11 years ago
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and the GOP-dominated Legislature will get new revenue projections that are expected to make the state's budget problems look worse. Legislative researchers, officials in the Brownback administration and university economists are meeting Monday afternoon to draft a new financial forecast for state government. It will revise revenue projections for the budget year that ...

11 years ago
The last mild days of fall are winding down for the season. After a couple more days to of mild temperatures, a frigid winter chill is on the way. According to the National Weather Service, high temperatures Sunday and Monday will be in the mid 60s to the lower 70s. Beginning Tuesday, and for the rest ...

11 years ago
Seizures of homemade methamphetamine labs are down by nearly half in many high-use meth states. But use of the drug remains high, because of imported Mexican meth. Data compiled by The Associated Press shows that meth lab busts are down 40 percent this year in Tennessee, 34 percent in Missouri and nearly 50 percent in Oklahoma. Enforcement actions ...

11 years ago
A Kansas school district that has equipped high school and middle school students with laptop computers and tablets is finding its wireless network overwhelmed. The Derby Informer reports the problem is most acute during the 42-minute advisory period each afternoon at Derby High School. The school's roughly 2,000 students were issued laptops in the past year, and ...

11 years ago
Kansas officials have revoked the license of a nurse who was fired and later charged with sexually assaulting three patients. The Kansas City Star reports that the Kansas State Board of Nursing took the final steps to strip Dennis Clark of his license Friday. The 47-year-old Gardner man was charged last month in Wyandotte County District ...

11 years ago
A pair of  Kansas National Guard soldiers are remembered on the 10 year anniversary of their deaths in Iraq. Clinton Lee Wisdom and Don Allen Clary were killed while defending a convoy from an insurgent attack on November 8th, 2004. According to the National Guard, SFC Clinton Lee Wisdom from Atchison, and SGT Don Allen Clary from ...

11 years ago
A missing Salina teen has been found safe. 15-year-old Shyann Hubbard had been missing since Monday afternoon. Family and friends had feared for her safety because of a medical condition. Shyann was found safe overnight Friday.      

11 years ago
Salina firefighters were on the scene of a house fire late Friday night. Crews were called to 107 West Prescott just before midnight. First responders to the scene discovered heavy smoke and flames coming from the home. The occupants, and their pets, were able to escape. Crews had the fire under control at 12:30. The home is uninhabitable. The ...

11 years ago
Kansas plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve its gay-marriage ban while a legal challenge from two lesbian couples is considered by lower federal courts. Attorney General Derek Schmidt said Friday that he'll act before a federal judge's injunction barring the state from enforcing its ban takes effect Tuesday. Schmidt announced his plans after the ...

11 years ago
Federal data shows that political and special interest groups spent nearly $17 million in Kansas starting in September in the nationally watched race between Republican Sen. Pat Roberts and his independent challenger. Online records of the Federal Election Commission show the three-term GOP incumbent benefited more from the outside spending than independent candidate Greg Orman. Roberts ...

11 years ago
A federal appeals court has cleared the way for gay marriages to start in Kansas next week. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver on Friday denied a request from the state to block an order from a lower-court judge preventing Kansas from enforcing its ban on gay marriage. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree put ...