9 years ago
Topeka based Payless shoes is closing 400 stores across the country. The Payless shoe store in the Salina Central Mall is not among them, and will stay open. Other communities in Kansas are not so fortunate, though. Payless stores in Great Bend, Hutchinson, Liberal, and Emporia are closing. The shoe chain has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ...

9 years ago
Top Republican legislators are negotiating with Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback over raising taxes as they consider proposals for a flat personal income tax. The Republican governor met Tuesday with GOP leaders. The talks came after a Senate committee approved a bill that would move the state to a single personal income tax rate of 4.6 percent while ...

9 years ago
An incoming Kansas high school principal has resigned after student reporters raised questions about her credentials. School board members voted Tuesday to accept Amy Robertson's resignation as Pittsburg High School's principal. The main concern stemmed from her receiving her masters and doctoral degrees from Corlinns University, an unaccredited, online school. Robertson said she received her degree before ...

9 years ago
County Commission Vice Chairman Robert Vidricksen said Tuesday that the County is “being held hostage” by the City over resolving the lease at the EXPO Center.  He said he felt his “hands were tied tight” and he was “being backed into a corner”.  The City owns the EXPO Center property; the County owns the buildings ...

9 years ago
Wichita police have arrested a suspect in a shooting that left a young man dead. Police Lt. Todd Ojile says 18-year-old D'Shaun Smith died Monday when he was shot as he and a female sat in a car while trying to buy marijuana. Ojile says during the transaction, a suspect tried to rob Smith and the female ...

9 years ago
All roads lead to the Smoky Hill River Festival. Organizers Tuesday morning unveiled plans for the 2017 Smoky Hill River Festival. This years' theme is River Festival: Road trip. The popular Festival Jam will get things started Thursday night. The Big Band Dance will be back again as well, Friday night inside the Bicentennial Center. Along with the ...

9 years ago
A work place accident sent an employee to the hospital in Salina. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, an emergency medical team was called to Crestwood, Inc. located at 601 E. Water Well Road on Monday afternoon at 3:40pm after a 41-year-old man was injured on the production line. Deputies say the employee cut off at ...

9 years ago
Wind energy officials say the push for more wind farms in Kansas won't slow down despite the biggest wind energy buyer halting for now. The Wichita Eagle  reports that various local, state and corporate officials, as well as local landowners will gather Wednesday in Kingman County to dedicate the Kingman and Ninnescah wind farms. Westar, the company ...

9 years ago
A Kansas Senate committee has approved a bill for moving the state to a single personal income tax rate while raising new revenue to fix budget problems. It wasn't clear whether a flat tax proposal can pass as the Assessment and Taxation Committee voted Tuesday to send its bill to the Senate. The House has its own ...

9 years ago
A domestic dispute turns into a robbery after a known suspect grabs an iPhone and runs off. Salina Police are looking for a man who broke a No-Contact order with a female acquaintance when he pushed his way into her apartment. Police say the woman, who is in her 20's was in the bathroom and heard a ...

9 years ago
Opponents of concealed carry at Kansas hospitals and universities hope an eleventh-hour gun debate will give them a chance to change the law that is set kick in this summer. On Tuesday, the House will decide whether to debate a bill requiring recognition of out-of-state concealed carry permits. But lawmakers on both sides of the debate ...