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Candidates for local offices in Kansas must file by Friday for the August primary despite the current controversy playing out in federal court over political boundaries for state and national offices.

Lena Greenberg, 14, of Philadelphia, waits to compete in the National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Wednesday, May 30, 2012.

Update: 1:17 p.m. The semifinal of the 85th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee is proving to be a tough one, as 17 spellers have been eliminated after only one-and-a-half rounds.

Summer is here, which means free music at local parks and outdoor shopping centers in the Kansas City area.A This fun event is popular in many of the surrounding metro cities and parks, which offer fun for all ages.A So, grab a cooler full of drinks, some comfy lawn chairs, and enjoy one of these free local concerts at your neighborhood park.

OLATHE, Kan. More than 150 different agencies making a special effort to enforce the Kansas Seatbelt Law.

Arlington eighth-grader Mark De Los Santos was cool and confident Wednesday at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

The judges gave no hint how they would draw the boundaries, but did suggest they would hold themselves to a high standard for population deviation among the districts.

The proposed FY 2013 Budget for Johnson County Government will be presented to the Johnson County Board of Commissioners on Thursday, May 31, by County Manager Hannes Zacharias and representatives from the Department of Budget and Financial Planning.

Most of the controversy so far has focused on whether Fort Leavenworth and Fort Riley need to be included in the same congressional district.

Buy this image Roy Nelson, captain of American Legion Post 189, salutes the flag while Fred Price, also with the Post 189, stands at attention and John Parcell, with the American Legion Band, plays Taps on Monday, May 28, during the Memorial Day observance at the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City.

A Lee's Summit man and an Olathe, Kan., man were injured in a Sea-Doo explosion on the Lake of the Ozarks on Saturday.

The North Topeka Community Band will begins its summer season of free concerts with one at 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 4, in Garfield Park, where it also will perform June 25 and July 9. A summer of band concerts in public parks, including one preceded by a fundraiser run-walk and dinner, will get started with one by the Topeka Jazz Workshop Band at the ... (more)

On Tuesday, May 29 and Wednesday, May 30, you can drop off your unwanted furniture, appliances and other household items at 1022 E. Santa Fe St.

Posted on: 6:22 pm, May 25, 2012, by Jason M. Vaughn and Rob Low , updated on: 06:31pm, May 25, 2012 OLATHE, Kan.

OLATHE, Kan. - If you have any business at a Department of Motor Vehicles office in Kansas, you might want to bring a book or an iPad or whatever it takes to keep your sanity, because officials say that you will probably be there a while - and they have no idea when things will start to get better.

If you ever needed proof that man is a creature of habit, just attempt to your regular shopping list to a new grocery store.

Johnson County prosecutors on Thursday accused a Gardner man of attempting to hire a hit man to kill his former wife.Rheuben Clifford Johnson III, 49, was charged in Johnson County District Court with solicitation to commit first-degree murder.According to Johnson County court records, Johnson and his former wife were divorced in January.

A map that may be considered in the federal court case to determine Kansas Senate redistricting.

OLATHE, Kan. - Charged with conspiring to commit murder in the first degree, 49-year-old Rheuben C. Johnson III is being held on a million dollar bond.

These food service operations recently inspected by the Environmental Health Division of the Jackson County Public Works Department had three or more critical violations.