12 years ago
Kansas House and Senate budget negotiators have begun working on a spending agreement, casting aside a bleak revenue report that could undermine a rosier economic forecast leaders are using to justify higher spending. The talks began Wednesday evening, a few hours after the state Revenue Department reported that April's tax collections totaled $92 million less than ...

12 years ago
North Salina could soon be getting a grocery store. According to Salina City Commissioner Randall Hardy, a Save-A-Lot grocery store is proposed for a vacant building that formerly housed a Dillons grocery store at 511 East Iron Avenue. There are several financial partners in the project. Included as part of it, the City of Salina will ...

12 years ago
Drought conditions and seemingly unrelenting winds this week have whipped up massive dust storms across Kansas. The National Weather Service in Dodge City said Wednesday the windiest period is now over in the state as the system moves off into the Great Lakes and northeastern United States. Blowing dust is blamed for the zero-visibility conditions ...

12 years ago
A passenger bus collided with a pickup truck in western Kansas, killing one person in the pickup and injuring several people on the bus. The patrol says the accident happened early Wednesday as the Greyhound bus and pickup truck were headed east on Interstate 70 in Trego County. Patrol spokesman Tod Hileman says investigators ...

12 years ago
A former Salina law enforcement member is stepping out for a good cause. Dean Bonawitz met with members of the media Wednesday at the Saline County Sheriff's Office to spell out his plan, "I'm walking across Kansas to raise money for cancer research," he said. It's not the first time the 69-year-old prostate cancer survivor has put ...

12 years ago
A Salina couple is arrested for drugs after stopping for gas. A police officer on patrol recognized a Salina man who was wanted on a warrant for making a criminal threat, as he pulled into the gas pumps at the Casey's Convenience Store at 215 W. Crawford at about 9:40am Tuesday. Police say 28-year-old Alexander Reyna tried ...

12 years ago
A video shot during last week's "For Women Only" show is now available on-line. Last Thursday evening over 1,000 women crowded into Heritage Hall at the Salina Bicentennial Center for an evening just for them. Salina Media Group's annual event drew a large crowd, and as promised provided a full night of entertainment, prizes, and fun. ...

12 years ago
Supporters of public broadcasting in Kansas are concerned this could be the year that public funding for the operation ends. Gov. Sam Brownback's budget recommendation for the next fiscal year includes $600,000 for public broadcasting, down from $3.8 million in 2008. More lawmakers consider public broadcasting a target for cuts in a time ...

12 years ago
A horse in northeast Kansas has tested positive for equine herpes virus after participating in a barrel racing event in Nebraska. Kansas Animal Health Commissioner Bill Brown said Tuesday the horse was euthanized and samples were sent to a laboratory, where tests showed lesions consistent with EHV-1. Additional testing in Kentucky confirmed the horse had the ...

12 years ago
Wichita police say a 1-year-old boy has died after being shot at his home. The circumstances of the shooting Tuesday afternoon are still under investigation but police say it is believed to be an accident. The child was rushed from his north Wichita home to the hospital after the shooting and died while receiving treatment. Police say the ...

12 years ago
Bank of America plans to sell 11 branches throughout Kansas. The branches are being sold to four Kansas-based banks. A Bank of America spokeswoman told the newspaper Tuesday the branches being sold are located in Caney, Coffeyville, Emporia, Great Bend, Hays, Hutchinson, Independence, Lindsborg, McPherson and Salina. The spokeswoman, Diane Wagner, said Bank of America occasionally sells branches ...