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ObituariesNov 30, 2022

Longtime NFL quarterback, Kansas star John Hadl dies at 82

Longtime NFL quarterback John Hadl, who starred for his hometown Kansas Jayhawks before embarking on a professional career that included six Pro Bowl appearances and an All-Pro nod, died Wednesday

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Arts and entertainmentAug 19, 2022

Spielberg among donors in $22M Kansas campaign on abortion

Abortion opponents and abortion rights advocates together spent more than $22 million on a ballot question this month in Kansas, and famed film director and producer Steven Spielberg contributed to the successful effort to affirm abortion rights

Social affairsJun 12, 2022

Kansas storms damage sorority, cancel outdoor symphony event

Strong winds and storms forced crowds who gathered in a rural Kansas field for a symphony performance to evacuate and damaged a sorority house at Kansas State University

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Arts and entertainmentJan 12, 2022

NBA Prospect Watch: Ochai Agbaji soaring after return to KU

Ochai Agbaji arrived at Kansas as a lightly regarded three-star prospect

General newsAug 23, 2021

Evel Knievel museum to repay incentives if it moves to Vegas

If the Evel Knievel museum does move from Topeka, Kansas, to Las Vegas, the owner of the museum dedicated to the daredevil has pledged to repay $117,000 it has received from the city since it opened in 2017

General newsAug 3, 2021

Man sentenced to five years for crash that killed woman

A 37-year-old Wichita man has been sentenced to five years in prison for a drunken driving crash that killed a woman and injured two others

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SportsJun 12, 2021

Salloi scores in 71st, Sporting KC ties Austin FC 1-1

Daniel Salloi tied it in the 71st minute and Sporting Kansas City held on for a 1-1 draw with expansion Austin FC

General newsMay 25, 2021

Double homicide suspect and another inmate escape from jail

Authorities are searching for two inmates who escaped for a southeast Kansas jail

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Government and politicsMay 3, 2021

Push against trans athletes in girls' sports fails in Kansas

Conservatives in Kansas have failed to overturn the Democratic governor’s veto of a proposed ban on transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports