11 years ago
Gay couples in Kansas can get married, but the state isn't yet allowing them to change their last names on their driver's licenses. The state"s government agencies under Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's direction aren't yet changing their policies on recognizing marriages. They include the Department of Revenue, which issues driver's licenses. Brownback spokeswoman Eileen Hawley said Wednesday ...

11 years ago
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says his vigorous defense of the state's gay marriage ban is designed to get a final U.S. Supreme Court ruling on whether such bans are constitutional. Schmidt said in an Associated Press interview Wednesday that everyone is best served by a definitive ruling from the high court. The attorney general said that ...

11 years ago
Kansas U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran and Pat Roberts are predicting that the Senate will move quickly to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline once fellow Republicans take control in January. Moran and Roberts voted Tuesday evening for a measure approving the pipeline. However, it failed in the Democratic-controlled Senate on a 59-41 vote. The measure needed ...

11 years ago
A combine-sharing program touted as the first of its kind in the country aims to give farmers a chance to make some money off expensive equipment that sits idle after harvest is finished. FarmLink announced Wednesday its farmer-to-farmer program, which allows farmers with spring or early summer harvests in Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas to rent ...

11 years ago
Salina Police will be out in force over the Thanksgiving holiday week looking for impaired drivers. Lt. Russ Lamer tells KSAL News that extra officers will be working around the city from Tuesday evening through Sunday morning. Funding from the Special Traffic Enforcement Program will place three extra officers on patrol city wide on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after a house cat is shot by a pellet gun. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, Jamie Vigil went to visit a friend Friday in the 1100 block of North 11th and took her male cat with her. She told officers she let the cat out for a bathroom break and a short time ...

11 years ago
State and McPherson County authorities are investigating the suspicious death of a man whose body was found in a ditch near Galva. The man was identified Tuesday as 39-year-old James E. Croft, who was originally from Portland, Oregon. The sheriff's office said in a news release that it has developed three people of interest in the case ...

11 years ago
The state's aviation office is considering whether to allow qualified seaplanes to use state lakes that are managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. A petition is being circulated to gauge interest in opening some of the state's lakes to seaplanes. The petition is the first step in a lengthy process. The ...

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A 19-year-old Wichita man is charged with involuntary manslaughter and other crimes after a street race killed another driver. Darbin Matthew Tate made his first appearance Tuesday on charges stemming from a street race last Friday that killed 23-year-old Jordan Farber. Prosecutors say cars driven by Tate and Farber bumped during the chase, causing Farber's ...

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A Downs man was killed a crash involving a combine Tuesday evening near Beloit. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 84-year-old Meryl G. Garey from Downs was driving a 1997 Chevy S10 pickup headed east on U.S. 24 Highway. He was attempting to pass a Case-International Combine and a 2009 Ford pickup. During the pass Garey's truck ...

11 years ago
FBI agents executed a search warrant at a Kansas school district's headquarters as part of an ongoing investigation, but no arrests are expected anytime soon. FBI spokeswoman Bridget Patton said that the bureau executed several search warrants in the Wichita area on Tuesday, including at the Maize Educational Support Center. A spokesman for U.S. Attorney Barry ...