Kansas Legislature to look into late-term abortions
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A panel of Kansas lawmakers will review the state’s late-term abortion law starting this week to see whether more stringent rules or enforcement is necessary.

Sebelius travels to Turkey on the taxpayers – Where’s the media?
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Although participants emphatically attest that they attend the Club’s annual meeting as private citizens and not in their official government capacity, that affirmation is dubious-particularly when you compare the Chatham House Rule with the Logan Act in the United States, where it is absolutely illegal for elected officials to meet in private with influential business executives to debate and design public policy.

La Raza tries to extort Kansas City
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Janet Murguía, head of the Washington-based La Raza, said Thursday that Mayor Mark Funkhouser’s appointment of a member of a militant group opposing illegal immigration gave pause to the Hispanic rights organization. The militant group? The Minutemen!

FBI Warning – Jury Duty Scams
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Authorities are warning consumers to beware of a new surge in phony phone calls claiming they failed to appear for jury duty and asking for personal information.

Liberal State Senator pushes for statewide smoking ban
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“It’s gonna happen, but we may be the 50th state to do it,” said Sen. David Wysong, a Mission Hills Republican who pushed a bill to ban smoking statewide in the last legislative session to no avail. “How many people are we going to kill before we do it?”

SRS Worker charges with stealing $25,000
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A state employee is charged with misappropriating nearly $25,000 from the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services offices where he works.

Serial Rapists suspected at K-State
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Police in Manhattan, Kan., think that in the past seven years this man raped seven college-age women near the Kansas State University campus, including one last month. Because the man wears a mask, police don’t have a composite of the rapist and have just a few leads to track down.

Pastor found guilty of molestation
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A jury this week Tuesday found former Miltonvale Wesleyan Church pastor Bryan Sprung guilty of sexually molesting a 10-year-old girl in his church office in 2006.

Jackson County Executive shows leadership on budget
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“It was an ongoing issue of spending more than the county had coming in. At some point, you have to say, ‘We need to do things a little differently.’ ”

Graffiti worse than ever in Kansas City
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Kansas City park inspectors reported 2½ times as many instances of graffiti this year over last year. And they don’t even see the bulk of it, because work crews often erase it before the inspectors come by. The Parks and Recreation Department alone spends more than $200,000 a year on erasing graffiti