11 years ago
A Kansas Supreme Court justice is asking whether legal battles over school funding will ever end if the high court sides with school districts that have sued the state to force higher spending. Justice Eric Rosen said during a hearing Tuesday that he worries about what he called "constant litigation." The court heard arguments on the state's ...

11 years ago
Those in the area in search of a job, or maybe a career change, attended an event at the Salina Central Mall on Tuesday. Over 40 area employers set up booths, accepted applications and resumes, and talked with prospective employees. Those in search of jobs also had an opportunity to get a little extra help. KansasWORKS had ...

11 years ago
The Sierra Club says Kansas environmental regulators are not enforcing an odor control provision in a permit for Seaboard Food Inc.'s hog feeding operation in Greeley County. At issue is the way Seaboard calculates water levels in lagoons used to treat manure for odor control. Its Ladder Creek facility has a capacity for 132,000 ...

11 years ago
Salina city commissioners have rejected a request to spend more than $15,000 on artwork for a new bridge. The commissioners turned down the request Monday from Community Art and Design and Salina Arts and Humanities for the new Greeley Avenue Bridge. Mayor Barb Shirley and three commissioners said they didn't feel the bridge warranted art. Commissioner Randall ...

11 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a rural burglary and theft. Deputies were called to a home in the 1200 block of North Powers Road on Monday after the owner discovered that his new Toro Zero-Turn mower was missing from an outbuilding. Deputies say a 2003 Honda racing ATV, valued at $2,600 was also stolen sometime ...

11 years ago
Shawnee County authorities say a Silver Lake man died in an apparent accident while mowing. The body of 52-year-old Bernie M. Menhusen was found Monday night pinned beneath a riding lawn mower. Shawnee County sheriff's Lt. Jay Simecka says Menhusen was dead at the scene. Simecka says the sheriff's office was called about 10 ...

11 years ago
Wichita officials say the city's website was hacked during the weekend, potentially compromising the personal information of 29,000 vendors and employees. The city said in a news release late Monday the hackers might have gained access to Social Security numbers, taxpayer identification numbers and banking information of vendors and former and current employees who were reimbursed ...

11 years ago
Health-care executives and advocates are getting the chance to tell lawmakers what they dislike about the state's managed care plan for Medicaid. A legislative oversight committee met Monday to gather updates on how the program is working and guide legislative fixes. A second meeting also is planned. The program has been criticized for delays in reimbursing providers ...

11 years ago
Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts may be getting a primary challenge in his bid for re-election. Milton Wolf is inviting supporters on his website to a "major announcement" Tuesday evening regarding the 2014 GOP Kansas Senate campaign. The 42-year-old Johnson County doctor is expected to say he's moving ahead with a GOP primary challenge to Roberts, who's ...

11 years ago
Attorneys for parents and school districts are facing off against lawyers for the state in front of the Kansas Supreme Court over the funding of public schools. Tuesday's hearing is the second such court battle in less than a decade. At issue is whether the seven-member court will uphold a lower-court ruling issued in January ordering ...

11 years ago
All but five of the 772 Kansas National Guard airmen and soldiers who were furloughed last week because of the partial federal government shutdown are being called back to work. The Kansas adjutant general's office says Monday that the recalls come after the Department of Defense issued guidance over the weekend regarding which employees were covered ...