11 years ago
A Lawrence woman was hurt in a crash involving an SUV and a Kansas Department of Transportation mower on Interstate 70 near Salina Thursday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a KDOT New Holland mower crossed from the median to the right shoulder. The mower was completely on the right shoulder of the roadway. A 2007 ...

11 years ago
Two state agencies in Kansas are preparing to launch a new campaign aimed at increasing the collection of child support payments from unmarried or separated parents. The Department of Labor and the Department for Children and Families are planning a joint Friday afternoon news conference to kick off the campaign. Their announcement of the event says it ...

11 years ago
A federal appeals court has again rejected a Kansas prison inmate's bid to "co-habitate and procreate" with a woman whose mother the couple were convicted of killing. 34-year-old Joshua Robertson sued state prison officials for refusing to allow him to have conjugal contact with 32-year-old Jennifer Self, a woman he describes as his common-law wife. The pair ...

11 years ago
Douglas County commissioners have approved a permit for a specialty meat shop despite opposition from Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and others. Commissioners approved the conditional use permit Wednesday for Lawrence chef Brian Strecker, who says his new shop, called The Burning Barrel, would process locally raised livestock ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a residential burglary. Police say someone entered a home in the 1300 block of Pawnee sometime Wednesday between 7:30am and 5:30pm and removed $577 worth of prescription drugs from inside. Police say there was no sign of forced entry. A cell phone and wallet were stolen from a vehicle parked at a ...

11 years ago
A Salina woman is charged with forgery and theft after she allegedly wrote a check from another person's closed account. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that 48-year-old Terry Lynn Robinson was arrested on a warrant on Wednesday. Police say Robinson apparently found a lost checkbook belonging to Wilma Baldwin - and used it to purchase ...

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Governor Sam Brownback will be the guest speaker at a Kansas National Guard event in Salina this weekend. The Kansas Kansas National Guard 235th Regiment will host a graduation and commissioning ceremony on Saturday. According to the agency, 17 students of Officer Candidate School Class 59 will graduate. The graduating officer candidates who will be commissioned as ...

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A Kansas man who killed a woman and her 4-year-old son has been returned to prison nearly 11 years after being released on parole for the 1980 slayings. 55-year-old Tony Hobbs was taken back into custody after violating conditions of his parole supervision last month. He'll meet later with the Kansas Prisoner Review Board in an ...

11 years ago
Kansas workers responsible for investigating suspected child abuse claims don't need more than a high school education to get a job in which mistakes could result in death. The Department for Children and Families has been using the workers, called special investigators, in addition to state-licensed social workers. DCF spokeswoman Theresa Freed says the agency has 71 ...

11 years ago
Kansas has been awarded nearly $81,000 from the federal government to help students pay for advanced placement exams. The state is one of 38 to receive $28.4 million total in grants from the U.S. Department of Education to help prepare low-income students for college. According to the department, the grants will pay for approved tests administered by ...

11 years ago
A 21-year-old Junction City man has been arrested after police say he phoned in a bomb threat in Manhattan, Kansas. According to authorities, the Riley County Police Department and the Manhattan Fire Department responded to a reported bomb threat at Florence Manufacturing Tuesday. The scene was secured and the Kansas Highway Patrol brought in a bomb-sniffing ...