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Greeley Avenue Bridge Open Again
The Greeley Avenue Bridge has been completed, and the road is back open to the public. According to the City of Salina, due to the deteriorating condition of the structure, the bridge was closed to...
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Salina’s Most Wanted July 2016
The latest, expanded list of Salina’s Most Wanted is online. The first weekend of each month a new list of Salina’s Most Wanted is released. The July list looks a little different. In an attempt to...
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Kansas Delays June Aid Payment to Schools Until July 7
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas will be paying schools a week late after withholding the final payment of fiscal year 2016 to keep its budget out of the red. The Wichita Eagle reports school districts will...
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June Tax Receipts Come in $34.5 Million Below Expectations
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas tax revenue receipts have come up $34.5 million short for June, pushing the fiscal year-ending shortfall to $76.2 million. The state Department of Revenue said on Friday...
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Kansas Denies Firing Clerk Not Attending Office Bible Study
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - The Kansas secretary of state's office has asked a judge to throw out the federal lawsuit filed by a former employee who claims she was fired for not attending Bible study sessions...
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Voting Rights Groups Appeal Federal Form Changes in 3 States
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Voting rights groups are appealing a judge's order which they say threatens to disenfranchise tens of thousands of voters in three states in the upcoming November elections. A...
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Maximum-Security Unit at Kansas Prison on Lockdown
LANSING, Kan. (AP) - The Kansas Department of Corrections says the maximum-security unit at the state's largest prison is on lockdown after "altercations" involving inmates and staff. Corrections...
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Westar Energy Inc. Asks Kansas Agency to Approve $12.2B Sale
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A joint application to approve the $12.2 billion sale of Westar Energy Inc. has been filed with the Kansas Corporation Commission. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Great...
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79-Year-Old Wichita Man Killed in Lawnmower Accident
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A 79-year-old Kansas man is dead after his riding lawnmower rolled into a creek near his Wichita home and trapped him underneath. The Wichita Eagle reports police responded to the...
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Handful of Kansas Schools Could See Swings in Taxes
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A handful of small, rural Kansas school districts face spikes in local property taxes or spending cuts because they're losing state aid under a new education funding law. But a few...
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Upgrades started on Kansas Turnpike stretch where 7 died
A 2-mile stretch of the Kansas Turnpike where seven people have died in flooding will soon offer better protection for drivers. Workers are about halfway through a project to improve drainage on a...
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Kobach uses state plane to talk at GOP events
Documents show Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach frequently flies in the state-owned executive aircraft to promote voter ID efforts outside of Kansas and to speak at Republican political events...
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Lawrence woman sentenced to 25 years for 2014 killing
A 40-year-old woman has been sentenced to about 25 years in prison for killing a Lawrence woman in 2014. Angelica Kulp pleaded guilty last month to second-degree murder and aggravated burglary in the...
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Dog Lost in Coyote Attack
A Wichita woman says she and her dog were out for a morning run when a coyote grabbed the dog and carried it away in its jaws. Shelley Duncan said that she was running near the Tallgrass Golf Course...
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4th Of July Fun And Fireworks Planned
Salina is set let freedom ring, beginning with an old fashioned celebration in the park and ending with a spectacular fireworks display. The day begins with the All-American 4th of July / Play Day in...
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New Zealand Woman Pursues Charge in Kansas
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - A 31-year-old New Zealand woman has been pursuing charges in Kansas against a teenager she believes harassed her online. Rachel Gronback lives in Auckland, New Zealand, where she...
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Jayhawk Bookstore going out of business
Bookstores serving students at the two largest universities in Kansas are closing, largely because of dwindling textbook sales. The Levin family owns the Jayhawk Bookstore in Lawrence near the...
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Kansas agency, university center sever ties
A Kansas agency and a University of Kansas center for mental health research are cutting ties. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports (http://j.mp/299xIx1) the Center for Mental Health Research and...
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Alleged Stabbing Perpetrator At Large
On July 3, at approximately 3:30 a.m., officers were dispatched to the Salina Regional Health Center’s emergency room reference to two males that were attacked with a knife during a disturbance at a...
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Kansas Kung Fu Movie Could Have Been Huge
The producer of a 1970s movie about a gorilla trained in kung fu that fights its way across Wichita says the film might have been one big-name actor away from being a hit. Bob Walterscheid says "King...
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