9 years ago
A formula that Kansas lawmakers have used to determine which state workers would get raises this year has sparked confusion and resentment among employees. State lawmakers approved a budget in June that gives some employees their first pay raise in several years. The method leaves out employees who have received raises under separate contracts and divides the ...

9 years ago
Guards at a Kansas prison housing some of the most dangerous criminals say there were two previously unreported disturbances during which inmates took control of the yard for hours before an third uprising that was disclosed last month. Two corrections officers and a person with access to emergency logs, who spoke to AP on condition of ...

9 years ago
Authorities say a Catholic priest charged in Kansas with child sex crimes has been arrested in Maryland. The Wyandotte County, Kansas, prosecutor's office announced Tuesday that the Rev. Scott Kallal was charged Friday with two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. Montgomery County, Maryland, Police Capt. Paul Starks says the 35-year-old was arrested Monday ...

9 years ago
Authorities say a man has died after he was found in a Kansas apartment where a fire was intentionally set. KSNT-TV reports that 37-year-old Derrick Anthony Williams was found Monday while crews were putting out the fire in the ground floor apartment in Junction City. The fire department said in a news release that Williams was ...

9 years ago
Salina Police have released a screen shot from a Wal-Mart surveillance video after a quick change con man left the store with $2,200 in cash from the Central National Bank inside. Police are hoping someone can help identify the man and the woman he was with in this July 18, 2017 photo. Investigators are asking the public ...

9 years ago
The public is invited to provide input as plans for renewal of the Smoky Hill River continue to evolve. According to the City of Salina, an electronic survey pertaining to the Smoky Hill River Renewal Project is available on the City’s website www.salina-ks.gov/riverrenewal through Friday, August 4th. Survey questions are a result of a design charrete held ...

9 years ago
Employees at a Kansas prison are dealing with the summer heat. Temperatures in El Dorado reached 106 degrees Saturday, and employees at the El Dorado Correctional Center say the prison was even hotter. Corrections staff says temperatures in parts of the prison have reached 120 degrees at times. Kansas Department of Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood released a ...

9 years ago
Kansas statesman Bob Dole has been nominated for the highest civilian honor Congress bestows. Sen. Pat Roberts and Rep. Lynn Jenkins are seeking to honor the longtime senator with the Congressional Gold Medal. Roberts and Jenkins jointly introduced resolutions Monday, two days after Dole's 94th birthday. The resolution says that Dole has "embodied the American spirit of ...

9 years ago
An Ellsworth County man has won a $10,000 lottery prize. According to the Kansas Lottery, Patrick Kyler won $10,000 on a scratch ticket. When Kyler first won $40 on a $20 instant scratch ticket last week, his brother was philosophical about it. “He told me ‘I guess if you want to win big, you gotta play big,’” ...

9 years ago
A 22-year-old man who admitted he tried to detonate what he thought was a bomb outside an Army post in Kansas to aid the Islamic State group was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. John T. Booker Jr., of Topeka, was sentenced Monday in federal court in Kansas City, Kansas. He pleaded guilty in February ...

9 years ago
A new amusement ride law would affect more than a dozen counties in western Kansas that have home-owned carnivals and rides. Gov. Sam Brownback signed the bill in April following the death of a 10-year-old who rode a giant water slide in Kansas City. The new standard includes more expensive insurance and having rides examined by ...