13 years ago
The Dole Institute of Politics is planning to celebrate former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole's 90th birthday as part of its lineup of summer events. Other activities include an in-depth look at the Battle of Gettysburg. Director Bill Lacy says that on June 20, the center will bring in a panel of historians and military experts to ...

13 years ago
A Salina man is hurt in a motorcycle crash Sunday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol 32-year-old George Meinhardt was riding a Harley Davidson motorcycle north on Interstate 135. For an unknown reason he drifted into the median and crossed over to the southbound lanes. He lost control, skidded across both lanes, and came to ...

13 years ago
Stalling is an important tactic for Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle as she tries to push a reluctant House toward canceling a scheduled sales tax decrease. Wagle and House Speaker Ray Merrick are negotiating on legislation following up on massive personal income tax cuts enacted last year. Fellow Republicans want another round of income tax cuts, ...

13 years ago
Kansas officials say most criminal records are kept away from the public to protect people accused of crimes and prevent information from getting out that could endanger prosecutions. But even some state legislators interviewed by The Kansas City Star say they are surprised by the restrictive nature of the state's criminal records laws. The only way for ...

13 years ago
Supporters of passenger rail service through Wichita are joining forces with officials in Oklahoma and Missouri. A letter of support signed by the mayors of Wichita, Oklahoma City and Kansas City, Mo., was unveiled Friday on the eve of National Train Day. Rail supporters say they want to close the 185-mile service gap between Oklahoma City and ...

13 years ago
Control towers at five airfields in Kansas will stay open now that the FAA has cancelled plans to close 149 similar towers across the country. Control towers at airfields in Topeka, Manhattan, Hutchinson, and two in Olathe had been slated for closure. But the FAA said Friday it will keep the towers open after Congressional approval ...

13 years ago
Authorities say they have found a child's body believed to be that of an 18-month-old girl as they continue to investigate a series of Kansas farm deaths. Franklin County Sheriff Jeffrey Richards said early Sunday that the body believed to be that of Lana Leigh Bailey was found hours earlier by a sheriff's deputy in another ...

13 years ago
Two inmates who fled a Kansas prison face several charges in Missouri, including trying to kidnap the mayor of the small town where they were eventually captured. Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd said Saturday that 31-year-old Allen Hurst and 49-year-old Scott Gilbert are charged with 12 felonies after escaping from the minimum-security unit at the Lansing, ...

13 years ago
Members of a Topeka congregation have a special reason to reflect on forgiveness this weekend. A beloved sculpture, stolen for scrap last fall, is back in place outside their church. The 10-foot-tall bronze, called "Forgiven Man," was reinstalled Friday in a courtyard of First Congregational United Church of Christ. The 350-pound sculpture, valued at $40,000, had been ...

13 years ago
No one is seriously hurt when a car crashes into a Salina convenience store Saturday afternoon. Salina Master Police Officer Rande Repp tells KSAL News that Hassan Williford of Salina parked his 1995 Ford Probe in front of the Kwik Shop on Fairdale Road and went inside the store. While he was in the store, his ...

13 years ago
Renewed legislative efforts to change the way Kansas selects members for its highest courts are part of a recent wave of modifications sought nationwide to alter the composition of the state's judicial branch. Supporters of the changes said Friday momentum is shifting in their favor despite resistance to the idea of altering the system in which ...