11 years ago
The American Civil Liberties Union has revised its lawsuit over gay marriage in Kansas to raise new claims that the state is refusing to recognize the unions performed in Kansas and other states. Their amended complaint, filed Wednesday, seeks to force the state to recognize same-sex marriages for spousal health insurance benefits, tax filing purposes and ...

11 years ago
Pittsburg city commissioners have approved an ordinance annexing 130 acres of land near the city's outskirts at the request of a casino development group that wants access to city services. The Crawford County Planning and Zoning Commission and the Crawford County Commission last week approved similar measures at the request of Southeast Kansas Casino Group. The Joplin ...

11 years ago
A truck taking up multiple parking spaces may have prompted a vandal to damage it. A Colorado man's truck was damaged during a stay at a Salina motel. Police say that 41-year-old Wyatt Duckand from Longmont, Colorado, was staying at the La Quinta Inn at 201 East Diamond Drive Monday night. Sometime during the night ...

11 years ago
A Salina man was arrested after allegedly trying to make a purchase with a counterfeit $20 bill. Salina Police allege that 49-year-old Darrell Morgenstern on Tuesday attempted to purchase a bottle of water at the Family Dollar store on West Crawford Street with a counterfeit $20 bill. The clerk suspected the bill was fake, did not ...

11 years ago
There is good news for Thanksgiving travelers: the price of gas is at five-year lows. The bad news: a lot more people will be driving. During the holiday weekend, 46.3 million Americans are expected to go 50 miles or more from home, the highest number since 2007, according to car group AAA. That would be a 4.2 ...

11 years ago
Protests Tuesday spread across the country, and Kansas, with demonstrations in Ferguson, Mo., New York City, Seattle, Los Angeles, and elsewhere shutting down bridges and roads one day after a grand jury's decision not to indict a white police officer in the shooting death of a black 18-year-old. Dozens of protesters gathered outside the state Capitol ...

11 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback says he is "looking at everything" to fill a projected $279 million budget deficit for this fiscal year, including the possibility of tweaking the state's income tax policy. The Wichita Eagle reports the governor spoke briefly to reporters Monday while leaving a meeting of the State Finance Council. He said he wasn't ...

11 years ago
Salina and Saline County law enforcement are joining other agencies from across Kansas in remembering victims of DUI crashes. The week of Thanksgiving is when the "Holiday Drive For Victims" begins. The effort is a project of the Kansas DUI Impact Center, an organization whose mission is to reduce the traumatic effect a DUI crime has ...

11 years ago
Some activists in Wichita say the police shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old in Ferguson, Missouri, shows the city's black community needs to become radical again. About 40 people gathered in Wichita Tuesday to draw attention to police shootings in the south-central Kansas community. Rueben Eckels, the deputy director of the Sunflower Community Action, told the crowd the ...

11 years ago
Law enforcement around Kansas have mobilized for the Thanksgiving holiday. The Kansas Highway Patrol along with other law enforcement organizations across the state including the Salina Police Department and the Saline County Sheriff's Office are participating in the annual Special Traffic Enforcement Program. The enforcement program is courtesy of a grant from the Kansas Department ...

11 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback and top legislative leaders agreed to delay a vote on issuing bonds needed for the proposed agro-defense plant in Manhattan. The State Finance Council decided Monday to postpone issuing $231 million in bonds for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility. Republican Senate President Susan Wagle, of Wichita, told the council final action ...