13 years ago
Ethanol producers say they are running up against market and regulatory pressures that are putting a crimp on the industry's future. Lower prices for corn helps with production, but experts say the industry is providing all the ethanol to satisfy government and market demands. Dave Vander Griend, president of ICM in south-central Kansas, tells the Wichita Eagle ...

13 years ago
Kansas U.S. Senator Pat Roberts says the food assistance program is the "redline' for Democrats in the passage of the farm bill. He says his is crop insurance. The Republican senator told farm leaders Saturday that the Senate will not pass a farm bill without what it sees as an "appropriate" food assistance program, commonly known ...

13 years ago
A man captured after a four-day search across southern Kansas has been charged with attempted capital murder in the shooting of a Butler County sheriff's deputy. Forty-one-year-old Jan Kilbourne made a first appearance Friday afternoon in Butler County District Court. The Wichita Eagle reports his court-appointed lawyer did not object when the state requested he be ...

13 years ago
Governor Sam Brownback has signed legislation revising the Kansas law allowing convicted murderers to be sentenced to at least 50 years in prison. Lawmakers approved the measure this week during a two-day special session. Brownback signed it Friday and delivered it to the secretary of state's office. The law will take effect September 12th when it is ...

13 years ago
Newly released sampling data from 51 Kansas counties show slightly more of this year's wheat graded as top quality. The National Agricultural Statistics Service said Friday in its annual wheat quality report that 85 percent of the samples graded as No. 1 wheat, compared with 83 percent last year. About 14 percent of the samples graded as ...

13 years ago
A panel appointed by Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is recommending several strategies for reducing childhood poverty, including strengthening marriages, improving educational opportunities and reforming welfare-to-work programs. The Governor's Task Force on Reducing Childhood Poverty released its report Friday, calling its recommendations a starting point for policymakers. The report urges more targeted use of public funds to reduce ...

13 years ago
Police are investigating a theft from a Salina apartment.  Sometime between August 1st and September 3rd two rings were reportedly stolen from apartment #303 at 831 East Wayne. One ring is yellow gold, with a three diamond cathederal setting. The other is yellow gold with a rectangular blue stone surrounded by small diamonds. Total loss ...

13 years ago
University of Kansas students say a special Lawrence police detail set up to curb dangerous behavior among partiers downtown is unfairly targeting them as a way to raise revenue for the city. But police say the special patrols that began Aug. 14 are meant to protect students and the rest of the public from ...

13 years ago
A former volunteer firefighter in Reno County pleaded guilty to setting three grass fires after prosecutors agreed to drop 11 other charges. 19-year-old Cody Knox, of Arlington, was a volunteer for Reno County Fire District No. 4, which covers Arlington, Langdon, Plevna and Abbyville. Reno County District Attorney Keith Schroeder previously said Knox used a ...

13 years ago
A former Salina man will serve decades in prison after being sentenced for his second conviction of sexually abusing a young girl. Forty-year-old Shawn T. Vogan was sentenced Thursday to life in prison with a minimum of 40 years. He pleaded guilty in July to aggravated indecent liberties with a child after admitting he abused a ...

13 years ago
Wichita police say they have captured a man suspected of shooting and wounding a Butler County Sheriff's deputy earlier this week. Wichita Police Lt. Doug Nolte said Friday morning that Jan Kilbourne was arrested without resistance early Friday near an apartment in Wichita. No other details were immediately available. Law enforcement officers have ...