9 years ago
Research money has been dedicated to growing better barley for beer in Kansas, which was the last state to do away with prohibition. The Wichita Eagle  reports that the Brewers Association awarded a group of brewers, researchers and agricultural experts a $35,000 grant to develop winter malting barley to be grown and harvested in the Great ...

9 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback has outlined two long-term initiatives designed to bring more doctors to rural Kansas. Brownback outlined a proposal Friday to set aside $5 million in state funds to provide seed money for new doctor-training programs at Kansas hospitals. He and Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer said the goal is to attract more federal and private ...

9 years ago
A judge has granted a civil trial for a Kenyan man who alleges immigration agents violently attacked him at a Kansas jail for refusing to be fingerprinted before deportation. The incident was captured on jailhouse surveillance video. The civil lawsuit filed by Justine Mochama, an international student who overstayed his visa, has languished in federal court ...

9 years ago
Lawrence, Kansas, police say two officers were injured during a confrontation with a suspected drunk driver they say led them on a chase. Police say they arrested the 50-year-old suspect after the pursuit early Saturday. There was no immediate word later that day about charges. Police said two officers were conducting a traffic stop when a man ...

9 years ago
A Kansas man faces up to two years in federal prison after having admitted his role in what authorities say was a $3.5-million identity theft scheme involving credit cards. Justin Alan Vanley of Rose Hill pleaded guilty Friday in Wichita to one count of aggravated identity theft. His sentencing is scheduled for March 24. As part of ...

9 years ago
A southern Kansas judge is giving attorneys for a man accused of sexually attacking a woman before setting her on fire more time to have him mentally evaluated. KAKE-TV (http://bit.ly/2jkNBJi) reports 28-year-old Cornell McNeal of Wichita already has been evaluated twice, with the last one recommending that he be found competent to stand trial. Sedwick County ...

9 years ago
Authorities say a California mother and her 8-year-old son visiting Kansas relatives died after being pulled from an icy pond. Investigators have not publicly identified the victims of the drowning Friday afternoon at Pack Park in central Kansas' Moundridge. The woman's 43-year-old husband managed to stay above the water and ice and was rescued. He was treated ...

9 years ago
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and top Kansas lawmakers are not on the same page about ending an income tax break for farmers and business owners. The GOP-controlled Legislature opens its annual session Monday and must close projected budget shortfalls totaling $1.1 billion through June 2019. Legislative leaders said this week that they see bipartisan support for repealing ...

9 years ago
A U.S. Forest Service Ranger, who died while he was being treated for hypothermia after going missing while back country skiing, was a graduate of Salina Central High School. Authorities say one of two missing back country skiers who were found in the central Colorado mountains died while he was being treated for hypothermia. The Lake County ...

9 years ago
              The Abilene Cowboys defeated the Marysville Bulldogs 52-45 in Abilene tonight.  It was the 15th straight victory in the series for Abilene. This loss for the Bulldogs was their first on the season.  Marysville is ranked #1 in 3A, and is now 6-1, 2-1 on the season, while ...

9 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback has outlined two long-term initiatives designed to bring more doctors to rural Kansas. Brownback outlined a proposal Friday to set aside $5 million in state funds to provide seed money for new doctor-training programs at Kansas hospitals. He and Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer said the goal is to attract more federal and private ...