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 ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a burglary and theft case in the 600 block of S. Front. Police say sometime Sunday afternoon between 4:45pm and 8:30pm, someone forced the front door open and stole an Apple Mac Book computer. Total loss and damage is listed at $1,200.

12 years ago
Concrete jacks are stolen from a Saline County storage lot. Saline County Sheriff's Deputies say between 180 to 200 screw jacks were stolen from a storage lot at 1332 W. North Street. The owner of Concrete and Supply told deputies the jacks are 2-inches thick and 30-inches long and valued at $10 each. Someone came onto the property ...

12 years ago
A moped is stolen from in front of an apartment complex. Salina police are looking for a 2012 Bronc Rally moped that is black and red in color. The owner contacted SPD on Sunday after the bike was removed from the front of an apartment building in the 500 block of E. Crawford, sometime between midnight and ...

12 years ago
The seller of a Kansas house where BTK serial killer Dennis Rader took a woman's life in 1985 says he is disclosing the murder to make sure any potential buyer doesn't have a problem with the home's past. Real estate experts think the seller is doing the right thing by letting buyers know what happened there, ...

12 years ago
A Salina woman dies at a Wichita hospital following a head-on crash Friday afternoon. According to Sheriff Glen Kochanowski, 81-year-old Cora Allen died Saturday night at Wesley Medical Center. Her husband, 86-year-old Dean Allen along with Sherry Armstrong, 45 and Mark Armstrong,52, both of Solomon were all transported to Salina Regional Health Center following the accident near ...

12 years ago
St. John’s Military School Leadership Camp begins this week. According to the school, a number of the students attending have been chosen as cadet leaders to guide the corps for the 2013-14 school year. The senior cadet leaders of the school are members of the Battalion Staff. Their academic performance is a major criterion for ...