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Data from the Kansas Department of Education indicates reverting to an old public education funding system that would be acceptable to the Kansas Supreme Court would hurt schools in suburban Kansas City. The Kansas Supreme Court told lawmakers in February that restoring the state's old funding formula would address the inequities between school districts. But the ...

10 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Kansas City man has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in a 2011 home invasion that left one man dead. The Star newspaper reports that 30-year-old Garron T. Briggs was sentenced Friday for first-degree murder. Court records say a woman was returning to her home in August 2011 ...

10 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - A 29-year-old man has been sentenced to 15 1/2 years in prison for the killing of his girlfriend in the parking lot of a home improvement store in Kansas City, Kansas. The Kansas City Star reports that George Lingenfelser of Bonner Springs was sentenced Thursday. He was convicted of second-degree murder ...

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -Marco Rubio is taking quite a risk campaigning in Kansas a day ahead of the state's Republican presidential caucus: He's competing alongside Wichita State basketball. The Florida senator took the stage at a Wichita airport hangar Friday with about three minutes remaining in a tight conference tournament game between the local favorite Shockers ...

10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Both Democrats and Republicans are wondering whether their presidential caucuses in Kansas will be rocky soils for their front-runners. GOP leader Donald Trump was making an appearance Saturday in Wichita just before voting started there. Challenger and Texas Senator Ted Cruz also was visiting and Florida Senator Marco Rubio had three campaign ...

10 years ago
Salina Central's "Brickhouse" is filling up for tonight's cross city boys substate rivalry between the South Cougars and the Central Mustangs. Central students packed the parking lot early with a pre game tailgate in the front lot and flooded into the gym as soon as gates opened. Salina South is led in scoring by 6'7 senior Trace ...

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Donald Trump will make a campaign stop in Wichita on Saturday. The Trump campaign announced Friday that it will be in Wichita for a "major rally" on Saturday, prior to the Kansas caucus. The announcement was made via social media on Friday. The Trump rally will be at 9 a.m. at Century II. Doors open at 8 ...

10 years ago
Citing budget concerns as a reason for not providing screening services at the Salina Regional Airport, the Transportation Security Administration has signaled their reluctance to work in Salina until funds can be found to reimburse the agency. "Their Plan B is not acceptable," said Tim Rogers Executive Director of the Salina Airport Authority. "Their Plan B was ...

10 years ago
Police are investigating a damage to property case after someone smashed the screen on a Red Box video case at McDonalds, 125 E. Diamond Drive, sometime Wednesday between 8am and 8pm.   Police report a wedding ring was stolen from a deceased resident of Windsor Estates. The daughter of Mildred Rittger told officers she went to gather ...

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Salina Police are looking for a known suspect in a domestic battery case after a woman was choked. According to Captain Chris Trocheck, a 21-year-old female told officers her estranged boyfriend grabbed her by the throat as they sat in her vehicle in the 1900 block of N. 9th, arguing early Friday morning at about 12:30am. Police ...

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The Saline County Sheriff's Office has released a photo of a suspect's truck in connection to the theft of a $31,000 camper. Captain Roger Soldan says video from February 21st shows someone with a silver Dodge crew cab hooking up a 2015 Solaire Palomino travel trailer, and driving it off the lot from Lorenson Industries, 461 ...