May 25, 2016 Missouri woman accused of embezzling $1.2M from Garmin A Missouri woman already accused of embezzling more than $300,000 from engineering firm Black & Veatch stole $1.2 million during an earlier job at Garmin International, a new federal indictment alleges.
May 25, 2016 One dead, 2 critically hurt after tornadoes, storms sweep Plains Crews are evaluating the damage Wednesday after tornadoes destroyed several homes and left two people critically injured in western Kansas as a series of severe storms swept across the Plains.
May 25, 2016 Univ. fires teacher who used racial slur in class after discrimination probe cleared her A white University of Kansas assistant professor who used a racial slur during a class discussion on race said the school won't renew her contract after the next academic year.
May 25, 2016 Tornadoes spotted in Plains states, no major damage reported A half dozen tornadoes spotted in Great Plains states caused no major damage but kicked off what's expected to be a busy week of severe weather.
May 25, 2016 The Latest: Crews evaluate damage from Kansas tornadoes The Latest on severe weather affecting parts of the central United States (all times local): 7:35 a.m.
May 23, 2016 Suspect pleads guilty in foiled bomb plot against Kansas military base A man accused of conspiring in a foiled plot to bomb a Kansas military base on behalf of the Islamic State group has pleaded guilty to conspiracy.
May 23, 2016 Change-of-plea hearing set in Kansas bomb plot case A federal judge is slated to hear a change-of-plea request from a 29-year-old Topeka man accused of helping another man who plotted to bomb a northeast Kansas military installation last year.
May 20, 2016 Missouri plans to seek death penalty for Mexican national Missouri prosecutors plan to pursue the death penalty for a Mexican national in the shooting death of a man a day after he allegedly killed four people in Kansas.
May 18, 2016 Kansas man convicted of killing 4 gets death sentence A man convicted of killing two men, a woman and her 18-month-old daughter on a Kansas farm three years ago has been sentenced to death.
May 17, 2016 Kansas school considers changes to discrimination policies School officials in Lawrence, Kansas, are considering changing district policies to prohibit forms of discriminatory behavior after school administrators told a high school student earlier this year that he couldn't display a Confederate flag on his vehicle while on school grounds.
