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Officials will offer more details Tuesday evening into an investigation of elevated lead levels in multiple children in Salina. Elevated blood lead levels in over two-dozen Salina children have prompted an investigation by state officials, and the Tuesday meeting.. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment will hold a public information session at 6:30 p.m. at ...

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Several dozen central and western Kansas school superintendents say they have no intention of following the advice of U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp to disregard a recent transgender bathroom directive from President Barack Obama's administration. The Topeka Capital-Journal reached out to 129 school superintendents who were given the Republican congressman's letter and received responses from 30 of ...

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Authorities say a woman has been arrested after driving off with a Johnson County deputy's vehicle. The Johnson County Sheriff's Office said in a news release that the vehicle was recovered around 2 a.m. Monday - just minutes after the woman drove off in it. The theft happened after the deputy was dispatched to De Soto ...

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The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has issued a boil water advisory for a troubled Saline County Water District.  The advisory is for the Howison Heights public water supply located in Saline County. KDHE officials issued the advisory because of a loss of pressure. Failure to maintain adequate pressure may result in a loss of ...

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Damage to a church, and a burglary at a storage facility highlight Monday's Salina police log. Sometime between noon on Friday and 9:00 in the morning on Saturday, glass on a front door at the 1st Christian Church Disciples of Christ at 2727 E. Crawford in Salina damaged. A blunt object was used to break the ...

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A couple of incidents involving a gun prompted the arrest of a Salina teen. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that 17-year-old Zachary DeGraw was arrested Saturday evening, after a shot was fired from a handgun. Police were sent to the area of 9th and Otto to the report of a shot being fired from a handgun. ...

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Organizers of a rally planned for Monday afternoon are hoping to show support to Salina USD 305 educators. Education has been in the spotlight, with the Kansas Supreme Court and the Kansas Legislature sparring over education funding. Caught in the middle are Kansas students and educators, many of which who are becoming frustrated. The public is invited ...

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OTTAWA, Kan. (AP) - The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is looking into the death of a 35-year-old inmate at an eastern Kansas jail. Authorities said Benjamin F. Mastel, of Ottawa, Kansas, was found unresponsive in his cell at the Franklin County jail late Friday night. He was rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. The ...

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Federal immigration authorities recently arrested dozens of people in Kansas and Missouri as part of a monthlong operation. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says in a release that the agency arrested 31 people in Kansas and 34 in Missouri during the investigation, which began in May and ended Monday. The agency says ...

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - State officials say a contractor underrepresented the scope of the state's backlog of applications for Medicaid eligibility. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the contractor for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment miscounted by about 12,000 people. KDHE Secretary Susan Mosier told federal officials in early June that Accenture relied upon a flawed method ...

10 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - The American Red Cross in Wichita is ending a free service that provides the elderly with rides to medical appointments. Michelle Jantz, executive director of the American Red Cross Midway Kansas Chapter, said in a statement that no other organization so far has announced plans to take over the program. It ends ...