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 ...

11 years ago
Salina City Commissioners Monday evening denied a request by Salina Regional Health Center to demolish the former St. John's Hospital facility. Previously, Back in December of last year, Salina's Heritage Commission approved plans to demolish the buildings, agreeing that restoring them would be too costly. The issue then had to come before the city commission for ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court is deliberating whether to allow same-sex marriage licenses even as the federal courts have ruled same-sex marriages are allowed in the state. Kansas justices met privately Monday to review a petition from Attorney General Derek Schmidt to block the licenses until a final judicial ruling on the constitutionality of the state's gay ...

11 years ago
Attorneys for a Kansas man accused with plotting a suicide bombing at a Wichita airport are asking a judge to order the government to disclose whether mass surveillance first led authorities to the avionics technician. The U.S. attorney's office declined to comment Monday on the latest court filing in the case of Terry Loewen, an avionics ...