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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Foreign dignitaries from around the world were in Kansas City, Missouri, Thursday at its towering World War I monument to observe the 100th anniversary of the day the U.S. entered "The Great War." A sellout crowd of 3,000 onlookers also snapped up tickets for the daylong...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jason Castro and Jorge Polanco hit consecutive RBI doubles in the seventh inning, as the Minnesota Twins dented Kansas City's bullpen again and beat the Royals 5-3 Thursday to sweep the season-opening series. The Twins are 3-0 for the first time since 2007, handing the Royals...

WICHITA, Kan. (KNSS) - Range-burning is going on in the Flint Hills of Kansas to the northeast of Wichita, and smoke from those fires could be making its way into the Wichita area late Thursday evening and throughout Friday. Baylee Cunningham. an Air Quality specialist with the City of Wichita,...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KNSS) - In the NBA on Wednesday night, the Los Angeles Lakers pulled off an upset win at San Antonio, beating the Spurs 102-95; that's back-to-back wins for the Lakers. Coming off the bench as the sixth man for the Lakers was former Kansas Jayhawk Tarik Black, who finished with...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Topeka real-estate developer has been indicted on a new charge of lying under oath in an effort to hide assets in a bankruptcy. The U.S. attorney's office says grand jurors returned the indictment Wednesday in the case against 65-year-old Kent Lindemuth, of Topeka. Besides the...

TOPEKA, Kan. (KNSS) - Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt and the Kansas Child Death Review Board are encouraging Kansans to wear blue on Friday to increase awareness of child abuse. The effort is part of April’s observance of Child Abuse Prevention Month and the Blue Ribbon Campaign to Prevent...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Foreign dignitaries from around the world are converging on Kansas City, Missouri, and its towering World War I monument to observe the 100th anniversary of the day the U.S. entered "The Great War." A sellout crowd of 3,000 onlookers also snapped up tickets for the daylong...

WICHITA, Kan. (KNSS) - On Wednesday the Kansas Highway Patrol investigated 2 separate fatal traffic accidents involving semi trucks in northern Kansas. The first happened after 9 a.m. Wednesday in Mitchell County on U.S. 24 about 5 miles west of Beloit, Kan. A westbound pickup truck crossed the...