9 years ago
A Kansas board has approved a temporary rule requiring county election officials to throw out thousands of votes cast in state and local races by people who have registered without providing proof of their U.S. citizenship. The State Rules and Regulations Board's action Tuesday came only a day before Kansas opens advance voting for its Aug. ...

9 years ago
A 14-year-old Hutchinson boy was sentenced to nearly four years in juvenile detention for his role in a plan to launch a pipe bomb attack on Hutchinson High School. The teenager was sentenced Tuesday to 45 months in detention, followed by three years of aftercare. Authorities say he and a 15-year-old Hutchinson boy conspired to kill specific ...

9 years ago
Governor Sam Brownback says he has the right to wait longer than 90 days to fill a vacant district magistrate position. A written response filed Monday in the Kansas Supreme Court on Brownback's behalf says the "precise timing of the appointment is left to the Governor's constitutionally-provided executive power." Three 26th District judges filed a petition last ...

9 years ago
A new government report is forecasting a much bigger U.S. winter wheat crop than had been expected just a month ago. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Tuesday that it now expects the nation's wheat production to come in at 1.63 billion bushels. That number is up 8 percent from their estimate just last month, and up ...

9 years ago
Advocates for people with disabilities are urging the federal government to require Kansas to quickly clear its backlog of Medicaid applications and to resolve problems with its application process as a condition for approving any renewal of its privatized program. The Disability Rights Center asked the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to force Kansas ...

9 years ago
Online enrollment for Salina USD 305 Schools begins this week. According to the district, online enrollment opens Thursday, July 14th for returning students. You can enroll from the convenience of your own home computer. If you do not enroll online, you will need to enroll at your school building on July 28. Please be aware that enrollment ...

9 years ago
The discovery of a cannonball prompted the evacuation of a Salina business Monday afternoon. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that at 1:39 in the afternoon dispatch received a call that a cannonball was discovered in a box of items being donated to the DAV Thrift Store at 901 West Crawford. It was on a back ...

9 years ago
A Salina man was arrested following a short high speed pursuit, and a crash, early Tuesday morning. According to Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney, at 2:00 in the morning an officer on patrol observed an unbuckled driver and attempted a traffic stop on a 1996 white Honda Civic on South 10th Street, in the area of ...

9 years ago
Salina Law Enforcement is accepting applications for the 20th Citizen’s Academy course. Applications are being accepted through July 29th. According to Sheriff Lt. Sean Kochanowski, they would like a class of 20 - 25 people. The course covers numerous areas of interest of law enforcement which include: accident scene simulation, DUI investigation, fingerprinting, court system, K9 unit, ...

9 years ago
Damaging severe weather rolled through Central Kansas early Tuesday morning. The heaviest storms rolled through portions of Ellsworth, McPherson, and Saline Counties, between 3:00 and 4:00 in the morning. The storms dropped heavy rain, and produced strong wind. The initial gust front produced 56-mile-per-hour wind at the Salina Airport at 2:53 in the morning. The backside of the ...

9 years ago
One of the top unmanned aircraft systems programs in the country is partnering with one of the best emergency management programs in the country to offer students a unique opportunity in a growing new industry. The Presidents of Kansas State University Polytechnic and Kansas Wesleyan University signed an agreement Monday afternoon on the Salina campus of ...