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A former six-term Kansas House member who was appointed in December to the state's Supreme Court Nominating Commission has died in an ultralight plane crash near his hometown. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports 69-year-old Donald Dahl was flying at low altitude at 1:45 p.m. Friday when he ran into a tree branch 2 miles south ...

12 years ago
Two people avoid going to trial by pleading to their involvement in a Salina murder. Friday morning in Saline County District Court, 25-year-old Joel Heil plead guilty to first degree murder and attempted robbery charges, while 21-year-old Megan Wells plead no contest to a charge of obstruction. Last week, 33-year-old Dane DeWeese was found guilty of ...

12 years ago
Salina Police say a rumor that began Friday morning about guns and ammunition being found in a locker, or in a locker room, at Salina Central High School is not true. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that no weapons or ammunition were found at the the school. He says no new information has been received about ...

12 years ago
A a forklift attachment is stolen from the park. Salina Police are investigating after the bucket teeth for a Bobcat Skid Steer loader was taken from a work site in Kenwood Park. Police say someone removed an attachment that is owned by Davin Electric of Topeka, from the park sometime between April 10th and April ...

12 years ago
Known in the aviation world as icons in flight training, John and Martha King brought their education expertise to Kansas State University Salina during a campus visit on Friday, April 11. The Kings, who are co-owners of King Schools in San Diego, Calif., met with faculty members and representatives from Textron Aviation to discuss the potential ...

12 years ago
Some parents in the Topeka are asking the school district to reconsider plans to have first lady Michelle Obama speak at a graduation ceremony. The school district announced Thursday that the first lady would speak at a ceremony May 17, the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision that ...

12 years ago
A central Kansas camp will remain closed into the fall after a fire heavily damaged the dining hall. The cause of Saturday's fire at Camp Aldrich in Barton County is still under investigation. Joe Vinduska, spokesman for Barton Community College, which owns the camp, says investigators determined the camp is unsafe for the public. The ...

12 years ago
The City of Salina's annual easter egg hunt is Saturday. According to the city, Salina Parks and Recreation invites the community out for the 13th annual Easter Egg Hunt. The hunt is set for Saturday, and will take place at Bill Burke Park, Field #6. Hunts will be divided by age group and the schedule is: 10:30 a.m. ...

12 years ago
Unemployment held steady in Kansas during March, staying at a seasonally adjusted rate of 4.9 percent in March, the same as in February. The Kansas Department of Labor says Thursday that the rate compares with 5.5 percent from March 2013. Labor officials say that Kansas added 2,200 private-sector jobs in March and more than 17,000 in the ...

12 years ago
Michelle Obama plans to give the commencement address for the graduation ceremony for Topeka's high schools on May 17. The White House announced the first lady's plans Thursday. The date of the ceremony is the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's historic Brown v. Board of Education decision that declared school segregation unconstitutional. One of the ...

12 years ago
Kansas officials are projecting that the state will collect nearly $178 million more in revenues than previously thought through June 2015. The new revenue projections issued Thursday brighten the state's budget picture and would appear to allow Kansas to avoid a budget shortfall through June 2016. The previous revenue projections, issued in November, estimated that the state ...