10 years ago
It's a sure sign that summer is winding down. Salina's Kenwood Cove Water Park is scaling back its hours, in preparation of closing for the season. Because the majority of the lifeguards on staff are highs school and college students, this week beginning Monday will be the last full week of normal hours at the facility. ...

10 years ago
There were no serious injuries in a  three-vehicle crash that briefly closed a major intersection in Salina Saturday afternoon. Master Patrol Officer Rande Repp told KSAL News at the scene that the crash involved three vehicles, an SUV and two pickup trucks. Repp says that 35-year-old Atanacia Ortega was headed south on Broadway in a Honda Pilot ...

10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The state mistakenly notified thousands of Kansans this week that their Medicaid coverage had been canceled. The Kansas Department of Children and Families said a computer glitch caused the incorrect letters to be sent out. DCF spokeswoman Theresa Freed says the error happened as the department switches to a new computer system that ...

10 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A suburban Wichita police officer who fatally shot a man last year will not face charges. Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett said Friday the officer who shot 40-year-old Chad Leichhardt at a Haysville apartment was lawfully defending a woman being threatened by Leichhardt. Investigators say Leichhardt was holding his girlfriend with a ...

10 years ago
A major credit agency is rating $1 billion in bonds that Kansas hopes to sell to bolster its pension system for teachers and government works in line with the state's existing rating. Moody's Investors Service this week assigned a rating of Aa3 to the bonds, which the state hopes to sell next month. That's one notch ...

10 years ago
Two Kansas inmates who are accused of nearly beating a fellow prisoner to death last year have appeared in court on the charges. The Hutchinson News reports 31-year-old Juan Garza and 22-year-old Jerrod Green appeared Thursday on charges of aggravated battery or in the alternate attempted capital murder. He's also charged with conspiracy to commit aggravated ...

10 years ago
Kansas collected about $3.7 million less in taxes than it expected in July, largely because of lower-than-anticipated revenues from its newly increased sales tax. The state Department of Revenue reported Friday that the state collected $417.6 million in taxes, when officials projected $421.3 million. The shortfall is 0.9 percent. The report came a day after Gov. Sam ...

10 years ago
A spokeswoman for the Kansas Department for Children and Families says it will not prevent single adults from serving as foster parents for abused and neglected children. Agency spokeswoman Theresa Freed said Friday that the department has never considered excluding single adults from being foster parents just because they are single. Freed first discussed the agency's position ...

10 years ago
Fearing the possible loss of Federal Emergency Management Agency funds, Finney county officials are challenging Rep. Kevin Yoder's assertion that their county is an immigrant sanctuary. The Garden City Telegram reports that under legislation being pushed by Yoder, states, cities and counties who limit their cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security on immigration matters would ...

10 years ago
One of two men suspected in a Kansas home invasion makes a first court appearance while the second suspect remains at large. The Hutch Post reports a 32-year-old Hutchinson man has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery and battery for an incident that happened Friday morning. He has not been formally charged. South Hutchinson ...

10 years ago
Kansas collected about $3.7 million less in taxes than it expected in July, largely because of lower-than-anticipated revenues from its newly increased sales tax. The state Department of Revenue reported Friday that the state collected $417.6 million in taxes, when officials projected $421.3 million. The shortfall is 0.9 percent. The report came a day after Gov. Sam ...