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Prosecutors say a Kansas foster father was high on marijuana when he left a 10-month-old girl in a hot car, where she died. The details of the case surfaced during a bond hearing Friday for Seth Jackson. He's charged with first-degree murder in the July 24 death. Police say the girl was in the ...

12 years ago
An aging Labrador retriever who walked 30 miles back to a Kansas family that didn't want her has found a home with an heiress in Florida. Kelsey Loyd, with the Chautauqua County Animal Shelter in southern Kansas, says the dog, named Lady, was adopted twice, but the first family said the old dog didn't get ...

12 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback has named a former Kansas House member and two attorneys to the board overseeing the state's higher education system. Brownback on Friday announced the appointments of former state Rep. Bill Feuerborn of Garnett, Joseph Bain of Goodland and Zoe Forrester Newton of Sedan to the Board of Regents. Feuerborn served in the House from ...

12 years ago
Some Kansas church leaders are upset over a remark by Secretary of State Kris Kobach questioning the veracity of those opposed to the state's voter photo identification law. Kobach said during an interview on Topeka radio station WIBW this week he didn't know of any churches that oppose the voter ID law. He told The Wichita ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has completed its report into the death of a 56-year-old Kanopolis man shot by McPherson police. The McPherson Sentinel reports the KBI was looking into the June 4 death of Timothy Lloyd, who was unarmed when police say he charged at an officer. Authorities said when officers were called to investigate a ...

12 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's office is investigating the overnight stabbing death of a 13-year-old girl on Remington Road. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski held a media conference on Friday morning and said the Sheriff's Office was notified of a stabbing at about 1:45am. Sheriff Kochanowski said when officers arrived at the scene in Northwest Saline County they found the ...

12 years ago
Kansas collected $1.6 million more in taxes than anticipated in July, breaking a streak of monthly shortfalls in collections. The Department of Revenue reported Thursday the state took in almost $409 million in taxes in July, when the state's official fiscal forecast predicted revenues of $407 million. The July surplus was only four-tenths of 1 percent, but ...

12 years ago
The top election official in Kansas is predicting 22 percent of registered voters will participate in next week's primary election. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says of the more than 1.7 million registered Kansas voters, he expects more than 381,000 will cast ballots in the Aug. 5 primary. Kobach says turnout was about 23.2 percent ...

12 years ago
Former Kansas Supreme Court Justice Nancy Moritz has formally joined the federal appeals court that handles cases from six western and Plains states. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren administered the oath of office to Moritz on Wednesday in Topeka. The Denver-based 10th Circuit Court of Appeals says in a news release that Moritz's temporary chambers will be ...

12 years ago
A Salina man wanted on two warrants is arrested and booked into the Saline County Jail Wednesday. Police say 33-year-old Keith Johnson is facing charges that include aggravated battery, burglary and theft after a pair of incidents that date back to May 19th and June 25th. Police allege that Johnson made threats and grabbed a 33-year-old female ...

12 years ago
An autopsy has confirmed a Kansas man whose body was found in his car after being there for up to three months committed suicide. The Hutchinson News reports the Sedgwick County Regional Forensic Science Center filed an autopsy report this week saying 54-year-old Adam Sabri had high levels of an allergy medication in his system and ...