Kansas lawmakers advanced a provision Monday that could give the Legislature greater control over rules and regulations issued by the governor and state agencies. The Kansas House voted 85-39 to place a constitutional amendment on the November ballot e…
Chiefs’ Chris Lammons, wanted in battery case, turns himself in to Las Vegas police
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs cornerback Chris Lammons, who was wanted by Las Vegas police in connection with a battery case that left a man unconscious, has turned himself in to authorities. Las Vegas police said Lammons, 26, was booked into the Clark Cou…
Kris Kobach, running for Kansas AG, still working for scandal-tainted border wall group
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Before Kris Kobach lost the Kansas Republican primary for U.S. Senate in August 2020, his pitch to voters included his work for We Build the Wall, the nonprofit funding the construction of strips of wall along the southern border. As…
KC Chiefs cornerback wanted in connection with Alvin Kamara beating in Vegas: report
Chiefs cornerback Chris Lammons reportedly is wanted by Las Vegas police in connection with a beating involving Saints running back Alvin Kamara that left a man unconscious and with a fracture to his face. According to News3LV, Lammons is “a wanted sus…
Kansas residents sue over GOP-drawn map, alleging ‘extreme and intentional’ gerrymander
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Sixteen Kansas residents are suing to block the state’s new congressional map, alleging that its redrawn district boundaries are a racial and partisan gerrymander. The ACLU of Kansas and Campaign Legal Center, a national nonprofit go…
Kansas takes late lead and hangs on for 71-69 victory over Oklahoma
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Looking as if it was still stinging from Monday’s loss at No. 20-ranked Texas, No. 8 Kansas played from behind for much of the game before rallying to defeat unranked Oklahoma, 71-69, on Saturday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayh…
Vahe Gregorian: ‘Marriage made in heaven’: A reminder of the fit between KC Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes
In between Brett Veach’s frenzied entreaties to compel coach Andy Reid and then-general manager John Dorsey to draft Patrick Mahomes and Dorsey’s engineering and execution of the draft-day trade that made it a reality, Chiefs chairman and CEO Clark Hun…
Vahe Gregorian: Why a bullet-riddled Jackie Robinson marker is vital to Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The first words of Jackie Robinson’s biography, “I Never Had It Made,” deftly frame the circumstances of his birth in Cairo, Ga. “My grandfather was born into slavery, and although my mother and my father, Mallie and Jerry Robinson, …
Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy to interview for another head coach job
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On Thursday, the Chiefs lost one member of their coaching staff. They could lose another before the offseason coaching carousel comes to a stop. Offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy’s four-year interview tour will reach New Orleans fo…
White House’s Psaki accuses Hawley of ‘parroting’ Russia propaganda in Ukraine letter
WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Jen Psaki accused Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley of spreading Russia propaganda Wednesday after the Republican senator called for the Biden administration to drop support for Ukraine’s potential admission into NATO. …