11 years ago
Senate Democrats in Kansas say they plan to introduce a bill this week aimed at closing loopholes in open records laws when it comes to private e-mail accounts and electronic devices. The Wichita Eagle reports that the move comes after state budget director Shawn Sullivan used a private email account to send a draft of the ...

11 years ago
Police in south-central Kansas say a 45-year-old man is in critical but stable condition after being shot by officers who say he confronted them with a hunting knife and ax handle. A press release from the Pratt Police Department says officers were dispatched to an apartment complex around 9 p.m. Saturday after a report of a ...

11 years ago
The world famous Harlem Globetrotters rolled into Salina on Sunday,and the "clown princes of basketball" did not disappoint. The Globetrotters brought their family show of dunks, dance, and fun to the Bicentennial Center. The afternoon featured incredible ball handling wizardry, rim-rattling dunks, trick shots, hilarious comedy, and lots of interaction with fans young and old. With a little help from ...

11 years ago
Only a matter of days after record setting warmth, bone-chilling cold is on the way. According to the National Weather Service, much colder air will overspread the area, with low temperatures Sunday night into Monday dropping into the single digits and low teens. Wind chills will be even lower, dropping just below zero for several hours very ...

11 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback has said he wants to tie school funding to student performance. Brownback discussed the concept Friday while speaking to the Agri-Business Council of Wichita. Brownback said earlier this month that he wanted to ditch the current school-finance formula and fund the state's districts with interim block grants for the next two years. In his ...

11 years ago
Make it 5,000 pizzas to go please. And so it will be that the roughly 11,000 U.S. troops left in Afghanistan will get a slice of home for Super Bowl Sunday. Pizzas4Patriots.com is teaming with Rich Foods and DHL to send 5,000 pies to American service members across Afghanistan. Retired Air Force Master Sergeant Mark Evans says the ...

11 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback's office is refusing to disclose the names of potential candidates who were passed over by him for a seat on the Kansas Court of Appeals. Brownback's office Friday rejected an open records request from The Associated Press for each application, letter or email to the governor's office from any person applying to be ...

11 years ago
State lawmakers from Missouri and Kansas are pitching similar legislation to restrict firearms for persons with domestic violence or stalking restraining orders or convictions. Republican Kansas Rep. Barbara Bollier of Mission Hills and Democratic Missouri Rep. Stacey Newman recently introduced the bills in Topeka and Jefferson City, but Missouri lawmakers say there's little chance of either ...

11 years ago
The fatal shooting of three people last year outside a Jewish community center and retirement complex in Overland Park is renewing calls for tougher hate crime legislation. A bill currently being discussed in the Kansas legislature would double the sentences for those convicted of a hate crime. Sen. David Haley, a Kansas City Democrat, said the ...

11 years ago
New structures to attract fish are being installed at lakes around Kansas. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, fisheries staff will be launching a new program to increase the amount of fish-attracting structures in Kansas lakes. Traditionally, biologists have used cut trees to create brush piles to attract and hold fish, providing angling ...

11 years ago
The Volunteer Connection in Salina is offering free income tax return preparation from IRS-certified volunteers through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. According to the organization, returns will be prepared and e-filed for taxpayers with incomes generally under $53,000, including basic forms 1040 and 1040EZ, State of Kansas returns (in conjunction with filing of a Federal ...