A Bucyrus, Kan., woman has pleaded guilty in federal court to wire fraud in connection with a staged attack intended to improve a settlement in a civil lawsuit. Julie R. Bernet, 39, entered her plea this morning before U.S. District ...

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The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says child abuse is a violent felony and can count toward a man’s 15-year minimum sentence. Marquan Wilson pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm after Kansas City police, ...

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Whatever the fate of a 2007 state statute regulating abortion clinics, the outcome will not be due to a lack of judges. Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri went back before the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District this morning ...

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With just a touch of humor, a federal judge has ruled that the trustees of a former quarry owe more than $660,000 to their beneficiaries after selling the land for less than it was worth. In findings of fact issued ...

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With just a touch of humor, a federal judge has ruled that the trustees of a former quarry owe more than $660,000 to their beneficiaries after selling the land for less than it was worth. In findings of fact issued ...

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