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 ...

11 years ago
Authorities say that more than 80 people were arrested as chaos enveloped sections of the St. Louis area overnight. St. Louis County police released records early Tuesday showing 61 people were arrested in Ferguson on charges including burglary and trespassing. And St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay said 21 people were arrested in the city. Chaos returned ...

11 years ago
The Cowardly Lion costume from the classic film "The Wizard of Oz" and the piano from the movie "Casablanca" each sold for over $3 million at a New York City auction. They were among Hollywood memorabilia offered at Bonhams on Monday. The big cat outfit, which went for just over $3 million, had been authenticated as the ...

11 years ago
A Texas man has been sentenced to one year of probation after pleading guilty to violating a federal law protecting birds while he was in Kansas. The U.S. Attorney's office says 52-year-old George Morgan of Gordonville, Texas, pleaded guilty Monday to violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. He was also ordered to pay a $2,000 fine ...

11 years ago
Kansas man has been sentenced to federal prison after AOL's automatic detection system caught him emailing child pornography. Fifty-six-year-old Walter Ackerman of Lebanon was sentenced Monday to 14 years and two months in prison after pleading guilty to distributing and possessing child pornography. Prosecutors say Ackerman possessed more than 750 sexually explicit images of children. AOL Inc. ...

11 years ago
Wichita police have arrested a county paramedic who they say possessed pornographic pictures of girls he met through a program for teens interested in becoming EMTs. Lt. Kevin Vaughn said Monday the 23-year-old Sedgwick County Emergency Medical Service employee was arrested over the weekend. He faces charges of indecent solicitation of a child, sexual exploitation of ...

11 years ago
Kansas University officials say they have nearly met a first-semester target of international students enrolled through a recruitment program. Earlier this year, the university and company Shorelight Education formally announced a partnership for the International Academic Accelerator Program, which is aimed at increasing the school's international enrollment to help diversify the student body. A university official says ...