http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/kansas/ en-us Wed, 8 Oct 2008 15:09:17 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2100473/posts GREAT BEND, Kan. — A Kansas man whose girlfriend was physically stuck to the toilet in their home wins $20,000 in the state Lottery — for the second time this year. AP via FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2100473/posts#comment Wed, 8 Oct 2008 15:09:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095271/posts WICHITA, Kansas, September 31, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A life-threatening abortion complication landed a patient of late-term abortionist George R. Tiller in the hospital last Thursday. The woman has come forward to tell of her harrowing, near-death experience at Tiller's Women's Health Care Services (WHCS). Patient S. has alleged that on Tuesday, September 23, abortionist Shelley Sella may have botched an injection into her abdomen, causing sepsis, a systemic infection that rapidly spreads throughout the body and can cause rapid death. She also accuses Sella of misdiagnosing her pregnancy at 19 weeks, even though previous medical examinations placed her pregnancy at... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095271/posts#comment Wed, 1 Oct 2008 22:49:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089810/posts . Camping World RV 400 Sunday 2:00 pm on ABC from Kansas Speedway SPEED Pre-race show at 11:00 EasternABC Pre-race show at 1:00 Eastern Green Flag 2:15 Please give your support to the FR Canteen - Dedicated to our troops, veterans, and their families: The FR Canteen God Bless Our Troops Please pray on this day, and every day, for our Patriot Armed Forces standing in harm's way around the world in defense of our liberty, and for the families awaiting their safe return. Nascar / Jayski http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089810/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:58:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083535/posts Members and alumni of The Young Conservatives of Texas were pleased to read in today’s Daily Kansan that students at Kansas University are forming The Young Conservatives of Kansas. {Jack Hutsey, Wichita junior, officially founded the Young Conservatives of the University of Kansas on Sept. 4, a week before the group’s first public outreach effort. “Right now, the conservative voice is just a whisper on campus,” Hutsey said. “We just want the liberals to know that we’re going to raise our voice. They can have demonstrations and rallies, and so can we. It’ll take time, obviously, but we’ll have small... The Conservative Revolution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083535/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:57:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2078987/posts The two candidates for Johnson County district attorney, Rick Guinn and Steve Howe, can boast the most important qualification for the job anyone could ask for. Neither was a crony of Phill Kline. Guinn had left the D.A.’s office long before Kline arrived, to head up the criminal division of the Kansas Attorney General’s office. He had been the deputy D.A. here in Johnson County. Steve Howe was fired by Kline, as part of the purge. That would be purge, not surge. A surge seeks victory. A purge usually ends in defeat. And defeat it is, because the conviction rate... Overland Park Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2078987/posts#comment Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:17:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2065971/posts Just wanted to give you Kansas people a heads up that a very talented lady and homeschooling mom is running for the state legislature. cheryl reynolds http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2065971/posts#comment Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:02:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023220/posts WICHITA, KS, May 29, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In early April, 2007, late-term abortionist George R. Tiller and his entire abortion clinic staff was honored by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius at a lavish secret party held at Cedar Crest, the Governor’s mansion.  In response to photographs published by Operation Rescue this week, Gov. Sebelius’ office has released what Operation Rescue is calling a “laughable” defense, saying that the Tiller party depicted in the photographs was a prize in a charity auction in which Sebelius had no control over who would attend.OR obtained the set of 27 photographs from a confidential source that... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023220/posts#comment Thu, 29 May 2008 22:30:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063792/posts With five seats on the State Board of Education up for grabs this year, education advocates say how children learn about evolution hangs in the balance -- and who voters choose could affect Kansas' national reputation. A frequent flip-flop between moderate and conservative majorities on the 10-member board has resulted in the state changing its science standards four times in the past eight years. Conservatives have pushed for standards casting doubt on evolution, and moderates have said intelligent design does not belong in the science classroom. In 2007, a new 6-4 moderate majority removed standards that called evolution into question.... The Wichita Eagle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063792/posts#comment Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:35:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062881/posts A federal judge ruled Friday that a Wichita Catholic school policy requiring students to speak only English didn't break any civil rights laws. Wichita Eagle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062881/posts#comment Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:47:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061347/posts Wednesday, August 13, 2008 Email to a Friend Barack Obama has narrowed the gap slightly, but John McCain still leads his Democratic opponent by 15 percentage points 52% to 37% in the reliably red state of Kansas. When “leaners” are included, the Republican presidential candidate is ahead 55% to 41%, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Kansas voters. In mid-July, McCain had a 20-point lead over Obama 52% to 32%. Obama was within 10 points of McCain in June just after Hillary Clinton dropped out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Also in Kansas, incumbent... Rasmussen Reports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061347/posts#comment Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:58:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061231/posts FORT HAYS, Kan. -- A professor at a Kansas university who dropped his pants and mooned a room full of students and teachers is under investigation after video of the incident was posted on YouTube, school officials said. Bill Shanahan, a professor at Fort Hays State University, was at a debate with the Fort Hays State debate team last March when the incident occurred. School officials said they believe things got out of control when the team got low scores from two of the judges. Shanahan is seen on the video jumping up and down, ranting and then mooning the... kctv5.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061231/posts#comment Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:05:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057493/posts Have we finally seen the last of Kline? We can only pray. "A political newcomer knocked Phill Kline out of the race for Johnson County district attorney Tuesday, defeating the hopes of abortion opponents who had campaigned nationwide. With all of the vote counted, Steve Howe, a former Johnson County prosecutor, trounced Kline with 33,260 votes to Kline’s 22,188, a margin of 60 percent to 40 percent, according to final unofficial returns. Howe will face Democrat Rick Guinn in the Nov. 4 general election." Kansas City Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057493/posts#comment Wed, 6 Aug 2008 17:16:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048675/posts LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Governor Kathleen Sebelius has found herself in the middle of the KU t-shirt turmoil. LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Governor Kathleen Sebelius has found herself in the middle of the KU t-shirt turmo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048675/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:17:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041179/posts A year ago, Steve Howe stood in front of the Johnson County Courthouse to announce his campaign for district attorney. Behind him were about 15 supporters from a broad spectrum of the Republican Party, including his two campaign managers: Charlotte O’Hara, a conservative from Olathe, and Greg Musil of Overland Park, from the party’s moderate wing. In April, they rallied behind him again. It was a stunning show of Kansas GOP unity after many years of divisive intraparty politics. But don’t think the rift between conservative and moderate Republicans has closed. The wound may have scabbed over some, but it... Kansas City Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041179/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 18:27:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034493/posts Kristi Boone of Olathe never planned to file for the Kansas Legislature when this election year began. Neither had Chris Napolitano of Lenexa nor Judy Macy of Overland Park nor Sean Tevis of Olathe. They changed their minds, though, after attending the Democratic Party’s Feb. 5 presidential caucuses in Kansas. Now they are running as Democrats in Republican-rich Johnson County. All were swept along by a tide of enthusiasm for Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, the party’s presumptive presidential nominee, and Democratic successes in Kansas in 2006. Kansas City Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034493/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:57:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029761/posts A possible tornado has struck the Litle (spelling from site?) Sioux Scout Camp in Iowa. Very large response is being reported by media. Large number of injuries. NWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029761/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:39:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028760/posts Saying he has a passion for justice, District Attorney Phill Kline announced Monday that he would be a candidate to retain his job as Johnson County’s top law enforcement officer. At an evening news conference, with his wife and daughter at his side, Kline said he would file today to run as a Republican. That means Kline will face former Johnson County prosecutor Steve Howe in the Aug. 5 primary; the winner will take on former Johnson County prosecutor Rick Guinn, a Democrat, in November. Kansas City Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028760/posts#comment Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:02:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028083/posts It’s the only way Tory Bowen knows to honestly describe what happened to her. She was raped. But a judge prohibited her from uttering the word “rape” in front of a jury. The term “sexual assault” also was taboo, and Bowen could not refer to herself as a victim or use the word “assailant” to describe the man who allegedly raped her. The defendant’s presumption of innocence and right to a fair trial trumps Bowen’s right of free speech, said the Lincoln, Neb., judge who issued the order. Kansas City Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028083/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jun 2008 00:05:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025661/posts A cloud-to-ground ligtning strike from a severe thunderstom hit a large gasoline storage tank at the Magellan Petroleum tank farm in Kansas City, igniting 2 million plus gallons of unleaded gasoline, rapidly growing into a huge inferno of flame belching over 200 feet in the air. Local authorities have elected to let the fire burn itself out, which is anticipated to take a day or more. The fire is presently contained to the burning tank. Authorites and company officials feel confident the fire poses no danger to other large storage tanks nearby. Video from local news helicopters shows tank walls... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025661/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jun 2008 04:03:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024775/posts Machine politics is generally associated with cities, the cynical cronyism that is the prerequisite to wholesale corruption and urban decay. But these days it’s at its worst in, of all places, Kansas, under the governorship of leading Democratic vice-presidential contender, Kathleen Sebelius. Just ask Phill Kline. National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024775/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 13:38:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022435/posts ...Sebelius would help the Illinois senator in several obvious ways -- she's a woman, a Catholic and a Democratic officeholder who has successfully reached across the aisle to make strong Republican allies in a deeply red state. When she was selected to give her response to President Bush's State of the Union address last January, she began: "In this time, normally reserved for the partisan response, I hope to offer you something more: An American response." Sebelius, in other words, is a Democratic politician who not only talks the Obama talk but walks the Obama walk. Recently, however, she has... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022435/posts#comment Wed, 28 May 2008 14:04:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018014/posts ... What is beyond debate is that, with Kline, it has been one thing after another. So I can fully understand why Kansas GOP officials are throwing fits over news that Kline may renege on his promise to sit out this year’s election. Imagine their horror upon learning of the draft-Kline movement. And that it’s entirely possible he will run for a full term as Johnson County district attorney. Or at least won’t rule it out. ... Kansas City Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018014/posts#comment Mon, 19 May 2008 12:37:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014315/posts In the western third of the state, meanwhile, timely rains -- on top of the cushion of moisture left behind when more than 30 inches of snow fell in late 2006 -- made for ideal growing conditions. Essentially, the tables were turned last year. In the northwest crop-reporting district, for example, average yields last year amounted to 43 bushels per acre. This year, the forecast is calling for average yields of 38 bushels. That's would still be considered an excellent crop, but it's only 83 percent of last year's bin-buster. The central crop-reporting district, which includes Ellis County, is expected... The Hays Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014315/posts#comment Sun, 11 May 2008 05:47:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2014588/posts Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas has been dealing with Gov. Kathleen Sebelius  for a while now regarding her scandalous and unrepentant support, as a Catholic, of abortion. He has now taken further action. The Kansas City Star reports: Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius should stop taking Communion until she repudiates her support for the “serious moral evil” of abortion, the Catholic archbishop for northeast Kansas says. Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, also criticized the governor Friday for her recent veto of a bill imposing new restrictions on abortion providers. The... Insight Scoop http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2014588/posts#comment Mon, 12 May 2008 00:05:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013538/posts " I was raised by small town folks from Kansas. With Midwestern values. Honesty and hard work and responsibility. And so this notion, somehow, that I'm some sprout-eating, Volvo driving person, when you know, of all the candidates remaining in this race - I probably-- came from-- the toughest circumstances,'' he said. "Not overly tough, I don't want to overstate. But some tough circumstances-- without a father in the house. And you know, raised by people who, you know, come straight out of Central Casting of small Midwestern towns. I think it just doesn't match up with who I... Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013538/posts#comment Fri, 9 May 2008 12:58:11 GMT