9 years ago
Kansas' corrections secretary says the state is exploring the possibility of building a new state prison on the site of its largest lockup for adult inmates. Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood said Thursday that the Department of Corrections plans to solicit proposals for the construction of a new prison in Lansing. Department of Corrections spokesman Todd Fertig said ...

9 years ago
Three top Kansas officials are asking the federal government not to list the lesser prairie chicken as a threatened or endangered species. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, Attorney General Derek Schmidt and Department of Agriculture Secretary Jackie McClaskey made the request in a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services. The Hutchinson News reports the officials argue ...

9 years ago
A counterfeit bill was used to buy food at the Bicentennial Center. Salina Police are investigating after someone used a fake $50 bill to make a purchase at the concession stand during last weekend's youth wrestling tournament. The bogus bill was in a cash deposit and discovered by staff at First Bank Kansas located at 235 S. ...

9 years ago
The 41st annual Smoky Hill River Festival is fast approaching. The Artyopolis children’s area, a thriving metropolis of arts and entertainment, is looking for Game Street sponsors. Non-profit and community groups are invited to apply by Monday, March 13, 2017 to provide fun and active pay-to-play games for kids to enjoy daily from Friday, June 9 through ...

9 years ago
A high speed pursuit on Interstate 135 that started in McPherson County ended peacefully in rural Saline County Wednesday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a trooper attempted to stop a car that was driving erratically at a high rate of speed. When the driver failed to yield to the trooper's emergency lights, the chase ...

9 years ago
A federal judge has set date to hear arguments this month on whether to keep jailed pending trial a Kansas man accused of plotting to attack Somali immigrants. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren scheduled a Feb. 24 hearing for Patrick Stein, whom prosecutors say was the leader of a militia group called "The Crusaders." The move comes ...

9 years ago
Kansas is reporting that it collected $24 million more in taxes than it anticipated in January as the Legislature wrestles with closing a shortfall in the current budget. The state Department of Revenue's report Wednesday was good news for lawmakers. It is the third consecutive month that tax collections have exceeded expectations. The department said Kansas collected ...

9 years ago
A 60-year-old man who was being sought by the Saline County Sheriff's Office has been found. Deputies had bee looking for Junious Thompson, who had been staying in  trailer at the KOA Campground west of Salina. He had last been heard from about 8pm Monday night when he texted friends to complain about numbness in his ...

9 years ago
The University of Kansas is likely to use security measures such as metal detectors at Allen Fieldhouse and Memorial Stadium beginning in the fall. The change comes as a law that requires Kansas universities to allow concealed handguns on campuses begins July 1. Guns can be banned in buildings where the universities provide other security, such ...

9 years ago
A lieutenant colonel in Kansas' Civil Air Patrol has resigned his command after posting on Facebook that a state lawmaker should "swing from a tree" for introducing a bill that would undo a law allowing concealed weapons on college campuses starting in July. The Civil Air Patrol also said in a statement that it "does not ...

9 years ago
Federal prosecutors have indicted a Kansas hunting guide, two of his employees and a customer from Georgia on charges of violating federal hunting laws. U.S. Attorney Tom Beall announced Tuesday that 34-year-old Josh Hedges of Grenola, who owns Eagle Head Outfitters, was indicted on 12 counts of unlawful sale and transport of wildlife and one count ...