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Governor Sam Brownback and challenger Paul Davis debated for the 4th and final time Tuesday, in front of broadcasters from across the state at the Kansas Association of Broadcasters annual convention and meeting. Brownback says Davis would appoint justices to the Kansas Supreme Court who are overly sympathetic to violent criminals. But Davis is accusing ...

12 years ago
A truck driver was hurt in a single vehicle crash on interstate 135 near Salina Tuesday afternoon, and a driver of a small car was hurt a short time later in a second crash in the same area. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 37-year-old Michael Vetter of Abilene was driving a semi north on Interstate ...

12 years ago
Wichita police say they have arrested two people in connection with the deaths of a Wichita couple. A 19-year-old man was arrested Monday afternoon and booked into the Sedgwick County jail on suspicion of two counts of first-degree murder and other charges. A 17-year-old suspect was arrested Monday morning and is being held in a juvenile detention ...

12 years ago
Police are investigating a vehicle burglary at Salina Central High School. Two 17-year-old students told officers that someone entered their unlocked car while it was parked at the school sometime between 2:15pm and 4pm on Monday and removed a bag with clothing and a Nintendo game controller. Thieves also stole a wallet that contained ID ...

12 years ago
Construction tools are taken from a trailer. The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating after thieves broke the padlocks on a cargo trailer owned by Reese Construction of Salina and removed numerous power tools including hammer drill and cutoff saw. The burglary occurred between October 17th and October 20th while the trailer was parked at a job ...

12 years ago
Former White House press secretary Jay Carney will speak at Fort Hays State University on the eve of this year's midterm elections. The university says Carney will speak the evening of Nov. 3 as part of the Sebelius Lecture Series on Current Issues. Carney resigned in May after more than three years as President Barack Obama's primary ...

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The Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office has arrested a woman who it says led officers on a slow-speed chase and ran into a police car. Deputies say the chase began Sunday night after authorities received a call about an unwanted person at a home in Emmett. They say the 43-year-old woman from Topeka left in a van ...

12 years ago
A 64-year-old Salina man has been sentenced to 60 days in prison in the fatal hit-and-run death of a bicyclist. A Saline County judge handed down the punishment to Dennis Grider on Monday. He was also ordered to serve 36 months of probation after the jail time. A jury convicted Grider last month of misdemeanor vehicular homicide ...

12 years ago
Family and friends of a missing Salina woman breathed a sigh of relief Monday night after learning that she was located safe. 20-year-old Amanda Calvin had been missing for over a week. She went missing back on October 11th. Calvin had not returned home yet late Monday night, but police had spoke with her and determined she ...

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A northeast Kansas teenager will spend five years and four months in a juvenile facility for killing his father during a custody exchange. The Kansas City Star reports the Bonner Springs youth was sentenced in Johnson County on Monday, which was his 16th birthday. He pleaded guilty earlier to second-degree murder. The fatal shooting occurred in July ...

12 years ago
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback has vowed during a debate to defend Kansas' ban on same-sex marriage. His Democratic challenger, Paul Davis, said Monday that he voted against the ban as a legislator because it would give the state an unwelcoming image. But he also said he respects the decision of voters to approve the prohibition. Davis ...