12 years ago
Kansas legislative leaders have taken steps to keep retiring or defeated lawmakers from going to conferences and taking trips at the state's expense. Top leaders of the House and Senate agreed unanimously Wednesday to revise the Legislature's travel reimbursement policies. The suggested change came from House Minority Leader and Lawrence Democrat Paul Davis. The new policy says ...

12 years ago
A hard-right conservative group led by former Kansas Congressman Jim Ryun is endorsing a Republican who is trying to oust three-term GOP Sen. Pat Roberts. The Madison Project says it's backing Dr. Milton Wolf over Roberts. The blunt-spoken conservative was elected to the Senate in 1996 after eight terms in the House and has never gotten ...

12 years ago
Police at the Kansas Statehouse have told legislative leaders that they worry about a new law that allows lawmakers to carry concealed guns in the building. Sgt. Terry Golightley said Wednesday that the Capitol Police worry the policy will lead to problems if there's an incident. House Majority Leader Jene Vickrey said he doesn't worry about legal ...

12 years ago
A grand jury has indicted the man accused of plotting a suicide bomb attack at a Kansas airport where he worked as an avionics technician. A three-count indictment returned Wednesday charges Terry Lee Loewen with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. The 58-year-old Wichita man also is charged with attempted use of an explosive ...

12 years ago
Crews are undertaking an annual effort to monitor changes in groundwater levels in western and central Kansas. The University of Kansas said Tuesday the Kansas Geological Survey will measure 510 wells early next month. The Kansas Department of Agriculture's Division of Water Resources will measure an additional 897 wells. The monitoring ...

12 years ago
Preparations are underway for a Salina tradition, the Bill Fekas Family Christmas Dinner. Chef Bill Fekas had a dream 30-years ago to prepare and serve a free dinner for anyone who was alone on Christmas Day, "I wanted the idea so bad, just like when you want to buy a new car," he said. Fekas tells KSAL ...

12 years ago
Two rifles are stolen from a parked car. Salina Police are investigating after someone opened the trunk on a 2006 Chevy Malibu and removed 2 rifles. The owner told officers his car was parked on the street in the 400 block of S. College, and locked when someone entered it sometime between Monday night at 10pm and ...

12 years ago
An antique china cabinet is stolen from a rural property. Saline County Sheriff's Deputies are investigating after being contacted by the owner of a farmstead in the 1900 block of E. Gray Road. Deputies say the door on a storage shed was forced open sometime between November 30th and and December 17th. The china cabinet is 6-feet tall ...

12 years ago
Federal prosecutors plan to seek an indictment in their case against an airport worker accused in a suicide bomb plot in Kansas. The government told a magistrate judge last week that the case against Terry Lee Loewen would be presented Wednesday to a federal grand jury for indictment. The 58-year-old avionics technician was initially ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Department of Transportation has announced plans to close two highway rest areas near Russell to reduce water consumption. KDOT says it wants to hear from the public on the plan before it closes the eastbound and westbound rest areas east on Interstate 70 of Russell. The preliminary decision to close the rest ...

12 years ago
A former Saline County Sheriff's Deputy is facing rape charges for alleged sexual molestation of a girl under the age of 16. Wichita Police arrested 40-year-old Glenn Lippard, 827 E. Magnolia, in Wichita on Tuesday. According to Police Captain Mike Sweeney, Lippard was then transported to the Saline County Jail and is facing 12-counts of rape, ...