11 years ago
Two justices will remain on the Kansas Supreme Court despite an effort to vote them off in response to rulings that overturned death sentences for two brothers in connection with four killings in Wichita. Voters opted in Tuesday's election to retain Justices Lee Johnson and Eric Rosen on the seven-member Supreme Court. Johnson and Rosen were part ...

11 years ago
Democratic challenger Paul Davis has conceded the Kansas governor's race to Republican incumbent Sam Brownback. Brownback built a small lead in Tuesday's election with most of the vote counted. The Associated Press has not declared a winner in the race. The governor successfully pushed the GOP-dominated Legislature during his first term to slash personal income taxes to ...

11 years ago
Kansas voters have chosen to keep longtime incumbent Pat Roberts in the U.S. Senate in a hard-fought election that helped Republicans secure control of the chamber. Roberts defeated independent challenger Greg Orman in Tuesday's election, and Republicans beat enough Democrats in other states to gain a Senate majority. Roberts told supporters at an election night party in ...

11 years ago
It took a little longer than expected to count the votes, but after a technical glitch, unofficial final results in the Saline County election were gathered late Tuesday night. A problem with the election results manager program caused about a 3.5 hour delay. Here are the results from Saline County races of interest: U.S. Senate Pat Roberts (Republican) ...

11 years ago
A federal judge has ordered Kansas to allow same-sex couples to marry, but he delayed enforcement of the order until next week to give the state time to appeal. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday barring the state from enforcing its constitutional ban starting at 5 p.m. on Nov. 11, pending the ...

11 years ago
Saline County Election Results Of Interest: Final Results U.S. Senate Pat Roberts (Republican) 6,529 Greg Orman (Independent) 4,769 Randall Batson (Libertarian) 625 U.S. House of Representative 1st District Tim Huelskamp (Republican) 6,969 James Sherow (Democrat) 4,875 Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (Republican) 5,705 Paul Davis (Democrat) 5,539 Keen Umbehr (Libertarian) 729 Kansas State Representative District 69 J.R. Claeys (Republican) 2,421 Gary Swartzendruber (Democrat) 1,580 Saline County Commission District 1 Monte Shadwick (Republican) 1,607 Stephanie Cool (Democrat) 1,237 Fluoride Question - Shall Fluoride Be Taken Out ...

11 years ago
Three people on the November list of Salina's Most Wanted are caught. The latest list of Salina's Most Wanted went on-line over the weekend. Since then, three have been arrested. They are Michael Turner who was wanted for sex crimes that include rape and aggravated indecent liberties with a child, Blake Nicol who was wanted on ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court will not review a lower court ruling that suppressed statements from a suspect about the death of a Hutchinson woman in what prosecutors say was a case of mistaken identity. The court's ruling on Friday denying a petition of review by Reno County District Attorney Keith Schroeder likely means the first-degree ...

11 years ago
Finance reports show that independent U.S. Senate candidate Greg Orman has put $3 million of his own funds into his race in Kansas against Republican Sen. Pat Roberts. Orman's contributions to his campaign included $1.8 million in October. Orman is an Olathe businessman who co-founded a private equity fund. His race against the three-term GOP incumbent is ...

11 years ago
Prosecutors have charged a suspect in September's beating of a Wichita junior league football coach. The Sedgwick County district attorney's office announced Monday that 31-year-old Bobby Brown Jr. was charged Friday with aggravated battery. His preliminary hearing is Nov. 13. Police told reporters Monday that Brown was spotted by officers Thursday in the driveway of a Wichita ...

11 years ago
A note at the bottom of the official 2014 General Election Ballot reminds Saline County residents to: Vote Both Sides Of Ballot. Saline County Clerk and Elections Officer Don Merriman tells KSAL News that with national, state and local offices up for grabs - plus four ballot questions to decide on it would benefit voters to ...