A police affidavit says a student at a Kansas high school began shooting after an administrator and school resource officer demanded to search his backpack because of rumors the student had a gun. The student, 18-year-old Jaylon Desean Elmore, fired five shots toward the school resource officer at Olathe East High School on March 4 before he was shot by the officer and subdued by the assistant principal, according to the affidavit.
Kansas City woman pleads guilty in fatal 2020 hit-and-run A woman has pleaded guilty to two felony counts for a 2020 fatal hit-and-run during a drag race on a Kansas City street. Shabazz Frencher, 24, of Kansas City, recently pleaded guilty to drunken driving while intoxicated resulting in death and leaving the scene of a fatal crash.
Efforts to propel Kansas’ renewable energy future are at a standstill, mired in legislative stalemate. At its center is a former TV weather personality who is using his chairmanship of a key committee to promote questionable claims about green energy and to spotlight complaints from opponents of wind and solar energy projects.
Republicans responding to the myth of widespread voter fraud are turning to a new tactic to appease voters who believe the claims: election police. The efforts to establish law enforcement units dedicated to investigating election crimes come as Republican lawmakers and governors move to satisfy the millions of voters in their party who believe former President Donald Trump’s false claims that widespread voter fraud cost him reelection in 2020.
St. Patrick’s Day celebrations across the country were back after a two-year hiatus, including the nation’s largest in New York City, in a sign of growing hope that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic may be over.
Basehor’s Gray Hawk Elementary School music teacher Madi Penfield recently asked citizens in the community to donate five-gallon plastic buckets to be used by students for drumming. Originally hoping for 30 buckets so that each student in a class could have one, a secondary goal was to collect an additional 30 buckets so each classroom in the school could have a bucket to use for emotional regulation throughout the day as needed. In the end, 70 buckets were received which will allow some buckets to be held in reserve as they are worn out over the years.
Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs continue to fall amid a strong job market rebound. Jobless claims fell by 15,000 to 214,000 for the week ending March 12, down from the previous week’s 229,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
Dear Amy: I want my two best friends to be in my bridal party, however, they both have multiple large tattoos on their arms, chest and back that I think are hideous. I adore my friends, but when I think of how their tattoos will look in my wedding photos, I cringe. Should I ask other friends to be bridesmaids instead? Or should I have them in the wedding and have their body art be a major distraction?
Who knows how many years dad struggled with dementia before it became obvious. With a personality of being strongwilled, independent and, more times than not, standoffish, my clue his dementia was beginning was when he showed up at my house.
Lansing first-graders got a recent visit from Jet Pack Jason from Mad Science of Greater Kansas City. Jet Pack Jason gave a hands on presentation that taught the students about the basic fundamentals of science. Students watched as he reinforced the principles through demonstrations and live experiments. Photo by Sharon Burns