12 years ago
Kansas Republican Senator Pat Roberts is setting his sights on raising $5 million in his bid to return to Washington for another six-year term, even with no opposition on the immediate horizon. Roberts isn't taking anything for granted and plans to campaign aggressively statewide over the next 18 months to retain the seat he first won ...

12 years ago
The Republican Party's chairman is asking religious conservatives to support the GOP's plans to expand. Reince Priebus spoke on the final day of the annual Faith and Freedom Coalition gathering in Washington that brought Republicans leaders together with evangelical activists. Priebus said he supports "changing minds, not changing values" after the GOP lost the presidential contest last ...

12 years ago
A Wichita teacher is facing a misdemeanor charge for carrying a concealed handgun on school premises. The Wichita Eagle reports 31-year-old Daniel C. Nagel was arrested May 20 at White Elementary in Wichita on suspicion of carrying a concealed gun on school property. District officials say Nagel is on paid administrative leave. His first appearance in ...

12 years ago
Wichita school board members will consider banning firearms from school district buildings or district-owned vehicles, except by law enforcement officers. The Wichita Eagle reports the proposed policy is a response to new state legislation that changes concealed carry in public buildings. The new policy set for board consideration Monday would clarify that Wichita schools are gun-free ...

12 years ago
It’s not about how fast you go. It’s about how you run the race. In the Great Race, this is no cliché. Three McPherson College students and a staff member are entering a red-and-white 1957 Ford Fairlane in the annual event. For them, winning really will depend on how they race. Tony DiValentin, junior, Fort Myers, Fla., ...

12 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is still considering action on the state's budget, with a spokeswoman saying a decision is expected over the weekend. Legislators finished work on the budget on June 2, laying out how to spend $14.5 billion in each of the next two fiscal years. The Republican governor has until Sunday by law to ...

12 years ago
The executive director of the Kansas Corporation Commission no longer works for the commission. KCC spokesman Jesse Borjon told The Topeka Capital-Journal that as of Friday, Patti Petersen-Klein is no longer employed by the commission. He did not specify if she was fired or quit. Controversy erupted recently after a consultant's report stated a rift had developed ...

12 years ago
The booming heard in Salina Thursday night wasn't thunder, it was the sound of a full-scale military training operation. A deployment that includes members of Air Force, Navy and Army units, as well as representatives of the U.S. Special Operations Command and United Kingdom Special Operations is underway. The event includes close air support training and live ...

12 years ago
A 10-member contingent from Hutchinson Community College is heading west to help fight Colorado's massive wildfire. The group is made up of students, former students and instructors in the college's fire science program. They expected to leave for the Colorado Springs area Friday. The group includes Jessica Peters, a Wichita resident and second-year student in the program. ...

12 years ago
Department of Agriculture officials are asking all licensed scale service companies to attend a meeting to discuss the low accuracy rate of heavy-capacity scales. The meeting will be June 27 at the department's Topeka headquarters. Tim Tyson, director of the department's Division of Weights and Measures, said in a letter that large scale accuracy rates are lower ...

12 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is urging Governor Sam Brownback to veto provisions in a proposed state budget for each of the next two years. Schmidt said in a statement Thursday that he and county prosecutors object to two provisions that would take funds from his agency. Both Brownback and Schmidt are ...