9 years ago
The Kansas State Board of Education has approved a total of $7.2 million in additional state aid to 31 public school districts. But it's not clear how much money the districts actually will receive after the board's action Thursday. Legislators financed the "extraordinary needs" aid with proceeds from selling off an economic development agency's assets. The sale ...

9 years ago
An Ellsworth man is cited for leaving the scene of the accident on I-135 early Wednesday morning. A semi truck driver contacted authorities after being struck from behind near mile post 78 around 6:05am Wednesday. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, 28-year-old Corey D. Hill struck the truck from behind with his Chevy Suburban, then briefly ...

9 years ago
A county official says enough signatures were gathered to allow a grand jury to criminally investigate Secretary of State Kris Kobach's handling of Kansas' online voter registration system. But even Kobach's harshest critics say they've seen no evidence he committed a crime. Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew said Thursday that the petition has more than the required ...

9 years ago
Salina Police make two arrests after threats were made with a box cutter. Police arrested 20-year-old David Ojeda and 16-year-old Dalton Nelson, both of Salina after an incident at an apartment at 737 Fairdale. Police say a fight began when Ojeda and Nelson entered the home uninvited. They left, only to return a short time later wielding ...

9 years ago
Hutchinson fire officials say a woman was burned in an apparent explosion and fire at her home. Battalion Chief Jeremy Unruh says the firefighters found the house engulfed in flames when they arrived early Thursday. KAKE-TV reports witnesses told Unruh that someone ran into the home and helped the woman who lived there. She was taken to ...

9 years ago
Agribusiness giant Cargill has chosen an architect for a new Wichita facility to house its protein operations. The Wichita Eagle reports that Kansas City-based HOK has been selected. Wichita is home to the company's beef business and its turkey and cooked meat business, which includes deli meats. Its processed-protein services, such as its North American egg business ...

9 years ago
A Junction City man is in ICU after a semi truck hauling scrap metal and an SUV collided at Crawford and Burma Road just before 1pm on Wednesday afternoon. First responders were able to free 69-year-old Joe P. Grimes of Junction City from his truck in a matter of minutes and transport the unconscious man to ...

9 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a suspected arson fire set early Thursday morning. According to Lt. Mike Smith, a fire that consumed a shed, over 720 bales of alfalfa hay plus farm equipment has been deemed suspicious. Lt. Smith tells KSAL News that the State Fire Marshal is also joining the investigation into the fire ...

9 years ago
A mistrial has been declared in the trial of a former Haskell Indian Nations University student accused of rape. The Lawrence Journal-World that a Douglas County jury couldn't reach a verdict in the case. District Court Judge Paula Martin on Wednesday declared a mistrial, the second such result in the reported rape of a Haskell Indian ...

9 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback assured constituents that the income tax cuts he championed would stimulate the Kansas economy and supply plenty of money for public schools. But voters, including many Republicans, appear to have rejected that idea in the face of the state's budget woes and court battles over education funding. On Tuesday, they ousted 11 of ...

9 years ago
Authorities say several shots were fired into an unoccupied patrol car belonging to the Wyandotte County Sheriff's office. The sheriff's department says the patrol car was parked in an off-duty deputy's driveway in Kansas City, Kansas, when the shots were fired early Wednesday. The Kansas City Star reports that no one was hurt. Someone who lives nearby ...