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Two men are detained in Nebraska, in connection to a van that was stolen from a Salina church. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, police is Hastings, Nebraska contacted SPD on Thursday morning after finding a 2001 Ford Econoline E350 van - registered to the Church of Christ 1646 N. 9th at about 9:40am. Lt. Siemsen tells KSAL ...

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A Salina man is arrested after waving a knife at a female acquaintance. Officers were called to a home in central-Salina on Thursday at 9:15am, after an argument turned violent. Police arrested 48-year-old Daniel Walker of Salina, on charges of aggravated assault and criminal threat for allegedly waving a kitchen filet knife at a 44-year-old woman in ...

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A a bag of candy and cell phone are stolen from a Trick-or-Treater. Salina Police tell KSAL News that about 8:15pm on Halloween, two girls ages 12 and 13 were walking in the 300 block of W. Republic when they were approached by two older teens. The girls told police a skinny, white female about 16-or 17-years ...

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An 82-year-old man died after an apparent farming accident this week in east-central Kansas. Marion County authorities say Eldon Andres was working on a tractor Tuesday near Peabody when it moved forward, knocked him to the ground and stopped on top of him. Marion County authorities had received a report that Andres was missing. While on their ...

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A consumer advocacy agency's top attorney says he'll petition the Kansas Corporation Commission to rethink new policies that would let it continue holding some discussions in private. David Springe of the Citizens' Utility Ratepayers Board says the new KCC policies wouldn't comply with the Kansas Open Meetings Act. CURB is a state agency that represents small businesses ...

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Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says he's pleased with the schedule set in a federal lawsuit filed by Kansas and Arizona in hopes of bolstering enforcement of the states' proof-of-citizenship requirements for new voters. Kobach said Wednesday that U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren's schedule is reasonable. Melgren plans to have a Dec. 13 hearing on ...

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The Kansas Department of Revenue says the state collected nearly $18 million less in taxes than anticipated in October. Figures released Thursday also show tax collections have been $27 million short of expectations since the fiscal year began in July. The biggest reason is a shortfall in individual income tax collections. For the month, Kansas collected $445 million ...

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A 33-year-old Lawrence man has been sentenced to two years of probation for his role in more than a dozen burglaries from storage units around the city. Jacob P. Paine was sentenced last week to 24 months of probation, while two other defendants are scheduled for hearings Nov. 13 on up to a dozen charges each. Police ...

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A federal prison inmate has been charged with killing a Kansas man whose partial remains were found by a mushroom hunter south of Topeka. WIBW-TV reports the Osage and Shawnee county prosecutors announced the first-degree murder charge Thursday against James P. Harris. Harris is accused of killing 50-year-old James E. Gerety, who was reported missing in March ...

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A body found in rural northeast Kansas has been identified as that of an Olathe (oh-LAY'-thuh) man missing since Oct. 20. The Johnson County Sheriff's Office said Thursday there's no evidence of criminal activity in the unattended death of 22-year-old Brad Cook. A pedestrian found Cook's body Tuesday in rural De Soto. The discovery was made about ...

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Ten children and a school bus driver have been rescued after the bus they were in toppled into a southern Kansas creek swollen by heavy rain. Butler County Sheriff Kelly Herzet (HUR'-zeht) says the children climbed through a roof hatch to await rescue Thursday afternoon as the bus lay on its side, half-submerged. County 911 director Chris ...