11 years ago
The state's aviation office is considering whether to allow qualified seaplanes to use state lakes that are managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. A petition is being circulated to gauge interest in opening some of the state's lakes to seaplanes. The petition is the first step in a lengthy process. The ...

11 years ago
A 19-year-old Wichita man is charged with involuntary manslaughter and other crimes after a street race killed another driver. Darbin Matthew Tate made his first appearance Tuesday on charges stemming from a street race last Friday that killed 23-year-old Jordan Farber. Prosecutors say cars driven by Tate and Farber bumped during the chase, causing Farber's ...

11 years ago
A Downs man was killed a crash involving a combine Tuesday evening near Beloit. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 84-year-old Meryl G. Garey from Downs was driving a 1997 Chevy S10 pickup headed east on U.S. 24 Highway. He was attempting to pass a Case-International Combine and a 2009 Ford pickup. During the pass Garey's truck ...

11 years ago
FBI agents executed a search warrant at a Kansas school district's headquarters as part of an ongoing investigation, but no arrests are expected anytime soon. FBI spokeswoman Bridget Patton said that the bureau executed several search warrants in the Wichita area on Tuesday, including at the Maize Educational Support Center. A spokesman for U.S. Attorney Barry ...

11 years ago
A 31-year-old Las Vegas man has been sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing 80 pounds of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it. U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom says the Kansas Highway Patrol found the drugs in Thomas Serrato-Jaimes' car on June 20 after he was stopped on Interstate ...

11 years ago
The Salina USD 305 School Board Tuesday evening at a work session approved project designs for improvements at five schools. According to the district, schematic designs have been approved for Coronado, Cottonwood, Meadowlark Ridge and Oakdale elementary schools as well as Lakewood Middle School. The four elementary buildings will receive new kindergarten rooms, multi-purpose storm shelters ...

11 years ago
Suburban St. Louis gun dealers are reporting a surge in sales, especially among first-time buyers, as fearful residents await a grand jury's decision on whether to indict the police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown. Steven King of Metro Shooting Supplies says he's sold two to three times more weapons than usual in recent weeks as ...

11 years ago
Kansas U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran and Pat Roberts are predicting that the Senate will move quickly to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline once fellow Republicans take control in January. Moran and Roberts voted Tuesday evening for a measure approving the pipeline. However, it failed in the Democratic-controlled Senate on a 59-41 vote. The measure needed ...

11 years ago
A Topeka city committee has declined to take action on a proposed public nudity ban that is headed to the City Council for consideration. The council's Public Health and Safety Committee voted 3-0 Tuesday to make no recommendation on whether public nudity should become a misdemeanor offense. Committee members say the council should make the decision. The ...

11 years ago
A new study shows Kansas is among 14 states with a big decline in the number of immigrants who are living illegally in the United States. A Pew Research Center report released Tuesday estimates 20,000 unauthorized immigrants left Kansas between 2009 and 2012. The group estimates that 75,000 immigrants were living unlawfully in Kansas in 2012. The ...

11 years ago
The latest government report shows most of the newly planted Kansas winter wheat crop is faring well so far. The National Agricultural Statistics Service rates 6 percent of the wheat crop in excellent condition and 56 percent as good. About 35 percent is in fair condition and just 3 percent is rated as poor. About 92 percent ...