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Kansas legislators have approved a bill that would set up a task force to provide greater oversight for the state's foster care system and recommend changes. The votes Friday were 105-10 in the House and 33-6 in the Senate. The bill goes next to Gov. Sam Brownback. A three-part state audit found that the Department for Children ...

9 years ago
A Kansas man charged with fatally shooting an Indian national at a suburban Kansas City bar has been indicted on federal hate crime and firearms charges. The Justice Department announced Friday that Adam Purinton, of Olathe, Kansas, was indicted by a federal grand jury. The man allegedly killed and another wounded by Purinton on Feb. 22 at ...

9 years ago
The U.S. Department of Agriculture expects this year's Kansas winter wheat crop to drop 35 percent from last year. The department on Friday said Kansas winter wheat farmers are expected to bring in 304 million bushels this year. Last year, farmers produced 467 million bushels of winter wheat last year. Dan O'Brien, an agriculture economist at Kansas ...

9 years ago
The owner of a Missouri hemp oil supplier says he's making a special product line for Kansas after police seized the supply of a retailer because it contained trace amounts of the high-inducing agent in marijuana. The Kansas City Star reports that CBD American Shaman owner Vince Sanders says he hopes the move will appease law ...

9 years ago
Kansas legislators have finished their work and adjourned their annual session except for a brief, formal ceremony to mark its end. The Senate adjourned at 5:45 p.m. It did so shortly after passing a bill containing budgets for the fiscal year beginning July 1 and for the following fiscal year. The House passed the same bill and ...

9 years ago
Matt Burke's visit to a friend's workshop in New Hampshire several years ago began his journey to learning the art of timber framing, a craft he now shares with young and old alike. "The tools I was drawn to were the mallet and the chisel," he said. Burke explained the shop was full of rugged timbers and ...

9 years ago
The City of Salina is seeking a few good men, women, and youth willing to serve in various volunteer positions. According to the city, they are currently accepting expression of interest forms for vacancies that currently or will soon exist on the following citizen boards, commissions and committees: Accessibility Advisory Board Youth Member Citizen-at-large Citizen-at-large w/ ...

9 years ago
A man who spent nearly 17 years in prison for a 1999 robbery is free after supporters found another man who looked like him and lived near the crime scene. Richard Anthony Jones, of Kansas City, Missouri, was freed Thursday. He always maintained he didn't commit the robbery in Roeland Park and, after a hearing on ...

9 years ago
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has confirmed the first reported case of West Nile virus this year. The health department said in a news release Friday that the infected person lives in Barton County. The agency also said preliminary tests found the West Nile virus in four Culex species mosquito pools collected from traps in ...

9 years ago
The 2017 Smoky Hill River Festival is in full swing as artists and festival goers converge on Oakdale Park. Four-piece band "Papa Green Shoes" from Springfield, Missouri lit up Stage II with a mix of rock, funk and soul to open Friday's musical marathon. Performers from around the U.S. will be delighting crowds on four stages throughout ...

9 years ago
Authorities are investigating a burglary at 215 W. Jewell in Salina. The crime occurred on June 7 between 3:00 P.M. and 10:00 P.M. There were no signs of forced entry, however, Mercedez Schulze, 23, says that her Playstation 4 and Xbox 1 game consoles missing, as well as a laptop and a silver tablet. Schulze says that the ...