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About 50 people, including National Guard soldiers, employees, and volunteers gathered at the Salina Walmart store Thursday morning to stuff holiday gift bags. The holiday gift bags will go to National Guard families across the state. The Kansas National Guard nominated 400 of its families to receive hand packaged gift bags from Walmart to thank them ...

12 years ago
Thieves take a pistol and cash from a Salina home. Salina Police are investigating a residential burglary in the 400 block of Rahm on Wednesday , after the owner came home to discover several items missing. Police say there was no sign of forced entry. Burglars removed a pair of diamond studded earrings, a .380 caliber pistol with ...

12 years ago
Room and board at the state's universities will increase next year. The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday improved increases ranging from 3.9 percent at Kansas State to 2.1 percent at Fort Hays State. Regents staff says the increases are necessary to cover anticipated inflation, as well as facility maintenance and improvements. Rates will increase ...

12 years ago
Target says about 40 million credit and debit card accounts may have been affected by a data breach. The chain said Thursday that the accounts may have been impacted between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15. The Minneapolis company said it immediately told authorities and financial institutions once it became aware of the breach and that it is ...

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A festive holiday train that has chugged through Kansas and other states has ended its journey at Union Station in Kansas City, Mo. The Kansas City Southern Holiday Express Train began its journey late last month in Texas. It's made stops along the way in Louisiana, Oklahoma, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas. Organizers say that that the Holiday ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...