego experienced a tourist boom last week. That’s good news for a struggling ag sector in Kansas. Cars with tags…
Northland Teens Go Gangster in Wild Shoot-Out
In one of the wildest Northland shoot-outs since Bonnie and Clyde burst out of their Platte City motor court, two…
KU Police Wrap Up Investigation of Rape at Basketball Dorm, Refer to DA
As reported in the Daily Kansan, the University’s Public Safety Office has wrapped up its investigation into the alleged rape of…
Somali Immigrant Suspected of “Jihadist Activities” Charged in KC
Last week federal prosecutors in Kansas City charged Isse Aweis Mohamud, suspected of jihadist activities by his own family, with passport…
Missouri Senate Candidate Tony Monetti Has Unusual Background
On Monday, May 8, Tony Monetti, a Republican from Warrensburg, will be announcing his candidacy for the U.S. Senate on…
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Suspends Columnist for Supporting NRA
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch suspended a conservative editorialist over a column that pointed out media bias on gun control. In the column, Stacy…
Garden City Schools Reject Efficiency Recommendations
The Garden City School District could save between $1.1 million and $1.5 million annually with limited impact to students, a legislative…
KPI Freedom Index Shows the Most Pro-Government Legislators to Be Republicans
Republicans hold the top and bottom slots in Kansas Policy Institute’s Freedom Index. Each year since 2012, KPI has rated…
Prosecutors Charge North KC Teacher With Sodomy
Jackson County prosecutors charged James Green Jr., 52, currently a teacher and coach at Northgate Middle School in the North Kansas…
Former Star Sportswriter Jason Whitlock Slams “Far-Left Political Ideologues”
Love him or hate him, no one ever accused former ESPN pundit and Kansas City Star sportswriter Jason Whitlock of…
Kansas Rep Lance Kinzer Featured in Best-Selling “Benedict Option”
In his New York Times review written on the day the book came out three weeks ago, David Brooks called…
Five Kansas Counties Go “Sanctuary,” None in Missouri
UPDATE: Finney County has protested its inclusion on the list and Sedgwick County claims it has begun to cooperate. In…
What Arm Twisting, KCUR?
KCUR’s Sam Zeff reports that legislators resorted to strong-arm tactics to secure votes for a House K-12 Budget Committee school…