12 years ago
Congress is considering a $1.1 trillion appropriations bill that contains funding for projects in Kansas with implications for the next several decades. The bill, which has been agreed upon by House and Senate negotiators, contains $404 million for the next round of construction of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility near Kansas State University in ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a stolen vehicle. According to Lt. Sean Morton, police were contacted by Joni Alberts-Plumer of Brookville, on Monday after realizing her truck was missing. Police say sometime between Friday evening at 5pm and Monday morning around 8am, someone stole her 1996 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup that was parked on the street in ...

12 years ago
An embattled Salina military boarding school will have to go to trial over a lawsuit filed by 11 ex-cadets alleging a culture of abuse. U.S. District Judge John Lungstrum ruled Monday that former students at St. John's Military School in Salina cited enough evidence that a reasonable jury would find the school's conduct "exceeded ...

12 years ago
The reward has doubled for return of a wedding ring stolen from a dying woman last month in Wichita. The Wichita Crime Commission says it is now offering $4,255 for information leading to recovery of the ring belonging to 43-year-old Danielle Zimmerman. She died in December after suffering an aneurysm at a fast-food restaurant. While she ...

12 years ago
Police say the body of a woman found in a west Wichita home apparently had been there for months. Lt. Todd Ojile says officers went to the home Friday after a neighbor reported she hadn't seen the people in the home for several days. Officers found a 69-year-old man dead, apparently of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. While ...

12 years ago
A man is killed in a single vehicle crash in Lincoln County late Monday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 63-year-old Kenneth Wacker was driving a Ford Ranger pickup truck norh on K 14 Highway. He drifted off the east shoulder, overcorrected, and then veered back across both lanes of traffic. The truck entered the ...

12 years ago
Following a public hearing Monday evening that lasted nearly three hours, Salina City Commissioners postponed a decision to allow the demolition of the facility that used to house St. John's Hospital. The decision, at least temporarily, keeps the now vacant facility from being destroyed. Commissioners unanimously delayed the decision for 90 days, until April ...

12 years ago
Kansas legislators have begun the 2014 session with seven new members in the House. The two chambers convened at 2 p.m. Monday with agendas consisting mostly of opening-day formalities. Several issues will be addressed this week, including proposals to change the penalties for certain murders and to abolish the death penalty. Kansas enacted a death penalty law ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Hospital Association is working on a proposed alternative to expanding Medicaid under the federal health care overhaul, but Republican leaders remain wary. Hospital Association Vice President Cindy Samuelson said Monday that the association doesn't know what form its proposal will take. One option is using additional federal funds promised under the federal health care law ...

12 years ago
A new federal report says more Kansans approaching retirement age than young adults have signed up for health coverage through an online insurance marketplace. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that 34 percent of Kansans who chose a plan via the marketplace through Dec. 28 were 55 through 64 years old. Twenty-seven ...

12 years ago
A group hoping to convince Salina City Commissioners to enact legislation that would end fluoridation of the city water supply showed up in force at the city commission meeting Monday evening. About a dozen members of the group called “Salina Cares” spoke, asking commissioners to end the process of adding fluoride to city water. The group ...