11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a residential burglary that occurred on Friday sometime between noon and 4pm in the 100 block S. Kansas. The owner told police thieves took a HP Notebook computer, computer speakers and an iPad from the home. There was no sign of forced entry and total loss is listed at $700. A storage ...

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Kansas is moving toward a goal of increasing the number of college graduates majoring in engineering. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Kansas has a multiyear plan to increase college degrees in engineering to 1,365 annually by 2021. That compares with 875 in 2008. The initiative includes more than $100 million in funding by the Legislature for Wichita ...

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A Salina man is facing rape and kidnapping charges after his arrest on Friday. Salina Police arrested 20-year-old Atzin Hernandez after a female in her teens contacted authorities. Police allege that back on July 30th, Hernandez held the victim against her will and raped her while the two were at a party in an east Salina home. Police ...

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An inmate found hanging in a Saline County Jail cell remains unconscious at the hospital. According to Captain Roger Soldan with the Saline County Sheriff's Office, an inmate alerted deputies after waking up to find 49-year-old John J. Tripp hanging from the top bunk in his cell. Deputies performed CPR before Tripp was transported to Salina Regional ...

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TROY, Kan. (AP) - Authorities say an 8-year-old northeast Kansas girl has died after the car she was driving ran off a roadway and down an embankment. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 8-year-old Cadence Orcutt of Troy died in the accident Sunday. The patrol says a 56-year-old Missouri man in the car with the child sustained ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A University of Kansas residence hall is coming down this week. About 750 pounds of explosives will detonate Wednesday morning at McCollum Hall. In 18 seconds, the 10-story, three-wing, 220,000-square-foot residence hall will become a pile of rubble. Opened in 1965, McCollum initially housed 910 students. It has been the king — at ...

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A two-and-a-half-story Victorian home has moved to new spot in north Wichita. Months of planning led up to Sunday's move of the 240,000-pound home. QuikTrip bought the 1902 home for $203,000 to allow for a convenience store expansion. The home then was donated to the Historic Preservation Alliance, which found it a ...

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Vancouver, Washington-based nonprofit has given Kansas a grade of "C'' for its legislation addressing domestic child sex trafficking. Shared Hope International's rating places Kansas 29th in the country. The state Legislature passed a package of bills to protect and support victims in 2013. Deputy Director of the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit for the ...

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A group of African-American leaders are calling for expanding Medicaid, repealing restrictive voting laws, reforming criminal sentencing and putting more restrictions on payday lenders. The Lawrence Journal-World (http://bit.ly/1NjK5bp) reports that the agenda was adopted Saturday in Topeka. It was announced after a group called the Kansas Black Leadership Council came together for the first time to ...

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A study by a nonprofit health advocacy group says youth drug overdose rates are up in Kansas, but remain lower than the national rate. The study released Thursday by Trust for America's Health shows that Kansas' overall drug overdose death rate for 12- to 25-year-olds was 5.9 deaths for every 100,000 youths. That compares to 7.3 ...

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Rolling Hills Zoo hopes that a new Black Friday event will be a hit with both children, and their parents. The zoo invites parents to drop off their children on the day after Thanksgiving, and then head back to town to hit the stores for a little shopping. Zoo Director of Development and Marketing Linda Henderson ...