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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Community leaders are celebrating the opening of the first public natural gas fueling station for vehicles in Wichita. A ceremony marking the grand opening will be held Thursday at the facility at 2950 Ohio Street, just off Interstate 135 in north central Wichita. The event is being hosted by CNG Services, the company ...

12 years ago
With Kansas higher education officials reeling over cuts in state funding approved by legislators, the Board of Regents could press lawmakers to undo most of them next year. The regents plan to discuss budget issues Thursday. Their agenda included proposals for restoring most of the funding lawmakers cut for each of the next two fiscal years, ...

12 years ago
The Eisenhower Memorial Commission has unanimously approved architect Frank Gehry's design for a monument honoring the 34th president near the National Mall in Washington. The commission's vote Wednesday allows the $142 million project to move forward after a year of objections to the design. Designers must next seek approvals from two panels that oversee public art ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Board of Regents has approved tuition increases at public universities that will have some students paying nearly 9 percent more this fall. The increases approved Wednesday by the board are expected to raise an additional $34 million during the fiscal year beginning in July. The universities want to boost faculty salaries and pursue other initiatives, ...

12 years ago
The winter wheat harvest is spreading across parts of south-central Kansas. The industry trade group Kansas Wheat said Wednesday in its first harvest report of the season that test cutting is now underway as far north as McPherson County and as far west as Clark County. The OK Co-op elevator in Kiowa has taken in about 350,000 ...

12 years ago
Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Kansas Corporation Commission and its commissioners individually for allegedly violating the Kansas Open Meetings Act (KOMA). Taylor says, “The action seeks injunctive relief concerning the rate increase for (customers of) Howison Heights, Inc. (water district), previously approved by the commission,”. With the injunction, Taylor ...

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Salina Police will be out in force Friday evening - looking for seat belt violations. Lt. Russ Lamer tells KSAL News that four officers and one spotter will be working city wide, from 9pm Friday to 1am Saturday, looking for occupants who are not buckled up. Lt. Lamer says that citations for unrestrained adults are $10 while ...

12 years ago
A canoe and kayak are reported stolen. According to Saline County Undersheriff Dave Dunstan, a silver aluminum canoe and Blue Pelican brand Kayak were taken from the Smoky Hill River channel in the 1800 block of E. Cloud. The owner, Justin Baird contacted the Sheriff's Office this week after checking with relatives to make sure that someone ...

12 years ago
The company that insures most of Kansas' school districts says it won't provide coverage for districts that allow armed employees. EMC Insurance Companies has told its agents around the state not to offer policies to school districts that allow concealed weapons under a law that takes effect July 1. EMC will not renew policies for districts ...

12 years ago
An elderly Kansas couple that had not been seen since Monday has been found safe in Michigan. Garnett police say 92-year-old Vernon Hunt and 81-year-old Goldie Hunt of Garnett left their home Monday for a trip to Dwight, Ill., but did not show up as scheduled that evening. Police say the couple was found Wednesday after stopping ...

12 years ago
Two men are killed when a car they are in is hit by a semi on a Riley County Highway. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 90-year-old Frederick Danenberg was driving a small passenger car. He stopped at a stop sign, and then pulled out onto U.S. Highway 24. He drove out in front of a ...