12 years ago
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is backing a bill that would exclude the lesser prairie chicken from federal protection. Kobach told the Senate Natural Resources Committee on Thursday that the bill would likely lead to a legal battle that pits state rights against federal law. The bill would assert state sovereignty over non-migratory wildlife and ...

12 years ago
A suburban Kansas City dinner theater had to cancel its opening night of the play "Harvey" after a disgruntled Judge Reinhold resigned from the production. New Theatre co-owner Richard Carrothers told The Kansas City Star the "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and "Beverly Hills Cop" star had appeared increasingly unhappy with everything related to the production. The ...

12 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback took a field trip to a suburban school district as he kicked off a campaign to build support for his plan to increase state funding of all-day kindergarten. The Republican governor dined Thursday with students at Roesland Elementary School in the Shawnee Mission school district before chatting with teachers, students and parents. Currently, ...

12 years ago
Progressive and labor union activists are promising sustained protests against Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and multiple policies pursued by him and other Republicans. Nearly 200 people participated Thursday in a Statehouse rally staged by the Wichita-based group Kansas People's Action. Speakers included labor, environmental and community activists. They later converged on Brownback's office, giving a staff member ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee's chairman is promoting a series of measures aimed at making the courts more efficient in response to a budget-focused address by the state Supreme Court's chief justice. Independence Republican Jeff King sent Chief Justice Lawton Nuss a letter Thursday, a day after Nuss gave the annual State of the Judiciary address. ...

12 years ago
A Wichita hotel that is hosting the state's Republican convention has decided to allow participants to bring their guns if they want, despite signs saying firearms aren't allowed. Butler County Republican Party chairwoman Debbie Luper told party members in an email that Hyatt Regency Hotel has agreed to relax its gun ban for the ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are warning trailer, ATV and motorcycle owners to be aware of an uptick in sports vehicle thefts around the area. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that thefts in Salina and surrounding counties has increased. "During the last six months we have noticed an increased amount of vehicles - particularly trucks, motorcycles, ATV and ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a burglary after thieves enter a residential garage and steal a computer. Police report someone walked into an unlocked attached garage in the 600 block of Briarcliff last week in the overnight hours between January 16th and January 17th. Once inside they went through a 1994 Lexus and removed a backpack and LeNovo ...

12 years ago
A Lincoln man finds his car resting on concrete blocks, after all four tires are removed from his vehicle. Robert Berthelson told Salina Police his 1999 Dodge Intrepid was parked in the lot at Russell's Restaurant,649 Westport Bvld., from Tuesday at 2pm to 6:45am Wednesday morning. Police say 4 Uniroyal tires, rims and lug nuts were removed ...

12 years ago
Volunteers are planning to resume searching this weekend for a Kansas State employee who hasn't been seen since Sunday. The search for 56-year-old Jane Peterson will begin at 10:15 a.m. Saturday at the Tuttle Cove on Tuttle Creek Lake, north of Manhattan. Peterson, of St. George, was reported missing Sunday by her family. Her ...

12 years ago
A semi collides with a Kansas Highway Patrol car, injuring a trooper. According to WIBW Radio , the crash happened just before 8:00 Thursday morning in the Topeka area. The semi struck the KHP car, which was parked near a construction area at US 24 Highway and Menoken Road. The 24 Highway was closed between Menoken Road ...