12 years ago
Members of an eastern Kansas community want to build a new train station with the hopes of getting Amtrak trains to stop there for the first time since the old station burned down in 1999. The Amtrak Task Force is a group of Emporia leaders whose goal is to become a destination for outsiders, even if ...

12 years ago
A Kansas prison inmate serving time for violating probation could be facing more charges after walking away from the Winfield Correctional Facility. The Wichita Eagle reports 29-year-old Jimmy Reed was caught by Department of Corrections special agents and Cowley County sheriff's deputies just before 5 p.m. Saturday walking along Kansas 15, about 10 miles north of ...

12 years ago
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback is telling Kansas that the income tax cuts he championed already have started to generate long-term prosperity. But he's mired in questions about whether recent, short-term revenue drops show his fiscal policies are endangering the schools, universities and social services that many voters value. His administration has been on the defensive for weeks ...

12 years ago
A U.S. senator wants to know whether Department of Justice protocols have changed since a white supremacist now accused of killing three people in Kansas was given leniency a quarter-century ago. Sen. Jerry Moran sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday urging a review of relevant DOJ policies that led to a five-year ...

12 years ago
Lawyers have been given the green light to scan the social media sites of jurors. The American Bar Association says it's ethical for lawyers to scour online for publicly available musings of citizens called for jury service - and even jurors in deliberations. But the ABA does warn lawyers against actively "following" or "friending" jurors or otherwise ...

12 years ago
Three people are hurt in crashes on rural roads in Ottawa County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the first crash happened at 3:10 in the afternoon Saturday on U.S. 81 Highway. A semi pulling a trailer headed east on Limestone Road failed to stop at a stop sign as it crossed the highway. A car traveling ...

12 years ago
A proposal to curtail irrigation pumping from the Ogallala Aquifer has been rejected by voters in a western Kansas groundwater management district. The Hutchinson News reports the proposed creation of a Local Enhanced Management Area was defeated 173-158 in a recent vote by water rights holders and property owners in the five-county district. A 2012 Kansas law ...

12 years ago
On Saturday Salina joined in celebrating Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, which ended slavery in the United States. This year's theme was "We Are Not Invisible." Multiple events and activities were held throughout the day. The day began with a pancake feed, and then a parade through Downtown Salina. The ...

12 years ago
Two southern Kansas teenagers are dead and three others are hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash southeast of Harper. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 17-year-old Ayron David Maurer of Harper and one of his passengers, 18-year-old Samuel Michael Cook of Anthony, were killed in the crash at 4:30 p.m. Friday. The patrol says Maurer was eastbound on Northeast ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has issued blue-green algae warnings and advisories for seven lakes in the state, including three where wading, swimming and skiing should be prohibited. KDHE says warnings are in effect for Marion Lake in Marion County, Memorial Park Lake in Barton County and South Park Lake in Johnson County. The ...

12 years ago
One motorcyclist has been killed and a second critically injured in separate accidents in which they collided with turning vehicles in Topeka. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the first crash happened around 11:15 a.m. Friday when 32-year-old Christopher Cook of Carbondale ran into a pickup truck that had crossed into his path. Cook sustained major head trauma and ...