11 years ago
A vehicle was burglarized in the Spangles parking lot at 2630 South 9th Street on Friday night. A stereo, amp and sub woofer were stolen from the red Jetta, a total loss of $950.

11 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Property taxes are expected to increase this year for patrons of most Kansas school districts. The projected increases come as the Kansas Supreme Court considers whether public schools are underfunded. Homeowners in most of the state's districts saw their bills for supporting schools shrink last school year after an influx of court-ordered aid ...

11 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita students who aren't up to date on required immunizations will be excluded from school next week. Beginning Nov. 16, students in the Wichita school district will be pulled out of class and told they are not allowed to return to school until their immunizations are up to date. Wichita Public Schools Health ...

11 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Wichita is preparing to make the case that an Army chaplain from Kansas who died in a North Korean prisoner of war camp deserves to be granted sainthood. Bishop Carl Kemme is addressing the leadership of the Vatican's Congregation for the Causes of Saints in ...

11 years ago
A fire at the Tony's Pizza plant in southwest Salina was quickly extinguished Sunday evening. The Salina Fire Department tells KSAL News that crews were called at 5:44 in the evening to the report of a fire on the roof of the facility. There was initially flames, and heavy smoke. The fire was out by the ...

11 years ago
The U.S. Geological Survey reports a series of earthquakes along the Oklahoma-Kansas border - including magnitude 4.2 and 4.1 temblors near Medford. Emergency management and law enforcement officials say no injuries or damage are reported. The 4.2 quake was recorded at 12:29 p.m. Saturday nine miles northwest of Medford, the same area where a 4.1 magnitude quake ...

11 years ago
Three environmental groups want Lawrence to reduce the use of plastic grocery bags by imposing a ban or fining shoppers who use them. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the Sustainability Action Network, the Sierra Wakarusa Group and the Lawrence Environmental Teams United for Sustainability are taking their proposal to a city advisory board next week. California and ...

11 years ago
A Kansas teacher will return to work Monday after being on leave for showing a controversial anti-bullying film to his students. Conway Springs school officials said Friday that Tom Leahy will be allowed back in the classroom with some safeguards in place. The Wichita Eagle reports Superintendent Clay Murphy would not discuss details of the safeguards ...

11 years ago
Lightning struck not once, but twice for the Salina South High School Soccer Team in the state championship game in Topeka Saturday evening. In a stunning upset, South won the state championship. The Cougars, playing against perennial state power and the two-time defending state champion St. Thomas Aquinas Saints from Kansas City, trailed 2-1 late in ...

11 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for a convicted serial killer who stuffed several of the bodies of his female victims into barrels. The ruling Friday in the case of John E. Robinson Sr. marks the first time justices have upheld a death sentence since Kansas reinstated capital punishment ...

11 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Sam Brownback's administration is recommending against granting emergency state aid to most Kansas school districts that plan on seeking funds at an upcoming meeting with lawmakers. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports superintendents were sent a message from the Kansas State Department of Education on behalf of the Division of Budget. The message ...