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Moderate Republicans are making Kansas' primary election a referendum on the state's budget problems and education funding as they try to oust conservative incumbents. More than two dozen GOP legislators face primary opponents Tuesday. Most are allies of Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and continue to support his experiment in cutting state income taxes to stimulate the ...

10 years ago
Officials with the Dickinson County Sheriff’s office confirm 18-month-old Olivia Ann Engstrom was found dead early Sunday evening in the 2800 block of Lark Road outside of Abilene. Dickinson County Sheriff Gareth Hoffman says the sheriff’s office received the call around 6:15 p.m. and found thephtot child not breathing inside a vehicle outside a home. “The vehicle ...

10 years ago
A suburban Kansas City man has pleaded guilty to sending fake IRS letters to former girlfriends and business partners telling that they were under investigation for tax evasion. The U.S. attorney's office says that 56-year-old Jeffrey Nickerson, of Lenexa, Kansas, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of impersonating a federal employee. Nickerson sent letters on IRS ...

10 years ago
A 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee was stolen from the 1100 block of Osage sometime between 11:30am Wednesday and 1pm Thursday afternoon. Police say the owner left the keys in the unlocked vehicle which is valued at $1,000. The Jeep is maroon in color and has Kansas tag: 914 HLG. Police are investigating a residential burglary from ...

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Authorities have confirmed that a body found in the Arkansas River is that of a missing theology student. Police said Monday that the body has been identified as that of 24-year-old Brian Bergkamp, a native of Garden Plain. He had been scheduled to enter his third year of theology study at Mount St. Mary's Seminary in ...

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Police are investigating a residential burglary in Salina. Police say sometime between 11:30am and 2:50pm on Friday, someone forced the front door open on a trailer home in the 1600 block of W. Republic and stole a .357 Taurus revolver, a gun safe, pillow case and cash and coins worth $250. Total loss and damage is listed ...

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Gov. Sam Brownback and Kansas legislators are waiting to learn whether state tax collections in July fell short of expectations. The monthly report due Monday afternoon from the state Department of Revenue could complicate the state's financial picture and lead to a fresh round of budget adjustments. Tax collections have fallen short of expectations for 10 of ...

10 years ago
Cases of cigarettes were stolen off a delivery truck. Salina Police are investigating a theft case from last week. Police say someone entered a truck from DSG Transportation/St. Joe Distributing while it was parked in the 2100 block of W. Crawford on Thursday morning between 6am and 6:30am. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that someone entered the ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after at least 10 vehicles had their tires punctured during the overnight hours on Friday. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, sometime between midnight and 9:25am July, 29th, someone punctured multiple tires in central Salina in the area bordered by University and Baker. Police say vehicles in the 400 block Putnam, 300 block of ...

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Authorities in western Kansas are investigating after a man apparently suffered fatal injuries in a fight. The Hays Police Department says it received a report of a possible disturbance late Saturday and when officers arrived they found an unresponsive male who appeared to have been involved in a fight. Hays Post reports  that the man was taken ...

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The combativeness that's made U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp of Kansas a tea party favorite has turned major agriculture and business groups against him. It could cost him his seat in the sprawling, largely rural 1st Congressional District in the state's Republican primary Tuesday. The three-term congressman is in a tough race against obstetrician Roger Marshall. Their battle in ...