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Kansans will see the bite from an income tax increase with their first paychecks this month. Business owners legally can avoid the bill until next year but the state is advising them to start paying up this fall. Legislators enacted the tax increase over Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's veto. It is expected to raise $1.2 billion over ...

8 years ago
Some state lawmakers want Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to explain his claim that corruption exists at the Statehouse. Kobach said recently he is running for governor to end the "culture of corruption" in the Legislature. He suggested term limits for legislators. House Speaker Pro Tem Scott Schwab, a Republican from Olathe, on Friday said Kobach's ...

8 years ago
A Kansas law that allows concealed guns on state university and college campuses beginning Saturday has resulted in a flurry of new policies, fact sheets, online guides and videos about the handling of weapons. Administrators say they can't predict how many people will carry concealed weapons on campuses or how many complaints their police might receive ...

8 years ago
Top Republicans in the Kansas Legislature have publicly dressed down GOP Gov. Sam Brownback and a top aide over the administration's criticism of budget and tax measures. GOP leaders expressed their frustration during a Friday meeting on budget issues. Senate President Susan Wagle said comments from the administration have been inappropriate. Brownback participated in the meeting by ...

8 years ago
A northeast Kansas man who faced several allegations of sexual assault has been found guilty of all charges in cases involving two women. A Jackson County jury deliberated about three hours Friday before finding 22-year-old Jacob Ewing of Holton guilty of rape and aggravated criminal sodomy of the two women. Ewing was acquitted in April of sexually ...

8 years ago
After fierce competition across the state, a new transload facility has opened in Great Bend. A ceremony on Thursday officially opened the project, which allows trains to drop off their cargo for trucks and vice versa. The Kansas Department of Transportation led the effort to establish two transload facilities. The state received 111 site applications and the ...

8 years ago
A man who escaped from the Lansing Correctional Facility has been recaptured in Topeka. The Kansas Department of Corrections says 34-year-old James Stewart II was arrested in Topeka Friday about two hours after he was seen driving away from the prison in a state of Kansas vehicle. The corrections department said Stewart was a minimum-security inmate. Stewart was ...

8 years ago
On Sunday, June 25, 2017, at about 5:30am, Officers of the Salina Police Department responded to a residential fire at 918 W. South. Upon arrival officers observed a pile of debris on the front porch of the residence that had been set on fire. The fire was determined to be arson. Damage was estimated at $800. If you have ...

8 years ago
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has apologized for what he calls a "misunderstanding" that led to a $1,000 fine against him for misleading the court. Kobach asked U.S. Magistrate Judge James O'Hara on Thursday to reconsider the fine and order requiring him to submit to a deposition by the American Civil Liberties Union. O'Hara ruled Kobach ...

8 years ago
Today kicks off the Grand Opening Celebration of the Evel Knievel Museum. Special guests on hand include original crew members Ray Gunn, Evel's first crew member; John Hood, Knievel's crew and driver at Wembley Stadium; Rick Naugle, Knievel's crew and driver who was with Knievel at Caesar's Palace, Cow Palace and Snake River Canyon; Mike Draper ...

8 years ago
The 2017 winter wheat harvest has been a mixed bag for Kansas so far as farmers race to bring in the crop amid damaging spring storms that have pounded some crops with hail. Justin Gilpin, chief executive officer for the industry group Kansas Wheat, says fields around Norton and Goodland in northwest Kansas were hit by ...