10 years ago
The Kansas House's new speaker is receiving bipartisan praise in his first weeks in the job for what fellow lawmakers say is a collaborative style. Ron Ryckman Jr. rose quickly when fellow conservative Republicans had firm control of the House. First elected in 2012, he became chairman of its powerful, budget-writing Appropriations Committee in 2015. He's now ...

10 years ago
President-elect Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have pledged to cut federal taxes to boost the economy. But some GOP-controlled states have already adopted similar strategies, only to see growth falter and budget gaps widen. The situation is particularly worrisome in Kansas, Oklahoma and Indiana, where lawmakers are now debating whether to reverse course and raise taxes. ...

10 years ago
Kansas election officials threw out thousands of ballots cast in November, mostly because the state had no record those residents were registered voters. Some local officials are now voicing concerns about numerous documented instances of lost voter registrations from people who had filled out applications on the state's online site and at motor vehicle offices. Those names ...

10 years ago
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has rescinded the boil water advisory for the City of Assaria public water supply in Saline County. The advisory was issued because of a loss of pressure in the distribution system. Failure to maintain adequate pressure may result in a loss of chlorine residuals and bacterial contamination. Public ...

10 years ago
A student-run consulting firm at Wichita State University is giving undergraduates a chance to gain experience and make mistakes before they enter the workplace. The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/2jbNQWu) reports that the firm, called Barton International Group, offers data analysis, digital marketing, feasibility analysis and market research. Adviser Kate Kung-McIntyre founded the program in 2008. She says students ...

10 years ago
A few Kansas lawmakers are seeking to undo a law that will allow concealed guns in public hospitals and colleges. The proposal would permanently exempt several types of health care facilities and colleges from a law that allows guns in public buildings. That exemption will otherwise expire July 1. Supporters of allowing campuses to ban concealed guns ...

10 years ago
A former president's library will host a party to watch the new president's inauguration. An inauguration watch party event begins Friday morning at 10 a.m. in the Eisenhower Library Auditorium in Abilene. It is free and open to the public. The program will begin with a Presidential inaugurations presentation by Jerry Wallace. During his 30-year tenure ...

10 years ago
A third wave of sleet and drizzle could hit parts of the central U.S. on the eve of the holiday, and temperatures threaten to stay near or below freezing and add to the treacherous mix. Ice buildups of one-quarter to slightly less than a half inch were expected late Saturday and Sunday morning from southeastern Kansas ...

10 years ago
A settlement reached with the family of a 10-year-old Kansas boy killed last year on a water slide will provide lifetime payments to the boy's three brothers. The family of Caleb Schwab reached a settlement Wednesday with the owners of Schlitterbahn Waterparks, and Zebec, the manufacturer of the raft the boy was on when he died ...

10 years ago
A former Internal Revenue Service employee is accused in a 15-count federal indictment of filing false tax returns. Grand jurors in Kansas City, Missouri, indicted 48-year-old Carla Lachelle Mitchell of Kansas City, Kansas, on Friday on 10 counts of filing false tax returns and five counts of aggravated identity theft. The indictment alleges Mitchell was working as ...

10 years ago
Missouri authorities say one of 13 occupants of a van was killed when the vehicle crashed north of Kansas City. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 35-year-old Maung Hnin of Kansas City, Kansas, was ejected from the van during the crash early Saturday on Interstate 29 in Platte County and was hit by another vehicle. He ...