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Kansas man sentenced for killing ex-girlfriend and burying her in shallow grave

OMAHA, Neb. (TCD) — A Kansas man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend, burying her body in a shallow grave in another state, and fleeing to Central America.

KETV-TV reports Aldrick Scott was sentenced May 30, about two months after he was found guilty of first-degree murder, use of a weapon, and tampering with evidence for the November 2022 killing of Cari Allen. The judge also handed him a sentence of 45 to 60 years for the last two charges, plus 532 days of time served.

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Kansas spends $2.8M on digital literacy training for underse

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday announced that the state will give $2.8 million to 15 organizations throughout the state to boost digital literacy training programs.

The funding targets universities, academies, community groups and l ... Read more

Topeka tourney sees Braves win one

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Brown v. Board of Education NHP Hosts Naturalization Ceremon

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July 27, 2023

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TOPEKA, Ks. – The National Park Service (NPS) hosted a Naturalization Ceremony today on July 27, in collaboration with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigr ... Read more

When Did We Become Disillusioned With Desegregation? (Opinion)

Several years after Education Week was launched in the early 1980s, the 30th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education presented our Opinion section with the first occasion for what has become a decennial project: inviting leading scholars to reflect on the significance of the landmark desegregation case. The consensus has rarely been rosy.

The first major anniversary we were around to mark threw some cold water on the occasion, as the civil rights lawyer and legal scholar Derrick Bell confessed to his lack of enthusiasm for the u ... Read more

Meyer Funeral Director of the Year

Joshua Meyer of Concordia, was recently honored by being named Kansas Funeral Director of the Year for 2024 at the 2023 KFDA Convention which was recently held April 28 through May 1, 2024, at the Hotel Topeka City Center in Topeka, Kansas. Funeral d ... Read more

Kansas district courts finish working through backlog of pap

TOPEKA—Kansas district courts affected by an Oct. 12 cybersecurity incident have finished working through a backlog of new cases and paper documents filed while court information systems were offline from mid-October to early January.

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October 26, 2023 TOPEKA, Ks. – The National Park Service (NPS) hosted a Naturalization Ceremony today on October 26, in collaboration with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the U.S. District Courts. The even ... Read more