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The Kansas House has approved a bill to give lawmakers more control over the state's use of debt to finance big building projects. The House's 114-8 vote Monday sends the measure to the Senate. Lawmakers are considering it after the University of Kansas and Gov. Sam Brownback's administration pursued projects without prior legislative approval. The bill would ...

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An alleged would-be-burglar was arrested after falling through a ceiling early Monday morning inside a Salina business. Police say that the incident happened at Taco John's at 303 S. Santa Fe. After arriving, between 3:20 and 4:20 in the morning, the manager heard noises as if someone were attempting to break into the safe.  Police were called, ...

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A lawyer hired by the Kansas Legislature is questioning its staff as he attempts to compile evidence for an ongoing lawsuit over school funding. Attorney Toby Crouse interviewed legislative researchers and bill-drafting attorneys during an unusual meeting Monday of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. The committee's members were present, and the meeting was open to the public. ...

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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) - An Easter egg hunt has gone high-tech at a suburban Kansas City park. Children used GPS devices to search for goodies Sunday in Johnson County's Antioch Park. The Johnson County Park & Recreation District programmed the GPS devices, which were lent to participants in this year's Easter egg hunt. So many people ...

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A hospital spokeswoman says a man has died after a crash at the Kansas International Dragway. The crash happened Sunday afternoon at the speedway in the south-central Kansas town of Maize. The victim was transported to Via Christi Hospital St. Francis in Wichita. Sharon Hurley of Via Christi says the man was in ...

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A Kansas prison inmate who was reported missing last week has been apprehended after investigators received a tip that led them to a family member's home. The Wichita Eagle (bit.ly/1RXSIEW) reports 37-year-old Bradley Wayne Struble was taken into custody at 10:30 p.m. Saturday in Arkansas City, near the Oklahoma border. Struble had been missing from the minimum-security ...

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Republican lawmakers argue they may never be able to meet the Kansas Supreme Court's demands for fairness in education funding. They worry about creating yearly budget chaos as they constantly reshuffle dollars among local school districts. The Senate could debate a bill this week that would redistribute a small part of the state's annual aid to its ...

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Bethany College, and the Lindsborg community, have started one of their busiest weeks of the year. Holy Week is underway, and that means that the Messiah Festival has started. The Festival kicked off  this Palm Sunday weekend with the opening of the Juried Student Art Exhibit in the Mingenback Gallery and production of Lucas Hnath’s play ...

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A pair of teenagers was able to walk away from a rented airplane one of them was flying when it crashed onto a Kansas golf course. Wichita police say the pilot was a 17-year-old boy and the passenger an 18-year-old woman who were on their way from Nashville, Tennessee, to Jabara Airport ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A 29-year-old woman is accused slapping a Kansas City police officer's horse during a protest of a downtown rally for presidential candidate Donald Trump. April J. Foster was arrested at 5 p.m. Friday on a municipal charge of abuse of a police service animal. She was released after posting $500 bond. Police ...

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The four Salina area lawmakers were were back home Saturday to give an update on the 2016 Legislative Session in Topeka. A crowd of about 50 people participated in a question and answer session Saturday with Senator Tom Arpke and  State Representatives, Steven Johnson, Diana Dierks and J.R. Claeys. Much of the conversation centered on economics and ...