News Headlines for Abilene, Kansas

Icy roads blamed in 2 Kansas fatalities (The Wichita Eagle)
The Kansas Highway Patrol says icy roads have contributed to at least two fatal accidents. Both happened Monday morning in the southeastern part of the state. A 34-year-old Kansas City, Kan., man was killed around 5:50 a.m. on U.S. 169 about 10 miles south of Iola. The patrol says Raul Sinckler was thrown from his pickup truck when he lost control on an icy bridge. The truck hit a guardrail, ...

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Kansas House, Senate choose leaders (The Wichita Eagle)
Republican Senate leadership will stay the same for the next session, but House Republicans ousted one-term Speaker Melvin Neufeld on Monday. House GOP members and members-elect voted 41-36 to pick veteran Rep. Mike O'Neal of Hutchinson as their new leader. Neufeld, who led failed attempts to approve two new coal plants in western Kansas during the last session, is the first incumbent speaker ...

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Kansas scraps way to victory (The Wichita Eagle)
This was what Kansas coach Bill Self likes to call a "grind-it-out" game. Elbows fly, shots that went in last game rattle out and, somewhere in the middle of a sweaty pile, a team discovers something about itself. Self knew a game like this was coming, and, odds were, the Kent State Golden Flashes would provide it on Monday night. The only question was: Would the young Jayhawks be ready to win ...

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Capitol briefs: Kansas picks legislative leaders (The Kansas City Star)
Kansas lawmakers will have a new House speaker when they convene next month: Mike O'Neal, a 24-year legislative veteran.

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Airliner with shattered windshield lands safely in Kansas City with 72 people on board (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An airliner with a shattered windshield has landed safely at Kansas City's airport. Kansas City International Airport spokesman Joe McBride says the United Express plane was carrying 72 passengers and crew members on a flight from St. Louis to Denver.

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College basketball roundup: Kansas clobbers Kent State (Austin American-Statesman)
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Sherron Collins scored 16 of his 19 points in the second half after early foul trouble, and Kansas made 32 of 36 free throws to beat Kent State 87-60 Monday night. It was the Jayhawks' 28th straight home victory.

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COL BKB: Kansas 87, Kent State 60 (UPI)
LAWRENCE, Kan., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The 25th-ranked Kansas Jayhawks, led by Sherron Collin's 19 points, rolled to an 87-60 victory Monday over the Kent State Golden Flashes.

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AP Top Kansas News at 5:45 a.m. CST (INO News)
WASHINGTON (AP) _ More than 100 years after Colorado and Kansas first began sparring over water rights to the Arkansas River, the two states were still bickering at the Supreme Court on Monday over costs in the epic dispute.

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CFB: Police chief issues 'warrant' for Kansas players (Honolulu Advertiser)
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Columbia's interim police chief is taking the sting out of Missouri's loss to Kansas with a little humor.

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Icy Roads Blamed In 2 Kansas Fatalities (KCTV 5 Kansas City)
The Kansas Highway Patrol says icy roads have contributed to at least two fatal accidents.

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