11 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court's chief justice is accusing a prominent legislator of pressuring district court judges into endorsing a proposed judicial selection change. Chief Justice Lawton Nuss sent a letter Tuesday to district judges. It said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Jeff King "suggested a link" between the judicial selection proposal and a favorable outcome on budget ...

11 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Top leaders of the Kansas Legislature aren't ruling out the possibility that its annual session might extend into next week. In the Senate, leaders of its Republican majority already have scheduled sessions for Saturday and Sunday. In the House, Speaker Ray Merrick of Stilwell has warned fellow GOP members that it's possible ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Senate has given first-round approval to Gov. Sam Brownback's proposal to authorize an additional $202 million in bonds for a new, national biodefense lab in Manhattan. The bill advanced Tuesday on a voice vote after brief debate. Approval on a second vote scheduled Wednesday would send it to the House. Brownback has said the measure ...

11 years ago
Child Care Aware of Kansas launches the states first statewide professional development calendar. The calendar has been created to allow child care providers across Kansas to find trainings available in their area or anywhere in the state. All trainings offered statewide are included in this easy to use calendar. This valuable resource can be accessed on ...

11 years ago
Several black leaders in Topeka say a Kansas State Board of Education member's use of a racial slur during a meeting last month was unnecessary and inappropriate. Carolyn Campbell, the only black member of the board, and other black community leaders criticized board member Steve Roberts on Tuesday for using the slur at April's board meeting. Roberts ...

11 years ago
Critics of the Kansas Board of Education's decision to adopt national standards for math and reading urged the board to reconsider its decision to join the education program. Opponents of the Common Core standards, which were developed by a national consortium, spent nearly two hours criticizing the standards during a hearing Tuesday. Kansas is among 46 states ...

11 years ago
Saline County Commissioners discussed the possibility of not allowing recording devices from the public at study session meetings. At the weekly formal meeting Tuesday Commission Chairman Randy Duncan, when answering a question from David James from the NAACP, said that county counsel has recommended that recording devices, including cellular telephones, be banned from study session meetings. ...

11 years ago
Two teens are facing charges of indecent liberties. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, Salina Police were contacted by an adult in a home in east Salina, after they leaned about lewd fondling and touching between two 15-year-old males and an 11-year-old boy. Police say the incidents occurred between February 25th and May 10th. Names were not released in ...

11 years ago
A Salina man is arrested after pointing a shotgun at a Saline County Sheriff's Deputy. According to Sheriff Glen Kochanowski, deputies were called to a home at 4999 E. Old Highway 40 in New Cambria at 8pm Monday night after an argument escalated inside the house. Sheriff Kochanowki tells KSAL News that the first deputy on scene ...

11 years ago
A ceremony to honor Salina law enforcement officers and state troopers who have died in the line of duty will be held Wednesday. The event will be held at Jerry Ivey Park as part of National Peace Officers Memorial Day. The Salina Police Color Guard will present the colors, followed by a roll call of the 15 ...

11 years ago
It's the not-so-green secret of the nation's wind-energy boom: Spinning turbines are killing thousands of federally protected birds, including eagles, each year. Each death is a federal crime. And the Obama administration has prosecuted oil and power companies for such deaths. But the administration has not prosecuted a single wind farm. An Associated Press investigation has found ...