11 years ago
The Reno County Sheriff's Office was too late when it found more than 25 vases that were stolen from cemeteries. Detective David Post says 26 brass vases were reported stolen from graves at the Turon Cemetery in October. The Hutchinson News reports a check with area scrap yards found more than 26 vases, and they ...

11 years ago
A Douglas County judge says probable cause affidavits in the alleged rapes of two women last month at the University of Kansas will not be open to the public. University police said the alleged rapes occurred Sept. 28 in Hashinger Residence Hall. Two 21-year-old men, one a Kansas student and the other a Johnson County ...

11 years ago
One of the top high school cross country runners in Class 3A in Kansas won't be competing in this weekend's regional qualifying races because of her religious beliefs. Hesston senior Mikala Heddin has won three races of her five races this season and her fastest 4-kilometer time of 15 minutes, 2 seconds would make her ...

11 years ago
Sometime between 10-17-14 and 10-20-14, unknown suspect(s) entered a construction trailer that was parked in the 5200 block of Holmes Road and several items were stolen. Stolen items include: Dewalt 7 ¼ inch electric circular saw Dewalt 4 inch electric grinder Bosch model 88 hammer drill Stihl gas powered cut off saw Jamerco cartridge power nail gun Total loss is ...

11 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback has appointed a veteran public defender in Salina to fill a soon-to-be vacant district court judgeship. Brownback announced Thursday that Paul Hickman will replace Saline County District Judge Jerome Hellmer, who plans to retire in January. Hickman is the deputy public defender in the state's Salina public defender office, which represents defendants ...

11 years ago
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback is endorsing an effort to persuade Kansas voters to remove two justices from the state Supreme Court. Brownback said during a news conference Thursday that he's voting against retaining Justices Lee Johnson and Eric Rosen in the Nov. 4 election. The governor has criticized the court for its July ruling that overturned the ...

11 years ago
Democratic challenger Paul Davis says if he's elected Kansas governor, he will resist a new federal rule asserting regulatory authority over many of the nation's streams and wetlands. Davis said Thursday that the rule would be damaging to agriculture. He said he would consider a lawsuit to block the rule if necessary. He spoke shortly after Republican ...

11 years ago
A Massachusetts couple has made a $5 million challenge gift to Kansas State University's College of Business Administration. Paul and Sandra Edgerley, of Brookline, Massachusetts, offered to match donations from other donors at 50 percent. The money will be used for the college's Career Counseling and Skill Development program, which prepares students for careers with their ...

11 years ago
An American Civil Liberties Union attorney says a federal judge in Kansas has canceled a hearing scheduled Friday in the group's lawsuit challenging the state's ban on gay marriage. ACLU attorney Doug Bonney said U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Crabtree is considering whether to reschedule the oral arguments or decide the case based on the parties' ...

11 years ago
Kansas wildlife officials have confirmed that a big cat photographed by a deer hunter's trail camera was a mountain lion. The recent sighting occurred in southeast Kansas' Labette County. The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism said Thursday that staff members visited the site last week and verified the photo's authenticity. The agency says ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after a windshield was cracked on a 2003 Dodge Ram pickup. Police say someone struck the glass with a blunt object sometime between Wednesday at 5:30pm and Thursday morning around 5:10am while it was parked in the 1100 block of Apache. Damage is estimated at $500. Two students at Salina South Middle ...