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Kansas is reporting that it collected $8 million more in taxes than anticipated in November, with both income and sales taxes exceeding expectations. The state Department of Revenue said Tuesday the state collected $430 million in taxes last month instead of the $422 million projected in a new fiscal forecast issued earlier in the month. The ...

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The weekend winter weather  proved costly for Saline County. County Road and Bridge Director Gary Nash told County Commissioners Tuesday that the snow, ice and rain that fell over the Thanksgiving weekend meant that some staff worked the weekend, earned 240 hours of overtime, and used 378 tons of salt and 504 gallons of diesel ...

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Saint Francis Community Services in Salina is working to help Christmas wishes come true for children in foster care in Kansas. Vickee Spicer, Marketing Director at Saint Francis joined in on the KSAL Morning News on Tuesday with a look at the program that reaches out to children and foster parents with a gift. Spicer says "Christmas ...

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An Ambulance headed to Salina Regional Health Center was involved in a two-vehicle crash near the Saline / Ellsworth County line early Tuesday morning. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the ambulance was headed east on K-140 Highway. The ambulance driver, identified as 34-year-old Jeremiah Brown of Great Bend, attempted to pass a Ford F350 feeding truck with a ...

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Salina Police are investigating a theft from a snack vending machine at a business. Police say sometime between November 27th and November 30th, someone pried open a snack machine at the Speedy Wash, 514 E. Iron, and stole an estimated $200 in cash. Owners estimate the damage to the vending machine at $400.   A homeowner contacted ...

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Salina Police are investigating three more damage to property cases in connection to vandalism that occurred over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Police say someone spray painted obscenities on an exterior wall at Smoky Hill Education Services, located at 605 E. Crawford, also at the Eric Stein Stage in Oakdale Park and obscenities were also spray painted ...

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Tickets to the public are now on sale for an event featuring Emmy-Award winning journalist John Stossel. According to the Salina Area of Commerce, tickets for their Annual Banquet and Membership Meeting are now available to the public. Stossel will speak at the February 4th event. Stossell, former co-anchor and correspondent for ABC's "20/20" and current Fox ...

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Doctors have concluded a 17-month-old girl died of severe child abuse after being left in the care of her mother's boyfriend. A police document released Monday says hospital staff found bruises and bite marks on the girl's body, swelling and bleeding of her brain, a fractured leg and a cut in one ...

10 years ago
By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - A district attorney says more charges are likely in the investigation of a missing 7-year-old boy and unidentified human remains found on his father's property. Michael A. Jones - a 44-year-old who works as a bail bondsman in Topeka - made his first court appearance Monday on charges ...

10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A special legislative committee studying options for reformatting K-12 public education funding in Kansas is preparing to review conflicting research studies. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the 15-member committee's task is to lay the foundation of a new school finance formula. The Kansas Policy Institute is pushing a report that points to the inability ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Public records advocates are pushing for state legislators to bring the Kansas Open Records Act regarding disclosure of police records more in line with open record laws in other states. The Lawrence Journal-World reports changes in the law are supported by Harold and Alberta Leach, the Kansas Press Association, the Kansas Association ...