10 years ago
A Hutchinson teenager charged as an adult with setting a fire that killed his mother and sister has declined to take a plea deal. The attorney for 16-year-old Samuel Vonachen says he will pursue a defense of mental disease or defect. The Hutchinson News reports prosecutors offered to allow Vonachen to plead guilty to first-degree murder and ...

10 years ago
A Kansas judge is suggesting that the independence of the state's courts is at stake in a dispute over an administrative policy imposed on them by legislators. An attorney for District Judge Larry Solomon of Kingman County on Friday asked District Judge Larry Hendricks of Shawnee County to strike down a 2014 law changing who selects ...

10 years ago
Kansas and Nebraska will extend for one year an agreement that allows Nebraska to pump more of its share of the Republican River while ensuring Kansas eventually gets all the water it is due. The Republican River Compact Administration, which includes Colorado, announced the agreement Thursday. It extends similar agreements reached for the past two growing ...

10 years ago
Salina police are investigating a home burglary that happened late Wednesday night on South 11th St. The burglar broke into the garage and stole fishing poles and equipment, a Husquavarna chain saw and two saws for a total loss of $1,260. No arrests have been made, and the case remains under investigation. ...

10 years ago
A Salina woman is in police custody after she was arrested on warrant. Tara Scales, 43, is charged with three counts of felony theft and four counts of misdemeanor theft. Scales was an employee at KFC at 403 South Broadway where she stole deposits and change from the business safe in early April. The total ...

10 years ago
A Salina teen is in police custody after she was involved in a short flee and elude early this morning. The teenager was reported by her mother around 3:30AM when the mother called the police saying the daughter stole her 2002 Saturn and had left the house. Police spotted the vehicle at 9th St and Crawford. When ...

10 years ago
The Kansas Highway Patrol is investigating after a man died when the car he was riding in collided with a Kansas City, Kansas, police car. The patrol says the accident happened late Thursday when a car made left turn in front of the police car on a Kansas City, Kansas, ...

10 years ago
Between 10:45 AM on August 21, 2015 and 6:00 AM on August 22, 2015 a room was entered in the computer lab at Kansas Wesleyan University, 100 E Claflin. A Dell Optiplex 7010 computer, a Dell 19” monitor and a 10’ network cable were taken. Loss and damage is estimated at $2,100. If you have any information ...

10 years ago
The University of Kansas says it's reached a settlement agreement over the release of documents to a student group looking for ties between an economic research center and Charles and David Koch. Art Hall, a lecturer and executive director of the Center for Applied Economics in the University of Kansas School of Business, sued the university ...

10 years ago
A child advocacy group's leader says parts of a new Kansas welfare law appear to conflict with federal child care policies, potentially jeopardizing more than $40 million a year in federal funds. Kansas Action for Children CEO Shannon Cotsoradis raised additional issues Thursday about the welfare law approved by legislators this year. She's making her comments ...

10 years ago
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is correct on his immigration proposals. Kobach was an adviser on immigration policy for 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, and says he had urged Romney to adopt the "self-deportation" concept in his campaign. Immigration enforcement is "a huge issue" for independents, and Kobach believes ...