12 years ago
The Geary County Sheriff's Department says it plans to auction off up to 400 parcels of land, some of it complete with infrastructure. The lots were seized after owners failed to pay delinquent taxes. Sheriff Tony Wolf says the properties were partially developed during a real estate boom but they were never finished by developers. ...

12 years ago
A federal judge has again delayed the resentencing of two Texas brothers convicted of running a Kansas hunting camp where hunters paid thousands of dollars to illegally shoot deer. U.S. District Judge Monti Belot postponed sentencing of James and Marlin Butler until Oct. 28. The brothers had been scheduled for sentencing in September. A federal appeals court ...

12 years ago
At the conclusion of a meeting that lasted nearly four and a half hours Monday evening Salina City Commissioners accepted an offer from Saline County in regard to funding of the Salina-Saline County Health Department. Commissioners went into executive session after concluding regular business on their agenda, Following the executive session commissioners accepted the county offer. The ...

12 years ago
A trial for a man accused of robbing a bank and exchanging gunfire with a Kansas State Trooper while fleeing with a woman and three children begins in Salina. 31-year-old Jason Gleason is facing charges that include attempted first-degree murder. Gleason was spotted in a sport utility vehicle with his girlfriend, Chrystal Bell, and her children ...

12 years ago
Staff members from Salina Media Group radio station News Radio 1150 KSAL are honored by the Kansas Association of Broadcasters. The association announced its 2013 KAB Awards of Excellence on Monday. News Radio 1150 KSAL received three awards. Jeff Garretson received a first place award in the Complete Newscast Category. Garretson was honored for his KSAL ...

12 years ago
Attorney General Derek Schmidt is releasing the language he wants legislators to consider when addressing the Kansas Hard 50 law during a special session next month. The Republican says Monday that he has completed a draft of the bill to consider during the special session, which starts Sept. 3. The Hard 50 law allows convicted murderers to ...

12 years ago
Members of the Kansas congressional delegation seem to agree the coming weeks are critical to the future of the federal health care law. But the all-Republican delegation is less certain about how to stop it. Sen. Pat Roberts wants to delay the law's October implementation. He told a meeting of the Kansas Independent Oil and Gas ...

12 years ago
Kansas officials say the state's unemployment rate rose slightly in July as more individuals entered the labor force looking for work. The Department of Labor says Monday that that jobless rate rose to 5.9 percent in July, up from 5.8 percent in June. The unemployment rate was 5.8 percent in July 2012. The rate increase is a ...

12 years ago
Police say the suspect in a reported sexual assault in Manhattan has been found dead. The assault occurred early on the morning of Aug. 11 near the campus of Kansas State University, prompting authorities to caution students and the general public against walking alone at night. Riley County police said Monday that investigators had located ...

12 years ago
A senior Pentagon analyst thinks there's a chance Kansas native Emil Kapaun's remains eventually will be among those of other missing Korean War troops buried in a national cemetery in Hawaii. Father Kapaun was an Army chaplain who is believed to have died of starvation and disease in a North Korean prison camp in ...

12 years ago
Law enforcement authorities now say the shooting of a Kansas man by his wife was not an accident. A 31-year-old Potwin woman was arrested Monday morning in her husband's shooting at their home Sunday. Butler County authorities originally believed the shooting was an accident, after the couple both said it was in separate statements. Sheriff ...