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Hutchinson police say five teenagers were arrested on suspicion of making threats against Hutchinson High School. District Attorney Keith Schroeder says that the five suspects encouraged each other to commit murder at the high school. The investigation began Monday after the school reported threats made by the juveniles on Facebook. The threats were general and did not ...

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Kansas State University has awarded $500,000 in grants to faculty members who are researching way to boost food production as the world population grows. The university says the Kansas Department of Commerce provided the grant money, which will be divided among nine projects. One of the projects is a three-day symposium to increase education and food ...

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The Kansas Supreme Court is taking up the case next week of a suburban Kansas City official who was kicked out of office for allowing a homeless friend to sleep in City Hall. Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe's office sought the review after the Kansas Court of Appeals found in October that the ouster of ...

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The Kansas Legislature is back in session. The full House and Senate returned to work in Topeka on Wednesday. Legislators have plenty of unfinished business, including balancing the next state budget. They must close a $422 million shortfall for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Salina Representative J.R. Claeys sat down with KSAL News in Topeka on ...

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A fraternity at the University of Kansas has kicked out four members after a video posted on social media showed someone mocking Muslims. Zeta Beta Tau chapter president Jason Finkelstein said Wednesday that the traditionally Jewish fraternity learned of the video April 10 and expelled the members the next day. He said it appears the clip ...

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Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and top GOP legislators are at odds over reconsidering an income tax break for business owners enacted by lawmakers three years ago. Senate President Susan Wagle of Wichita and House Taxation Committee Chairman Marvin Kleeb of Overland Park said Wednesday that a reconsideration of the policy will get a serious look. Brownback and ...

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Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts has been elected chairman of the commission working to build a memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower near the National Mall. Roberts, a Republican from Eisenhower's home state, was elected Wednesday during a meeting of the Eisenhower Memorial Commission at the Capitol. California Democratic Rep. Mike Thompson was elected vice chairman. Former chairman ...

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The Kansas Highway Patrol is offering a reward in a case that involves tampering with agency vehicles. This past weekend troopers discovered missing or loose lug nuts on several patrol vehicles. On two particular vehicles, all lug nuts were loose or missing on all four of the tires. On one specific vehicle, one tire had two ...

11 years ago
Authorities say a 13-year-old boy has drowned in a river in eastern Kansas. The Coffey County Sheriff's Office says in a news release that Matthew Edwards of Burlington drowned Tuesday evening in the Neosho River in Burlington. Numerous agencies responded to the river and worked for about an hour to recover the teenager from the water. Details about ...

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A Salina man is arrested after attacking a bar patron and a staff member at the Rendezvous Bar on North Santa Fe. Staff told officers that 35-year-old Lucas Chase was asked to leave the establishment by a female bartender on Tuesday night just before 10pm. Police say Chase became violent when  a customer tried to encourage him ...

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The body of a deceased man found in downtown Salina Tuesday, has been taken to Kansas City for an autopsy to determine the cause of death. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that the owner of a property at 218 S. 4th Street discovered the body lying in a lean-to shed at about 2:55pm Tuesday ...