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The Kansas State Board of Education is preparing to approve regulations for implementing a new state law allowing people with relevant experience but no education degree to obtain teaching licenses. Legislators approved the measure as a way to increase the available pool of teachers in science, math, engineering and technology in secondary schools. The board has already ...

12 years ago
Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole is returning to Kansas next week for the fifth of several trips planned this year to his home state. The 90-year-old Russell native lives in Washington, D.C., and is making the homecoming tour to greet longtime friends and supporters throughout the state. Dole spends an hour at each stop, chatting with ...

12 years ago
Kansas Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan says state tax collections may fall between $10 million and $20 million below expectations this month. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Jordan also said Monday that the state's fiscal situation is stabilizing after revenues fell a total of $310 million short of expectations in April and May. Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's administration has ...

12 years ago
Wichita police say a 41-year-old man is being held in the shooting deaths of his girlfriend, her adult daughter and her son-in-law at the family's home. Police on Tuesday identified the victims as 45-year-old Tuyet T. Huynh, her 20-year-old daughter, Trinh Pham, and Pham's husband, 21-year-old Sean Pham. Police say the Phams' 5-month-old child was in ...

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Salina Police issued multiple citations last Friday night for seat belt violations. Lt. Russ Lamer tells KSAL News that officers focused on occupants who were not buckled up in vehicles with a check point Friday. Police made 28 vehicle stops and issued 24 citations to adults for seat belt violations. The check lane was set up in ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are reviewing an arrest made last Friday, after an officer used a taser on a man who would not exit his vehicle. The incident was captured on video by a cell phone that was inside the vehicle. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that the department is looking into an arrest that was made ...

12 years ago
Residents of a small central Kansas town are tired of seeing their town's name misspelled. For the record, it's St. John, not Saint John, Kansas. The 1,200 residents of the Stafford County town blame the U.S. Postal Service for the confusion. The town is listed in the postal service's computer system with the incorrect spelling. ...

12 years ago
A man convicted of beating a 36-year-old teacher to death in 1990 in Topeka is among several prison inmates under consideration for parole. Peter E. Spencer pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the September 1990 death of Sherryl Crowder, who was from Manhattan and had been a sixth-grade teacher in Wamego. An autopsy ...

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A U.S. Senate subcommittee has endorsed a spending bill that would authorize $300 million for the construction of a new national bioscience lab at Kansas State University in Manhattan. In a joint news release Tuesday, Republican Sens. Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran say the money for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility was approved by ...

12 years ago
Harvest crews on Tuesday are hoping to get back out in the fielda after widespread rain late Sunday into Monday across Kansas again stalled the winter wheat harvest with nearly a quarter of the state's crop now in the bin. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that parts of Kansas received a half-inch to 2 ...

12 years ago
The daughter of a primary challenger to Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach had her voter registration put on hold temporarily because of a proof-of-citizenship requirement criticized by her father. Republican Scott Morgan of Lawrence said Monday the Douglas County clerk's office told his 18-year-old daughter, Grace, that her registration was incomplete because she hadn't documented ...