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WASHINGTON (AP) - A Kansas senator's comments expressing support for Senate consideration of President Barack Obama's Supreme Court pick have angered conservatives and underscored the passion the issue stirs in both parties' activists. Republican Sen. Jerry Moran made the remarks at events in Kansas this week, days after Obama nominated Merrick Garland for the vacancy. They ...

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The Kansas Forest Service says a wildfire that crossed into the state from Oklahoma earlier this week is considered the largest in Kansas history and one of the largest ever in the U.S. The wildfire has burned at least 620 square miles in Oklahoma and Kansas. The service said officials are looking at the damage in Barber ...

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The Kansas Senate has unanimously passed a bill that would overhaul the state's juvenile justice system. The Wichita Eagle reports that the bill was created to shift the juvenile justice system away from incarceration and use some of the cost savings to boost community-based programs that help young offenders. The bill is expected to save Kansas about ...

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A man who had been stuck in a grain elevator in McPherson County since late Friday morning was rescued early Friday evening. The incident happened at McPherson County Feeders, located about seven miles southeast of Marquette at 758 Pioneer Road. The man was trapped about 30 feet down, in a 100 foot tall elevator. KSN TV reports ...

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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - The Board of Regents of Washington State University has chosen Dr. Kirk Schulz of Kansas State University as the 11th president of the Pullman-based school. The regents made the decision Friday morning at a meeting in the Tri-Cities. The regents were presented with three finalists for the job of replacing President Elson Floyd, ...

10 years ago
Holy Week culminates with Easter Sunday this weekend for millions of Christians around the world, and Pastor Jeff Piepho from Revolution Church and Dru Davis from the United Methodist Church of the Cross helped tell the resurrection story through commentary and song on the KSAL Morning News. The two jumped in studio with Rich and Jeff ...

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A Salina man is arrested after officers forced a door open at a home to end a domestic dispute. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that officers responded to a home in the 600 block of N.12th Street on Thursday afternoon just before 1pm to the report of a man threatening two occupants inside with ...

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A motorbike and a 10-speed bicycle were stolen from a Salina backyard. Police report that sometime between 5pm on Monday and 7:30pm Thursday evening, someone removed a 2007 Baja DR 70 dirt bike and a 26-inch 10-speed bicycle from the backyard of a home at 716 Carriage. The red and black motorbike is valued at $600 while ...

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Between 9:00 PM on March 1st and 9:00 AM on March 2nd, 2016, the secured lot at MHC Kenworth, 2301 N. Ohio was entered by unknown means. An unsecured truck belonging to Western Cooperative Electric was entered and two unknown brand “hot hoists”, several Milwaukee electric tools, to include a drill, impact and battery charger were ...

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Hay donations are being sought for ranchers whose land burned in a massive wildfire in Kansas and Oklahoma. The Kansas Livestock Association says it's accepting cash donations and that farmers' cooperatives in two Kansas communities are collecting hay donations. Hundreds of firefighters and have been battling the blaze that started Tuesday in Oklahoma and spread into Kansas. ...

10 years ago
(AP) — Kansas legislators have sent Gov. Sam Brownback an education funding plan designed to meet a state Supreme Court order to help poor districts and prevent the justices from shutting down public schools in July. The House approved the bill Thursday on a 93-31 vote. The Senate approved the bill hours earlier on a ...