11 years ago
Independent challenger Greg Orman is attempting to make inroads into rural Kansas while asserting that Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts no longer effectively represents the agricultural interests that have long formed his political base. The suburban Kansas City businessman traveled Wednesday to a farm in rural south-central Kansas in an attempt to highlight his commitment to ...

11 years ago
A majority of the 22,394 voters who will be unable to cast a legal ballot this election in Kansas because of the state's proof-of-citizenship law claim no political affiliation. The Secretary of State's office said Wednesday that unaffiliated voters account for 57 percent, or 12,822 people, whose registrations were put on hold. Another 5,069 registrations still in ...

11 years ago
Authorities in central Kansas believe they've solved a recent rash of business burglaries with the arrests of three men. The Great Bend Tribune reports Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellendir said Wednesday that officers have also recovered thousand dollars' worth of items such as air compressors and expensive tools. A 29-year-old man was arrested Friday by officers investigating ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating the theft of high-tech dental tools from a local office. Staff at New Horizons Dental Care, 1920 S. Ohio, contacted police last week about camera and drills that were allegedly stolen sometime between April 1st and August 15th. Police say two camera units were taken from the office during that timeframe, while two ...

11 years ago
A two vehicle accident that left a Salina woman hurt remains under investigation. Police say 88-year-old Lila Breault and 70-year-old Michael Copp were both southbound on Roach Street near the intersection of Morningside when a collision caused Breault's vehicle  to hit a tree on Tuesday afternoon. Authorities say she was listed in critical condition at Salina Regional ...

11 years ago
Many Kansas students participated in a statewide effort to "break" the state's online mathematics and reading testing system to find its technical limits and uncover any problems. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the effort came after the state encountered several problems administering the tests last year. Officials said a mix of technical issues and cyberattacks were to ...

11 years ago
A decorative pig is stolen from the front of a Salina restaurant. Salina Police are investigating after an 18-inch pig made of metal was removed from its pedestal at Russell's Restaurant, 649 Westport Blvd. sometime Sunday afternoon between 1pm and 5pm. Police say the black and white pig is hollow and valued at $600. Anyone with information about ...

11 years ago
A manhunt leads to two arrests. Salina Police found 33-year-old Dustin Reavis hiding in a suspended ceiling at the Econo Lodge and 44-year-old Boyd Hatfield crouched down in a construction trailer near K-mart on Tuesday evening after the two exited a stolen car they were in. The search began when an officer on patrol attempted to pull ...

11 years ago
The newest addition to the unmanned aircraft systems program at Kansas State University Salina is former U.S. Air Force Col. Kurt Carraway, who will serve as the flight operations manager. Carraway was in the Air Force for 25 years, with much of that time including a focus on UAS. "K-State Salina is very fortunate to attract ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Republican Party plans to have a network of lawyers ready to watch voting on Election Day for potential legal problems. The GOP plans to have lawyers on standby, as they watch for what state GOP party director Clayton Barber calls "dubious actions" by Democrats. The newspaper says the plans were detailed in an email ...

11 years ago
The trial of a Kansas man accused of beheading a man with a guitar string will not be moved out of Osage County. An Osage County judge on Tuesday rejected a request from 30-year-old James Paul Harris to move his trial to another county outside the Topeka news coverage area. Harris is accused of garroting 49-year-old James ...