11 years ago
Kansas legislators are concerned about lower-than-anticipated sales tax collections by the state over the past few months. A budget study committee's members quizzed legislative staff members Monday about possible explanations. Possibilities they discussed included online sales, a softness in the national economy and Kansas City-area consumers driving to Missouri to make purchases. Republican Sen. Jim Denning of Overland ...

11 years ago
Seven young basketball players in Wichita for a weekend tournament are arrested after police say they went on an assault spree over the weekend. The boys were from Minneapolis, Minnesota, and ranged in age from 12 to 18 years old. Police say they were in town for the Mid America Youth Basketball tournament. Police spokesman Lt. James ...

11 years ago
The Immunize Kansas Coalition says teenagers in Kansas are among the least likely to be vaccinated against human papillomavirus. Coalition chairman John Eplee says only 21 percent of teens in Kansas have received all three doses of the vaccine to protect against HPV, which was one of the lowest rates in the country in 2013. The ...

11 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback says the final version of a federal rule for cutting carbon emissions from power plants is "twice as bad" for the state as the original version outlined a year ago. The Republican governor said Monday that changes announced by Democratic President Barack Obama will force Kansas to reconsider how it responds. A law ...

11 years ago
A memorial service is planned Sunday to honor former University of Kansas Chancellor Robert Hemenway. Family and university officials said Hemenway died Friday at a Lenexa nursing home from complications of Parkinson's disease. He was 73. The service will by a 2 p.m. Sunday at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics on the university's campus, following ...

11 years ago
A woman has been arrested for alleged prostitution in Abilene. According to the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office, the Drug Enforcement Unit of the Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office along with the Abilene Police Department, have completed a two week long investigation of prostitution in Abilene. In a news release the agency says that 39-year-old Ginger Ann Burleson was ...

11 years ago
Vandals damaged two front windows of a closed downtown Salina business. Police say that sometime between July 27th and July 31st, two 88" x 55 1/2" windows on the front of a building at 822 N. Santa Fe were shot with a pellet. Total damage is estimated at $1,000. --- A moped was stolen from the backyard ...

11 years ago
A teen planning to move to Salina is scammed online while attempting to rent a place to live. Saline Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that  an 18-year-old female was planning to move to Salina. Using Craig's List, the teen found a home for rent at 1431 Kiowa. She was instructed to wire $1,000 via Western Union to ...

11 years ago
Burglars targeted a downtown Salina business late last week. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that sometime Thursday into Friday, burglars broke into Altar Engineering at 537 N. Santa Fe. Entry was gained by damaging an overhead door. Items taken include a motorcycle engine and transmission, a toolbox and tools, a small amount of cash, and 10 scale ...

11 years ago
A Kansas fast food restaurant employee is out of a job after leaving an insensitive remark on an order for a police officer and his fiance. The officer and his fiance went to a Taco Bell in Newton on Saturday night and when they received their order they found the word "pig" written on two burrito ...

11 years ago
A 9-year-old bat boy has died after he was accidentally hit in the head during a National Baseball Congress World Series game in Kansas. The general manager of the Liberal Bee Jays team, Mike Carlile, confirmed late on Sunday the death of Kaiser Carlile. The boy was struck by a follow-through swing near the on-deck circle on ...