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An axe-wielding suspect is under arrest in Emporia. David E. Rutledge allegedly sent threatening messages and then showed up at the victim's home on with an axe on Monday night. Police say they spotted Rutledge driving, and began to chase him. During the chase, Rutledge returned to the victim's home and threw the axe from his vehicle ...

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A student was taken into custody after allegedly posting an online threat against Great Bend High School.The threat was posted on Instagram on Monday night. Great Bend police say the post was written in the form of a song or poem, and was titled "Skool Shooter". It contained violent references directed at students as well as ...

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Strong storms have swept through central Kansas, downing trees, generating large hail and knocking down power lines. The storm system churned up winds of as much as 70 mph Tuesday evening. While wall clouds were reported, no tornadoes touched down. Hail larger than golf balls also was reported in some locations. At one point, more than 6,000 ...

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Hundreds of pumpkins will be on the grass and ready for the taking as Rolling Hills Zoo opens this Saturday to celebrate Autumn with Pumpkin PaZoola. "We'll have 1,500 pumpkins to choose from while they last. Kids 12 and under get a free pumpkin," said Tracy Allen, Sales and Event Manager at the zoo. Allen joined in ...

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A task force appointed by Kansas Republican Gov. Sam Brownback suggests ending the monthly reports that compare the state's tax collections to projections of how much money it'll bring in. A proposal released Tuesday by the task force instead wants to do monthly reports only comparing tax collections to the previous year. Task force Chairman Sam ...

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The University of St. Mary is mourning the death of former basketball player Marcus Mondaine. Mondaine was found fatally shot Saturday in a Kansas City, Missouri, house. An arrest warrant has been issued for a person of interest. Mondaine was finishing his final semester at the private liberal arts university in Leavenworth. Before his last season ended ...

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A cell phone theft and a damaged car highlight Tuesday's Salina Police Log. A thief stole cell phones from a couple of students at Salina Central High School Monday afternoon. Police say that sometime between 3:00 and 4:30 in the afternoon a Galaxy S7 phone and an Apple iPhone 6s were stolen from the gym area. ...

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Kansas says its tax collections fell nearly $45 million short of expectations in September. The report Monday from the state Department of Revenue complicates the state's budget picture five weeks before the election. Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's fiscal policies are a major issue in legislative races. The department said tax collections were $521 million last month, 7.9 ...

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Democrats and voting rights advocates are ramping up voter registration drives across Kansas in the wake of recent court rulings allowing thousands of people to more easily register with a federal form or at motor vehicle offices without providing citizenship documents. But the state's Republican Party contends those court cases are "practically irrelevant" to the November ...

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A Salina man was arrested Sunday on forgery charges after police say he forged a couple of personal checks in mid-September at Dillons, 2350 Planet Ave. for a total of $458.67. Upon arrest, police found 36-year-old Bradly Holmes in possession of personal use of meth and drug paraphernalia.   A high-end bicycle was stolen from a Salina ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review the case of a Kansas serial killer who stuffed the bodies of several victims into barrels. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says Monday's ruling leaves John Robinson's capital murder conviction and death sentence intact. Robinson was convicted of killing seven women and a teenage girl in Kansas and ...