13 years ago
Republican legislative leaders' difficulties this year in nailing down the details of tax legislation are partly rooted in successes GOP conservatives enjoyed in elections last year. In August 2012, conservatives unseated top Senate Republicans. They shattered a moderate GOP-Democratic coalition that bedeviled Republican Governor Sam Brownback on issues such as taxes and pensions. Conservative legislative leaders agree ...

13 years ago
The city of Hays and Ellis County are at odds over the sale and use of fireworks this summer in the midst of persistent drought. Hays city commissioners voted Thursday to prohibit the sale and use of fireworks in the city for 2013. The Hays Daily News reports that Ellis County commissioners, however, passed an ordinance earlier ...

13 years ago
Some Kansas lawmakers have have decided to turn down additional pay as the Legislature heads past its 90-day session limit. The Topeka Capital Journal reports that day 90 was Thursday, which means legislators will go past their limit, as they have in 32 of the past 40 years. Last year's session went 99 days. But each ...

13 years ago
A Salina man is admitted to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries after a Wednesday night altercation. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, police are looking for two known suspects, a man and a woman, who allegedly attacked a man Wednesday night in the 300 block of S. Clark. Police say a dispute about money owed, escalated in ...

13 years ago
A flat screen television is stolen from a home. Salina Police are investigating after someone entered a home in the 1400 block of Ponca. The homeowner told police that she was out of the house from 1am until about 2:45am and returned to find a side door open on the home - and her 46-inch Sony flat ...

13 years ago
Police respond to an early morning robbery at a hotel. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, two white males who had been milling around the lobby at about 5:40am, jumped over the counter at the Hampton Inn, 401 W. Schilling Rd., and told the female clerk to put her hands up. Police say no weapon was displayed - ...

13 years ago
A teacher at a suburban Wichita high school was arrested after the district reported he had made criminal threats against the school. The 39-year-old teacher at Maize High School reportedly made the comments during a soccer game Tuesday night. The school's principal, Chris Botts, said in an email sent to school parents Wednesday the comments suggested possible ...

13 years ago
Heading into a summer season that so far has included Chicago and the Beach Boys and the likes of Cheap Trick and Rick Springfield still to come among others, the Stiefel Theatre announces its fall Schedule. The momentum of the summer rolls into the fall season with an exciting array of big acts booked. Upcoming acts ...

13 years ago
FORT RILEY, Kan. (AP) - Leaders of the 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley will honor fallen soldiers during Memorial Day observances at the northeast Kansas post. Monday's event will include the laying of a wreath in honor of the soldiers buried at the cemetery near the main post complex. Major General Paul Funk, commander of the ...

13 years ago
DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) - The National Weather Service says a tornado that traveled seven miles across rural western Kansas during the weekend was an EF4, with winds of 165 to 185 miles per hour. The report from the agency's Dodge City office follows a survey of the tornado's path Saturday night in Pawnee County. An EF4 ...

13 years ago
A woman suspected of being involved at a high level in a Los Angeles gang is arrested in Salina. Late Wednesday morning officers from the Salina Police Department along with deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, arrested Cecilia Virgen-DeLeon. Virgen-DeLeon was arrested at a home at 701 Carriage Circle in Salina where she has been ...