Articles from the December 8, 2016 edition
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Kansas to review Amber Alert system
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has announced plans to review its Amber Alert system after a faulty alert this week. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said in a release Wednesday that he's ordered a review of the state's Amber Alert operations...
Kansas high court to hear Kahler's death penalty appeal
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court will hear arguments this month in the appeal of a death row inmate convicted of killing members of his family. The state Office of Judicial Administration said Wednesday in a release the state Supreme...
Kansas couple accused of running illegal moonshine operation
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A central Kansas couple is accused in federal court of an illegal moonshine operation in their basement. A federal grand jury in Wichita indicted 41-year-old Ryan Penner and 37-year-old Jennifer Penner of Newton on one count...
Girl, 9, who inspired archers everywhere dies of rare cancer
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 9-year-old Kansas girl whose battle with brain cancer sparked an outpouring of support from fellow archers has died. Downing & Lahey Mortuary says Addison Kye Adams died Monday. The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/2gaMcyB )...
Time to set limits: Business owners suffer tech overload
NEW YORK (AP) — Three years into being a business owner, Becky Davis knew she needed to break the hold technology had on her. Davis, a marketing and management consultant to other small business owners, was so immersed in emails, texts and social m...
Texas eyes immunizations as more kids file exemptions
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas could be the epicenter for the nation's next major fight over stricter requirements for immunizations as rates of schoolchildren who refuse shots for non-medical reasons climb in America's second-largest state. The...
University of Missouri receives diversity recommendations
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri system will need to make a sustained commitment in both funding and personnel to improve its diversity and inclusion efforts, which in the past have lacked direction and a clear plan, a task force...
Police: 2 teens arrested over California school attack plan
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Two 15-year-old students have been arrested for allegedly planning a future attack at a Southern California high school, authorities said. The teens did not bring firearms to school and planned the attack for 2020, the...
Church attack survivor recalls loud noise, then darkness
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A survivor of last year's massacre at a black South Carolina church testified Wednesday that her Bible study group had just closed their eyes and started praying when a loud sound shattered the stillness. The basement room...
Report: LGBT students still face discrimination at school
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Many public schools are still hostile environments for LGBT students, an international human rights organization concluded in a report released Wednesday. The lengthy report from Human Rights Watch was based on interviews...
Prosecutor details computer virus revealed by FBI probe
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pennsylvania prosecutor's office says a computer virus from an international cybercrime operation recently dismantled by the FBI and foreign authorities affected only a small number of employees. Mike Manko, the spokesman for...
Police: Black cat crosses suspect's path, rats him out
EPHRATA, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania police department says a black cat was lucky for one of its officers tracking down a fugitive. The Ephrata Police Department posted on its Facebook page that officers were searching for Jonathan Michael Steffy...
Not so jolly: Mom wants NC Santa fired for fat-shaming son
FOREST CITY, N.C. (AP) — Here's a not-so-jolly story: A mother wants her local St. Nick kicked to the curb for fat-shaming her son. Ashley Mayse tells WLOS-TV (http://bit.ly/2g8JsXI ) that her 9-year-old son started crying when the Santa Claus on...
Deck the ... Look out! Woman tries to run over decorating ex
CONNELLSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — State police say holiday music was blaring from a Pennsylvania woman's car as she tore up the yard of her ex-boyfriend's home, nearly running the man and his family over. Forty-seven-year-old Mary Jo Smith was charged...
Ohio man's controversial 'Zombie Nativity' vandalized
CINCINNATI (AP) — A suburban Cincinnati man says someone vandalized the "Zombie Nativity" scene he puts up annually, beheading the ghoulish-looking Mary figure and flipping the greenish baby Jesus into the yard. Jasen Dixon says someone damaged...