12 years ago
Kansas legislators are close to passing a bill to strip cities and counties of their power to regulate firearms. The Senate passed the final version of the measure on a 37-2 vote Friday night. House approval would send the measure to Gov. Sam Brownback. The measure would prevent cities and counties from regulating firearm sales or how ...

12 years ago
A Douglas County judge has ruled that a Lawrence man accused of secretly videotaping people in a clothing store has to turn over some computer evidence. Orion M. Graf has pleaded not guilty to 10 felony counts of breach of privacy. His trial is set for May 14. Authorities allege that the crimes occurred between November ...

12 years ago
Authorities are asking for the public's help in locating a 32-year-old south-central Kansas woman who's been missing more than a week. The Sumner County Sheriff's Office says Trina Cook was last seen on March 26. Her family told authorities it's very unusual for her not to contact them. Cook is described as white, 5-foot-2, 110 pounds with ...

12 years ago
A Wichita plant that makes metal carts for audio-visual equipment plans to close this summer, meaning a loss of 54 jobs. The Wichita Eagle reports the Advance Products plant will close at the end June. The company's owner, Da-Lite, said the Wichita facility will remain open until then. Da-Lite spokeswoman Melissa Rone said the Wichita operation was ...

12 years ago
The Kansas House has given first-round approval to a plan for boosting aid to poor school districts after Gov. Sam Brownback urged fellow Republicans to support it. The House's 84-36 vote Friday advanced the measure to final action, which was expected later Friday. The vote came after Brownback praised the plan in a meeting with Republicans. Final ...

12 years ago
Kansas has asked a federal appeals court to award it the costs of its appeal against Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri. The state's Friday filing with the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals seeks nearly $1,530 for expenses such as transcripts incurred in the appeal. The court ordered Planned Parenthood to respond by April 21. The filing ...

12 years ago
K-State Salina will build a prototype internal combustion engine According to the school, the Applied Aviation Research Center at Kansas State University Salina has signed a letter of intent with Nautilus Engineering, Park City, to build a prototype internal combustion engine designed by Nautilus Engineering for applications in the unmanned aerial systems market. The potential partnership will ...

12 years ago
A man on trial in connection with a Salina murder last Spring testifies in his own defense. A murder trial for Dane DeWeese, one of three people accused in the Spring 2013 disappearance and murder of 27-year-old Kristin Tyler, wrapped up its second full week Friday in Saline County District Court. Initially DeWeese's girlfriend Megan Wells was ...

12 years ago
A Salina man is checked by medics then arrested for theft after passing out at a grocery store. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, officers responded to the Dillons Grocery Store at 2350 Planet Ave., on Thursday afternoon just before 1pm. Police allege that 20-year-old Wesley Robertson took a canister of Perfect Duster dust remover from the shelve ...

12 years ago
A traffic stop in New Mexico has resulted in the arrest of a Kansas fugitive. The Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department says deputies working on an interstate criminal enforcement team arrested 39-year-old Patrick Close on a Kansas warrant accusing him of a sex crime involving a child under age 14. According to the Sheriff's Department, Close was in ...

12 years ago
A trench in Antarctica has been named after a professor at the University of Kansas. The U.S. Board of Geographic Names recently named the "Gogineni Subglacial Trench" after Prasad Gogineni, who teaches electrical engineering and computer science. The trench is hidden under the Byrd Glacier in the Victoria Land region of Antarctica. Gogineni directs the university-based based Center ...