8 years ago
Both Kansas Sens. Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran have voted in favor of having the Senate debate health care legislation. The two Republicans were on the same side Tuesday even though they've taken different stances on a proposal from GOP leaders for overhauling health care. Roberts has backed the measure, although he acknowledged in an interview last ...

8 years ago
ederal judge says Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has demonstrated a pattern of misleading the court about the facts and record in a voting rights case. U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson refused Tuesday to reconsider a $1,000 fine and order requiring Kobach to submit to a deposition by the American Civil Liberties Union. Kobach's spokeswoman says ...

8 years ago
A Kansas hunting guide pleaded guilty and was sentenced Tuesday for routinely violating state and federal hunting laws while taking clients on $300-a-day hunting trips. According to U.S. Attorney Tom Beall, 26-year-old Jerad Stroot of Colwich, an employee of Eagle Head Outfitters, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the Lacy Act. In his ...

8 years ago
Tips from the public helped Salina Police identify a man who they believe stole a purse. Tuesday morning police released a couple of security camera images of a white male who grabbed a woman's purse as she shopped inside the Dillons grocery store located at 1201 W. Crawford. Tips from the public prompted an arrest Tuesday afternoon. Police ...

8 years ago
A formula that Kansas lawmakers have used to determine which state workers would get raises this year has sparked confusion and resentment among employees. State lawmakers approved a budget in June that gives some employees their first pay raise in several years. The method leaves out employees who have received raises under separate contracts and divides the ...

8 years ago
Guards at a Kansas prison housing some of the most dangerous criminals say there were two previously unreported disturbances during which inmates took control of the yard for hours before an third uprising that was disclosed last month. Two corrections officers and a person with access to emergency logs, who spoke to AP on condition of ...

8 years ago
Authorities say a Catholic priest charged in Kansas with child sex crimes has been arrested in Maryland. The Wyandotte County, Kansas, prosecutor's office announced Tuesday that the Rev. Scott Kallal was charged Friday with two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. Montgomery County, Maryland, Police Capt. Paul Starks says the 35-year-old was arrested Monday ...

8 years ago
Authorities say a man has died after he was found in a Kansas apartment where a fire was intentionally set. KSNT-TV reports that 37-year-old Derrick Anthony Williams was found Monday while crews were putting out the fire in the ground floor apartment in Junction City. The fire department said in a news release that Williams was ...

8 years ago
Salina Police have released a screen shot from a Wal-Mart surveillance video after a quick change con man left the store with $2,200 in cash from the Central National Bank inside. Police are hoping someone can help identify the man and the woman he was with in this July 18, 2017 photo. Investigators are asking the public ...

8 years ago
The public is invited to provide input as plans for renewal of the Smoky Hill River continue to evolve. According to the City of Salina, an electronic survey pertaining to the Smoky Hill River Renewal Project is available on the City’s website www.salina-ks.gov/riverrenewal through Friday, August 4th. Survey questions are a result of a design charrete held ...

8 years ago
Employees at a Kansas prison are dealing with the summer heat. Temperatures in El Dorado reached 106 degrees Saturday, and employees at the El Dorado Correctional Center say the prison was even hotter. Corrections staff says temperatures in parts of the prison have reached 120 degrees at times. Kansas Department of Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood released a ...