11 years ago
After lifting the spirits of Kansas Democrats eager to oust conservative Republican Gov. Sam Brownback, challenger Paul Davis now appears to be losing ground. The state's longstanding GOP loyalties and negative television ads seem have been eroding his onetime lead in the polls. Incumbent Brownback has been gaining since the Republican Governors Association began bombarding television ...

11 years ago
A Lawrence woman has pleaded guilty to arranging the shooting of her ex-boyfriend on a highway south of Lawrence. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that 22-year-old Brittany Nicole Smith pleaded guilty Friday to a conspiracy charge. The victim, 24-year-old Skylar Workman, survived after being shot May 26 on Highway 59. Testimony at a preliminary hearing in July indicated ...

11 years ago
A federal judge has spurned an effort by a heterosexual couple to intervene in a lawsuit challenging the Kansas ban on gay marriage. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree ruled Friday that Phillip and Sandra Unruh, of Harper, have no legal right to join the lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas. The Unruhs claimed ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a number of windows and windshields broken by vandals on Thursday. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, windshields were smashed with a blunt object sometime between midnight and 6:30am on Thursday. Police say the windshield on a Ford F150 was broken in the 600 block of Duvall causing $500 in damage while the back ...

11 years ago
The owner of an animal boarding facility is investigated for city code violations at her business. Salina's Animal Service Supervisor Vanessa Cowie, tells KSAL News that a search warrant was used at Playful Pets, located at 330 North 9th Thursday. Officers found numerous animals including 18 cats, 14 dogs and 3 pot belly pigs on the premises. Cowie ...

11 years ago
The Reno County Sheriff's Office was too late when it found more than 25 vases that were stolen from cemeteries. Detective David Post says 26 brass vases were reported stolen from graves at the Turon Cemetery in October. The Hutchinson News reports a check with area scrap yards found more than 26 vases, and they ...

11 years ago
A Douglas County judge says probable cause affidavits in the alleged rapes of two women last month at the University of Kansas will not be open to the public. University police said the alleged rapes occurred Sept. 28 in Hashinger Residence Hall. Two 21-year-old men, one a Kansas student and the other a Johnson County ...

11 years ago
One of the top high school cross country runners in Class 3A in Kansas won't be competing in this weekend's regional qualifying races because of her religious beliefs. Hesston senior Mikala Heddin has won three races of her five races this season and her fastest 4-kilometer time of 15 minutes, 2 seconds would make her ...

11 years ago
Sometime between 10-17-14 and 10-20-14, unknown suspect(s) entered a construction trailer that was parked in the 5200 block of Holmes Road and several items were stolen. Stolen items include: Dewalt 7 ¼ inch electric circular saw Dewalt 4 inch electric grinder Bosch model 88 hammer drill Stihl gas powered cut off saw Jamerco cartridge power nail gun Total loss is ...

11 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback has appointed a veteran public defender in Salina to fill a soon-to-be vacant district court judgeship. Brownback announced Thursday that Paul Hickman will replace Saline County District Judge Jerome Hellmer, who plans to retire in January. Hickman is the deputy public defender in the state's Salina public defender office, which represents defendants ...

11 years ago
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback is endorsing an effort to persuade Kansas voters to remove two justices from the state Supreme Court. Brownback said during a news conference Thursday that he's voting against retaining Justices Lee Johnson and Eric Rosen in the Nov. 4 election. The governor has criticized the court for its July ruling that overturned the ...