12 years ago
Lawrence city leaders are putting the brakes on plans to purchase new buses for their public transportation fleet to give another look at using compressed natural gas as a power source. The city had planned to buy three diesel and diesel-electric hybrid buses, but the lower cost of natural gas is prompting a second look. The Lawrence ...

12 years ago
A 25-year-old man has pleaded guilty in the slaying of another man who was held down as his throat was slashed. The Wichita Eagle reports Caesar K. Louis pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder, aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary in the Aug. 4, 2012, death of Phem Xiong. Louis, who was scheduled to go on trial Monday ...

12 years ago
A Kansas lawyer challenging the state's Sexual Predator Act says a lot has changed in the law since the Supreme Court ruled in 1997 that it was constitutional. Attorney Michael Whalen lost a bid Friday to keep the state from using his client's medical and prison records against him. Whalen argued that forcing his client, ...

12 years ago
A three vehicle rear-end crash on Interstate 70 near Salina Sunday morning sends an elderly Manhattan couple to the hospital. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 89-year-old Maureen Woellhof was driving a Toyota SUV west on the interstate. As she appoached an area where traffic was being rerouted due to a wreck, she rear-ended a car, ...

12 years ago
A Kansas couple has combined their passion for storm chasing and a love of customizing cars by building what they call a tornado-hunting tank. Steve Worthington and Stacy Valentine enjoy driving straight into thunderstorms to see what's happening. But Worthington says they got tired of having their cars damaged by large hail and high winds. After years ...

12 years ago
A crash involving two semis caused a stretch of Interstate 70 in Saline and Ellsworth Counties to close for several hours Sunday morning. KHP Lt.JL Riedel tells KSAL News that the crash happened in Lincoln County. One semi rear-ended another. Riedel says that the trucks were so entangled that it took about two hours to get one ...

12 years ago
One person has been hurt after a stabbing. Now Junction City Police are trying to find out exactly what happened. According to Police, around 9:00pm Saturday night, emergency crews were called to 1030 Cedar Drive. Police say there was a fight that ended with one person being stabbed in the abdomen. The man went to the Geary ...

12 years ago
A Ft. Riley soldier is in serious condition following a shooting outside a bar in Junction City. Lieutenant Jeff Childs with the Junction City Police Department says 20-year-old Jeffrey Bragg, Jr. was shot in the parking lot of Club Rose early Saturday. Emergency responders found Bragg at a Shell Gas Station at around 2 a.m. and ...

12 years ago
A program to encourage students to pursue technical education is getting glowing reviews from students, business leaders and politicians. Under the 2012 legislation, the state pays tuition for students who learn technical skills during their junior and senior years of high school. Last year, the state paid $12 million in tuition. The students spend part of their ...

12 years ago
A newly created group aims to encourage employers to hire and retain workers with disabilities. The Wichita Eagle reports that for Dave Phillips, that goal is both a personal and professional endeavor. Phillips is the chairman of the Business Leadership Network of Sedgwick County. He is also is the director of restaurant marketing for Sasnak Management, the ...

12 years ago
A 51-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years and two months in prison in the fatal stabbing of his brother. Curtis Leon Small of Topeka was sentenced Friday in Shawnee County District Court for reckless involuntary manslaughter in the July 2012 death of his 41-year-old brother, Scottie Taylor. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that he told ...