12 years ago
A legal challenge over whether Kansas will create a dual voter registration system has moved to federal court. The Equality Kansas lawsuit seeks to block Secretary of State Kris Kobach from creating a dual registration system, arguing it would violate voters' rights to equal protection. The American Civil Liberties Union is representing the group and voters. U.S. ...

12 years ago
Dozens of seasonal employees at the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism were laid off the week before Christmas. Department spokesman Ron Kaufman said Monday 75 seasonal KDWPT employees were told last week that their last day of work for the department was Friday. He said they'd receive their final paycheck in early January. Seasonal ...

12 years ago
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says milk production from Kansas dairies was up last month. The USDA says milk production from Kansas dairies totaled 244 million pounds in November, that a 7.5 percent increase from the same month last year. The production per cow averaged 1,810 pounds, up 40 pounds from 2012. The number of dairy cows ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a residential burglary. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, officers were sent to a home in the 100 block of E. Beloit after someone entered the house and removed numerous pieces of jewelry. Police say sometime between November 20th and December 19th, someone stole three gold rings, a pair of hoop earrings and two ...

12 years ago
Heavy snowfall in Salina over the weekend prompted the activation of the Emergency Accident Reporting Plan by Salina Police from 2pm on Saturday until 9:30am Monday morning. According to Police Captain Mike Sweeney, snowy and slick conditions played a role in 21 accidents around the city during the forty-three and a half hour period. Salina Police responded ...

12 years ago
A Salina military academy wants to split up a federal lawsuit by 11 former cadets alleging the school fostered a culture of abuse. Lawyers for St. John's Military School argue in a recent filing the defense would be harmed by failure to hold 11 separate trials. The motion contends each ex-cadet's claims are unique, and that ...

12 years ago
Former Kansas Labor Secretary Karin Brownlee has been named by a group of business and civic leaders as the spokeswoman for its efforts to promote wind energy. Kansans for Wind Energy says Brownlee will travel across the state to meet with grassroots supporters. The group's director, Richard Martin, praised Brownlee as a conservative with a reputation for ...

12 years ago
Wichita police say a woman has been hospitalized after she set herself on fire in a store parking lot. The woman bought material inside a Lowe's store before she set herself on fire Sunday evening. Several people tried to help the woman, whose identity wasn't released. Police said the woman is in critical ...

12 years ago
A historic but rundown home built by one of Dodge City's earliest sheriffs is getting new life as residence, this time for low-income farm workers. The Dodge City Daily Globe reports a Hutchinson-based group called Interfaith Housing Services has renovated the home built in 1880 by George Hinkle. He defeated Bat Masterson to become the city's ...

12 years ago
An adoptive father has died from injuries suffered in a double shooting that killed his wife and led to criminal charges against the couple's son. The Wichita Eagle reports that Sedgwick County Sheriff Jeff Easter has confirmed that 48-year-old Roger Bluml died Saturday morning. Bluml had been hospitalized since he and his wife, Melissa Bluml, each ...

12 years ago
The weekend snow assures a white Christmaa for a large portion of Kansas. For it to go in the record books as a white Christmas there must be at least an inch of snow on the ground Christmas Day. Temperatures are forecast to be below freezing through Christmas day, so any snow on the ground is ...