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One person is hurt in a single-vehicle rollover crash west of Salina Wednesday morning. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, first responders were called to a crash on Interstate 70, about 3 miles west of Interstate 135. They found a small SUV on its top, in the median. Troopers say that 59-year-old Samuel Shannon of Denver was ...

12 years ago
A suspected burglar is caught on video. According to Salina Police, on March 31st at approximately 2:30 in the monring the unknown suspect in the video was observed exiting a business in the area of the 900 block of East Prescott. Several business burglaries were reported in the area. If you can identify the person in ...

12 years ago
The company that hired a Colorado man who died when he hit a toll plaza on the Kansas Turnpike says it appears the man was asleep at the wheel. However, The Kansas Highway Patrol says the cause of the accident is still under investigation. Thirty-year-old Sergiy Angelchev of Auroro, Colo., died Saturday when his ...

12 years ago
A statewide group seeking to legalize marijuana in Kansas has launched a petition drive in Wichita to remove criminal penalties for possessing an ounce or less of the substance. Members of the group Kansas for Change told City Council members Tuesday they would be back with at least 4,300 verified signatures on the petitions. It will ...

12 years ago
Federal and state agriculture officials are setting 568 traps across Kansas to detect and prevent the spread of the emerald ash borer. The beetle has killed millions of ash trees since it was first discovered in North America in 2002. In Kansas, it was found in Wyandotte County in 2012 and Johnson County in 2013. Kansas is ...

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The Kansas Senate has rejected a proposal to keep concealed guns out of libraries and local community centers. Senators considered Kansas City Democrat Pat Pettey's proposal Tuesday before giving first-round approval to a bill stripping cities and counties of their power to regulate guns. Pettey offered her proposal as an amendment. The Senate rejected it on a ...

12 years ago
Federal election officials are asking a federal judge to stay his order that the agency help Kansas and Arizona enforce state laws requiring voters to prove their U.S. citizenship. The court filing Monday comes after U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren ruled on March 19 that the U.S. Election Assistance Commission should immediately modify a national voter ...

12 years ago
A Kansas House committee has approved a bill declaring that the federal government has no authority to regulate prairie chickens or their habitat in the state. The measure is a response to the federal government's listing last week of the lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species. Members of the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee approved ...

12 years ago
Budget committees in the Kansas House and Senate are working on competing proposals to increase aid to poor school districts to satisfy a recent Kansas Supreme Court ruling. The House Appropriations and Senate Ways and Means committees met into Tuesday evening. Both were considering proposals to boost aid to poor districts by $129 million during the ...

12 years ago
Several citizens spoke out against the new executive director of the Saline County Health Department Tuesday morning, including one former employee accusing him of sexual harassment. Melissa Lill of Brookville spoke out during the public forum session of the Saline County Commission televised meeting against the hiring of Bronson Farmer as the health department's new executive ...

12 years ago
A burn ban continues in Saline County. According to the Saline County Emergency Management Office warm, dry and windy weather conditions continue to create an extreme fire hazard in the grass and crop lands of Saline County. Once started, these fires are difficult to control and strain firefighting manpower and resources. The County Commissioners have ordered ...