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Top Republican legislators are asking Kansas school districts seeking extra state aid to provide information about how they've become more efficient in recent years. Four GOP legislative leaders sent a letter Wednesday to the superintendents of 38 school districts that have applied for extra aid under the state's new education funding law. The districts are seeking ...

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A state faculty organization says a University of Kansas business teacher does not warrant academic protection to keep his emails private. Kansas Conference of the American Association of University Professors says in a brief in the case of Art Hall v. the University of Kansas that Hall isn't a faculty member entitled to academic protection. Hall is ...

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University of Kansas faculty and staff are embarking next week on a five-city tour of the state to recruit students, and the first community will be Kansas State University's hometown. The university announced Tuesday that it will meet with high school counselors and students throughout the day and hold receptions in the evenings. Students from 157 ...

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Convicted national security leaker Chelsea Manning has been found guilty of violating prison rules and will receive three weeks of recreational restrictions at the Kansas military prison where she's serving a 35-year sentence. Manning was accused of having a copy of Vanity Fair with Caitlyn Jenner on the cover and an expired tube of toothpaste, among ...

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Salina Media Group radio station News Radio 1150 KSAL will be honored as the Kansas Association of Broadcasters Medium Market Radio Station of the Year. The association announced its 2015 KAB Awards of Excellence on Tuesday. KSAL staff members earned 11 awards. According to the KAB, 719 entries were submitted by broadcasters from across the state. The ...

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Police say a Wichita man had no anti-abortion motives when he brought a small homemade explosive device into a women's health clinic while applying for a job. Wichita police spokesman James Espinosa said Tuesday the 19-year-old was homeless and carrying everything he owned in his backpack when he went to the South Wind Women's Center on ...

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Sunflowers are blooming in Kansas. So too are the fields of soybeans that have also begun setting pods. Most of the sorghum crop is now headed, and some of it is beginning to turn color. So says the latest snapshot of crop conditions in Kansas in mid-August. The National Agricultural Statistics Service also reported Monday that 58 ...

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A Kansas judge who's already been disciplined over allegations that include sexual harassment is facing a second complaint that accuses him of not testifying truthfully in a past hearing over his conduct. A panel of the state Commission on Judicial Qualifications finished a two-day hearing Tuesday for Sedgwick County District Judge Timothy Henderson. Henderson was suspended without ...

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A man from Medora, Kansas contacts Salina Police after some high-tech items were stolen from his motel room. Jerry Houston told officers someone entered his room at the Airliner Motel, 781 N. Broadway on August 7th and removed a Chromebook computer, GPS device, wi-fi hot spot, clothes and about $250 in coins. Houston did not ...

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A Salina teen is arrested after she allegedly attempted to use a stolen credit card at two stores. According to Police Sergeant Jim Feldman, officers arrested 17-year-old Jenifer Sharp on Monday after she attempted to make purchases with the card at the 24/7 Store and Wal-Mart. Police say the credit card was stolen sometime between ...

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Sunflower Bank has raised $39,221.79 for Make-A-Wish Kansas. Sunflower customers and non-customers alike helped by making donations to Make-A-Wish at their local Sunflower Bank branches. “We were thrilled to partner with Make-A-Wish,” said Mollie Carter, president and CEO of Sunflower Bank. “I can think of nothing more important than helping the children in our communities’ dreams ...