10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson has filed for the Kansas Republican presidential caucus. The Kansas Republican Party said in a release Friday that Carson is the fourth presidential candidate to file in Kansas. Clay Barker, executive director of the Kansas Republican Party, says he has received a check for the $15,000 filing fee ...

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Some First National Bank of Omaha customers in Kansas are getting new debit cards. The bank says it is reissuing cards to some customers in seven states because of a data breach at an unidentified national business. The bank isn't naming the business and isn't saying exactly how many new debit ...

10 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita State University officials are planning a public meeting to discuss chapel renovations that have raised concerns. The event comes after reports that the Grace Memorial Chapel at the university had been stripped of pews and other Christian trappings at the request of Muslim students. The Wichita Eagle reports, however, that the request ...

10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A company hired to study ways for the Kansas government to save money is also reviewing the state's budget process. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Ron Ryckman Jr. said in a post on the Kansas House GOP website that the firm, Alvarez & Marsal, which has been hired to perform an efficiency study ...

10 years ago
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) —The American Civil Liberties Union says a Kansas City suburb violated the free speech rights of a man by telling him he would be ticketed or fined if he continued carrying signs reading "Smile God Loves You" and "Junk It All But Jesus." The ACLU's Kansas affiliate notified Olathe Thursday that a city ...

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Derby, Kan. (AP) - A former Derby Public Schools paraprofessional has been arrested on suspicion of unlawful sexual relations with a student. Derby Police Chief Robert Lee said the woman was arrested Thursday. Authorities believe the incident happened between April and May at Derby High School. According to Lee, the suspect is currently not employed by ...

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That rumble coming from the Downtown Salina area Thursday night wasn't thunder. It was the rumble of the Small Town America Tour. The Christian rock tour rolled into town Thursday morning. By early evening the City of Salina parking lot across the street from the City Teen Center had been transformed into an outdoor concert venue. The ...

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The death of a soldier at Fort Riley is under investigation. According to the Army, at about 5:50 in the evening on Wednesday of this week, a 1st Infantry Division Soldier died of a gunshot wound in his residence on the installation. No one else was hurt. The name of the Soldier is being withheld at this ...

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A Hutchinson man has been arrested in connection with a year old shooting incident in Salina. According to Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney, 34-year-old Chauncey Brownfield of Hutchinson was arrested on a warrant in Salina. Sweeney says that on May 11th, 2014, officers were sent to 2363 Chapel Ridge in reference to a shooting. Upon arrival they ...

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The last defendant in the deaths of a Kansas couple has been sentenced to prison. Twenty-year-old Braden Smith was sentenced Thursday to 24½ years in prison for providing guns he knew would be used to kill Roger and Melissa Bluml of Valley Center. The couple was shot outside their home in November 2013. Smith was ...

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State regulators are keeping limits on a practice associated with fracking until at least mid-March 2016 as part of their efforts to decrease the frequency and size of earthquakes in south-central Kansas. The Kansas Corporation Commission issued an order Thursday to extend restrictions on the injection of wastewater into the ground by oil and natural gas ...