11 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback is preparing to release budget proposals to Kansas legislators spelling out how he wants to close projected shortfalls. Budget Director Shawn Sullivan was briefing a joint Friday morning meeting of the House Appropriations and Senate Ways and Means committees. Sullivan is expected to outline spending blueprints for state government for the fiscal year beginning ...

11 years ago
Kansas has been awarded $13 million from the Agriculture Department for a multi-state project designed to improve water quality through the use of forestry practices. The award is among 100 projects across the nation funded through the new Regional Conservation Partnership Program in the Farm Bill. The Natural Resources Conservation Service says in a news release that ...

11 years ago
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback says budget problems won't prevent Kansas from continuing to move toward eliminating its income taxes. In the annual State of the State address Thursday night, Brownback also called for overhauling the state's formula for distributing aid to public schools. But Brownback wasn't specific about how he plans to close projected shortfalls ...

11 years ago
An investigation is underway after a body was found on a frozen creek Thursday evening. Saline County Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that a body was found on the ice on Mulberry Creek, in a wooded area in the 1900 Block of North 5th Street. The area, located behind the Bosselman Pilot Truck Stop, is ...

11 years ago
A monthly survey of bankers suggests the economy will remain weak in rural parts of 10 Midwestern and Western states because of low grain and oil prices. The region's overall economic index improved slightly to 50.9 in January from December's neutral score of 50. The index ranges from 0 to 100. Any score above 50 suggests ...

11 years ago
Kansas fish and wildlife officials are saying that the plan to protect the endangered lesser prairie-chicken has raised nearly double the expected revenue in its first year. The plan collects funds from fees on new developments in the bird's natural habitat and dedicates that revenue to conservation efforts. Fish and wildlife officials told lawmakers Thursday that ...

11 years ago
Supporters of medical marijuana in Kansas have joined two Democratic state lawmakers at a Statehouse rally in favor of a bill legalizing marijuana for medical use. About 50 people attended the rally Thursday. Rep. Gail Finney, of Wichita, and Sen. David Haley of Kansas City filed medical marijuana bills prior to the start of this year's legislative ...

11 years ago
Authorities say three people were hurt and taken to a hospital after a train hit a truck hauling gravel in southeast Kansas. Wilson County officials said in a news release that the collision Thursday near Benedict also caused the train to derail, shutting down Kansas 39. Wilson County Emergency Manager Terry Lyons says eight ...

11 years ago
Officials in northeast Kansas are warning people to be on the lookout for a man who is impersonating a police officer who stops vehicles and demands to be allowed to search them. Five incidents have been reported this week. KCLY reports the first report came in Sunday evening. On Wednesday night, the man stopped a vehicle near ...

11 years ago
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is pushing bills to give himself prosecutorial power, to bring back straight-ticket voting and make death the only excuse for withdrawing a candidate's name from a ballot. Kobach told the House Elections Committee on Wednesday that double voting is happening with some frequency in Kansas and surrounding states, and that ...

11 years ago
A Wal-Mart employee is arrested for theft. Salina Police arrested 39-year-old Alejandrian Ochanda on Wednesday on theft charges. Police were contacted by staff at Wal-Mart, 2900 S. 9th, after an internal investigation showed Ochanda took money from the cash drawer on 18 occasions while on duty between December 31, 2014 and January 11th. Police allege the woman stole ...