10 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a stolen car. Police say that a black four-door 2000 Saturn was stolen sometime between 11:30 Wednesday night and 7:30 Thursday morning. The car was parked behind a home at 800 N. 2nd Street. It has Kansas license plate number 113 FPK. Total loss is listed at $1,000.    

10 years ago
Between 2:00 PM on July 24, 2015 and 7:00 AM on July 27, 2015 force was used to enter a city-owned storage shed in the 200 Block of S. 7th. Items taken include a Stihl leaf blower, hedge trimmer, Echo string trimmer, Toro push mower, 1/2hp submersible pump, and two red plastic gas cans. A second ...

10 years ago
The Topeka Police Department says it's planning changes to policies on how police deal with dogs after an officer recently shot and killed a retired judge's pet. A Topeka police officer fatally shot the 26-pound dog in July after it began charging in the backyard of James Macnish, a retired Shawnee County district judge who owned ...

10 years ago
Most teens are not getting enough sleep because of early school start times, and Kansas is no different. A new Centers of Disease Control report says the average school start time for public and middle school students in Kansas is a half-hour earlier than recommendations. The American Academy of Pediatrics is pushing for middle schools and ...

10 years ago
The largest electric company in Kansas has reached an agreement with a consumer advocacy agency and other parties to scale back a proposed increase in the utility's annual rates to $78 million. Westar Energy Inc. announced Thursday that it had a settlement with the Citizens' Utility Ratepayers Board, the staff of the Kansas Corporation Commission and ...

10 years ago
The Kansas state health department has not received a single report on the handling of fetal tissue in the 15 years that it's been legally required whenever such tissue is transferred. The Department of Health and Environment's disclosure - in response to an Associated Press open records request - comes amid a national debate about fetal ...

10 years ago
Secretary of State Kris Kobach says he'll start prosecuting voter fraud cases in September and will focus on cases of double voting from the 2010 election. KWCH reports Kobach's office is aiming for mid-September to begin filing charges. Double voting refers to when a person casts a ballot in more than one jurisdiction in the same election. Kobach ...

10 years ago
A federal prison guard at the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth has been indicted on charges accusing him of accepting bribes from inmates in exchange for tobacco. The office of the U.S. Attorney for Kansas said Thursday that Michael Harston, of Kansas City, Missouri, was indicted Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kansas, with one ...

10 years ago
The father of a 9-year-old batboy who died after being accidentally struck by a follow-through swing in Wichita says the batboy tradition should continue. Kaiser Carlile was struck Saturday by a warm-up swing by a Liberal Bee Jays player near the on-deck circle during a National Baseball Congress World Series game. Kaiser died Sunday. The National Baseball ...

10 years ago
The number of cattle on Kansas feedlots is up this year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service says the number of cattle on Kansas feedlots has risen 2 percent in the past year to about 1.94 million. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports USDA statistics also show that overall cattle inventories across the state have ...

10 years ago
The Veterans Administration plans to open an assisted living center on its Topeka campus for veterans with mild dementia. The building on the Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center campus is expected to open this fall. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the building will offer 12 private rooms with their own bathrooms. It also will offer such amenities as ...