State News

• Kan. legislators strike deal on higher ed tweaks
  Negotiators have struck a deal to make tweaks to Kansas higher education laws to provide more tools for students who struggle to earn their degrees.
  
  
• Former NE Kan. postmaster convicted of embezzling
  The former postmaster of a northeast Kansas post office has been convicted of embezzling.
  
  
• Kansas Senate's majority leader resting at home
  Kansas Senate Majority Leader Jay Emler is resting at home after being hospitalized for high blood pressure.
  
  
• Kan. gov. may seek to intervene in remap lawsuit
  Gov. Sam Brownback says he may try to get involved in a federal lawsuit over the Kansas Legislature's failure to redraw the state's political boundaries.
  
  
• Kan. House approves Congress redistricting plan
  The Kansas House has approved a plan favored by conservative Republican leaders for redrawing the state's four congressional districts.
  
  
• Manhattan man sentenced for rape, manslaughter
  A 25-year-old Manhattan man has been sentenced to about 18 years in prison for raping a woman and beating a man to death.
  
  
• Grain company races to open western Kan. elevator
  A new grain elevator is scheduled to open soon in west-central Kansas, just in time for the unusually early start of the wheat harvest.
  
  
• Kan. lawmakers declare end to debate on tax cuts
  Leaders of the Kansas Legislature say its debate over cutting income taxes is over.
  
  
• Walk in 9th leads Dodgers past Cardinals 6-5
  A.J. Ellis drew a bases-loaded walk in the ninth inning, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night in the opener...
  
  
• Kansas Senate majority leader remains hospitalized
  Kansas Senate Majority Leader Jay Emler remains hospitalized because of high blood pressure.