11 years ago
Eastern Kansas police have arrested a 48-year-old man they suspect of poisoning a neighbor's dog twice. According to Jonson County District Court records, the poisoning incidents occurred in December and earlier this month. The dog is a 3-year-old shepherd-pointer mix named Ginger and survived after receiving emergency veterinary care. Shawnee police arrested the man Thursday on a ...

11 years ago
Kansas has established quarantine zones in Crawford and Cherokee counties in the wake of a case of avian influenza in neighboring Missouri. The Department of Agriculture said in a news release that the quarantine areas are meant to allow them to respond "quickly and decisively" to eradicate any outbreak that might occur. Transportation of poultry, eggs and ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Highway Patrol joined other law enforcement agencies across the state from February 23 through March 6, for an annual seatbelt enforcement campaign conducted around area high schools. During this annual enforcement, the Kansas Highway Patrol issued: • Teen seat belt citations (ages 14 -17): 265, (123 in 2014) • Adult seat belt citations: 344, (493 in ...

11 years ago
Kansas House members expect a close final vote on a plan from top Republican lawmakers for overhauling how the state distributes more than $4 billion in aid to its public schools. The vote Friday will determine whether the school funding bill goes to the Senate. Both chambers have large GOP majorities, but on a key test vote ...

11 years ago
Dry conditions prompt a burn ban in Ottawa County. According to the Ottawa County Emergency Management Office, due to dry weather and vegetation conditions, the Ottawa County Commissioners have issued a burn ban for Ottawa County.  All towns in Ottawa County utilize the county burn ban as also being a city burn ban. Conditions will continue ...

11 years ago
Kansas lawmakers are considering a proposal to replace the Teacher of the Year program with a cash awards system. The proposal establishes the Kansas Legislature Award for Teaching Excellence Program, which would dole out thousands of dollars to chosen teachers, and prohibits the Kansas Department of Education from running any similar awards program. Teacher of the Year ...

11 years ago
The Kansas House gave first-round approval to a plan to overhaul the state's school funding scheme. The move to advance the bill passed 64-58. Republican Rep. Amanda Grosserode from Lenexa carried the bill and said that it is possible some votes could change before the chamber takes final action on the bill Friday. The bill will need ...

11 years ago
A Salina business has started an effort to help a local teen who was scammed out of all of the money she had been saving to purchase her first car. The 16-year-old girl was bilked out of $1,530. She had worked and saved the money to buy a car. The teen found a 2003 Honda Accord for ...

11 years ago
A Salina man is arrested follow an alleged domestic incident. Police say that 21-year-old Keith Weslanski was arrested Wednesday afternoon. He is alleged to have shoved his girlfriend into a wall during an argument. The woman was holding a 6 month old baby girl at the time. Weslanski could face charges that include domestic violence battery and ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Department of Agriculture is joining with farm groups to focus public attention on the state's role in feeding a growing global population. National Geographic photographer Jim Richardson is headlining an event March 18 at Kansas State University's Union Little Theatre with a visual journal that aims to highlight the topic "Feeding a Hungry Planet." ...

11 years ago
Authorities say two men who escaped from a southern Oklahoma correctional center have been arrested in Kansas. Oklahoma authorities said 40-year-old Lance Colbert and 54-year-old Dwayne Motsenbocker escaped through a hole in the fence of Mack Alford Correctional Center on Sunday. A U.S. Marshal says Motsenbocker was arrested early Wednesday after an altercation in a Wichita, Kansas, ...