A Kansas House committee approves a bill that lets parents use public tax dollars to send their kids to private school. lawmakers consider a measure to give parents more control over what is taught in the classroom. and the superintendent of the embattled Kansas Highway Patrol says he'll retire in July. Those headlines and more can be found here.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Five Topeka police officers will not face charges after shooting and killing a man who rushed them with a knife last year, Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay. Kagay said on Tuesday that Kansas Bureau of Investigation officers found Topeka police justifiably believed that Taylor Lowery, 33, was a danger to them and the public during the confrontation on Oct.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Topeka police officers shot and killed a man early Thursday after he walked toward them with a knife as they tried to intervene in a carjacking, authorities say. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said in a news release that a woman called 911 around 12:30 a.m.