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The Salina USD 305 School Board Tuesday evening at a work session approved project designs for improvements at five schools. According to the district, schematic designs have been approved for Coronado, Cottonwood, Meadowlark Ridge and Oakdale elementary schools as well as Lakewood Middle School. The four elementary buildings will receive new kindergarten rooms, multi-purpose storm shelters ...

11 years ago
Suburban St. Louis gun dealers are reporting a surge in sales, especially among first-time buyers, as fearful residents await a grand jury's decision on whether to indict the police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown. Steven King of Metro Shooting Supplies says he's sold two to three times more weapons than usual in recent weeks as ...

11 years ago
Kansas U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran and Pat Roberts are predicting that the Senate will move quickly to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline once fellow Republicans take control in January. Moran and Roberts voted Tuesday evening for a measure approving the pipeline. However, it failed in the Democratic-controlled Senate on a 59-41 vote. The measure needed ...

11 years ago
A Topeka city committee has declined to take action on a proposed public nudity ban that is headed to the City Council for consideration. The council's Public Health and Safety Committee voted 3-0 Tuesday to make no recommendation on whether public nudity should become a misdemeanor offense. Committee members say the council should make the decision. The ...

11 years ago
A new study shows Kansas is among 14 states with a big decline in the number of immigrants who are living illegally in the United States. A Pew Research Center report released Tuesday estimates 20,000 unauthorized immigrants left Kansas between 2009 and 2012. The group estimates that 75,000 immigrants were living unlawfully in Kansas in 2012. The ...

11 years ago
The latest government report shows most of the newly planted Kansas winter wheat crop is faring well so far. The National Agricultural Statistics Service rates 6 percent of the wheat crop in excellent condition and 56 percent as good. About 35 percent is in fair condition and just 3 percent is rated as poor. About 92 percent ...

11 years ago
Projected budget shortfalls in Kansas have some Republican legislators weighing proposals to backtrack on tax-cutting policies championed by GOP Gov. Sam Brownback. But House Appropriations Committee chairman and Wichita Republican Gene Suellentrop said Tuesday that such measures should be a last resort. Brownback and the Republican-dominated Legislature must close shortfalls in the current and next state budgets ...

11 years ago
The Democrat-controlled Senate has defeated a bill to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline. The Senate's 59-41 vote Tuesday night was a nail-biter to the end. The bill needed 60 votes to reach the White House. The House passed it overwhelmingly last week. President Barack Obama did not support the bill, but the ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court has cleared the way for additional gay marriages in the state. The court on Tuesday evening lifted its hold on marriage licenses to same-sex couples in Johnson County. The justices last month blocked such licenses while reviewing a petition from Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt. But the Kansas court did not address whether ...

11 years ago
A University of Kansas fraternity that was suspended over alleged sexual assaults says it wants the suspension lifted. Kappa Sigma representatives say the organization is not a danger to the campus. They contend an investigation into the alleged sexual assaults in late September is taking too long. Fraternity representatives plan to attend a hearing next week ...

11 years ago
Two hunters are dead and one is injured after accidents during the opening weekend of firearm deer season in Missouri. The Missouri Department of Conservation on Monday said one person died from a heater explosion in a hunting blind in Ste. Genevieve County. The other hunter fell from a tree stand in Crawford County. Also, a man ...