12 years ago
Addiction treatment specialists say as dozens of tribal casinos popped up throughout the state in the past decade, resources for problem gamblers haven't kept pace. Only 45 certified counselors are available at 12 treatment facilities, but specialists say there should be at least double the counselors. The facilities are often located many miles from where problem gamblers ...

12 years ago
- Authorities have arrested several teenagers in connection with a string of daytime burglaries in Garden City. The Garden City Telegram reports that police, the Finney County Sheriff's Office and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, arrested 10 people Wednesday. The burglaries cost the victims about $36,000. Among items stolen were electronics, jewelry and cash. Most of the ...

12 years ago
The 2014 Walking Tour in downtown turned into a chance for Salinans of all ages to stop and touch 26 new sculptures on Saturday. The works made of steel, glass, and bronze gleamed in the sunshine and touched off conversations on the walkways where they'll stand for the next 11-months during Sculpture Tour Salina 2014. "I ...

12 years ago
A few hundred teachers and education advocates have rallied at the Kansas Statehouse to protest what they view as anti-public school policies from Republican Gov. Sam Brownback. The American Federation of Teachers and the Kansas National Education Association organized Saturday's rally. The protest and other events came on the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's ...

12 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback has filed for re-election, saying that under his watch Kansas has become a lighthouse for the nation. Brownback and Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer filled out the necessary paperwork Thursday morning to ensure that their ticket is on the Aug. 5 Republican primary ballot. They were joined at the Statehouse event by former U.S. Senate ...

12 years ago
An Ellsworth County man is killed in a crash on Friday. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 66-year-old James Thack from Holyrood was driving a Ford F150 pickup truck headed south on 5th Road in rural Ellsworth County. He failed to yield as he crossed K156 Highway, pulled in front of a semi, and was hit. ...

12 years ago
A 19-year-old Lawrence woman has been order to stand trial for the throat-cutting death of a 52-year-old businessman in the home they shared. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Sarah Gonzales McLinn was bound over on charges of first-degree murder and theft following a preliminary hearing Friday. McLinn has never denied killing Harold Sasko, whose body was found ...

12 years ago
First lady Michelle Obama says young people who've grown up with diversity must lead a national fight against prejudice and discrimination. She told high school graduates in Topeka, Kansas, on Friday that the historic Brown v. Board of Education ruling against school segregation is "still being decided every single day." Obama's speech at an event honoring the ...

12 years ago
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says his involvement in a new firearms manufacturing firm in northeast Kansas stems from his interest in hunting and shooting and not to set up a challenge to federal laws. The Hutchinson News reports that Kobach is listed as a shareholder in Minuteman Defense, which hopes to begin making rifles ...

12 years ago
A new government report shows major Kansas feedlots are feeding the fewest number of cattle since 1999 for the month of May. The National Agricultural Statistics Service says feedlots with capacities of 1,000 or more head contained 2.01 million cattle on May 1. That inventory is down 3 percent from the same time last year. Placements of cattle ...

12 years ago
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has vetoed a $5 million transfer from the state's share of a national tobacco settlement that legislators sought to divert to the Kansas Bioscience Authority. The governor announced Friday that he had made that veto and four others while signing the remainder of the last budget bill of the 2014 session. The ...