7 years ago
The CEO of Westar says the utility and Great Plains Energy will file their new merger plan with Kansas regulators later this month. CEO Mark Ruelle says meetings will be scheduled later this year for a shareholder vote on the proposal. Ruelle updated investors Wednesday on the second plan to combine the utilities. The Kansas Corporation Commission ...

7 years ago
The Kansas Senate's top Republican is calling on GOP Gov. Sam Brownback to give corrections officers at state prisons an immediate pay increase. Senate President Susan Wagle of Wichita issued a statement Wednesday urging Brownback to take executive action. She toured the El Dorado Correctional Facility with hometown Republican Sen. Bruce Givens. The Department of Corrections has ...

7 years ago
A Salina woman was hurt in a single vehicle crash in the rain  Wednesday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 27-year-old Kenya Rios was driving a 2010 Honda Civic, headed south on U.S. 81 Highway. She lost control in the rain, went off the right side of the highway, and struck a guardrail. Rios, who was ...

7 years ago
  The Stiefel Theate has announced four new shows. According to the venue, Casey Donahew, George Winston, Riders in the Sky, and America are all coming to Salina. Tickets for all of the shows go on sale Friday. CASEY DONAHEW - Thursday October 5th In just over 10 years, Casey Donahew has risen from being a favorite on the local Texas ...

7 years ago
Sixteen empty cars on a Union Pacific freight train derailed near downtown Topeka near the Kansas River. Union Pacific spokesman Jeff DeGraff says no injuries were reported after the derailment Wednesday morning. He says the cars derailed on a curve and landed on their side just south of a railroad bridge that crosses the river. The derailed cars ...

7 years ago
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has identified the man who was fatally shot by law enforcement officers in Junction City. The agency said Wednesday that 23-year-old Peter James Robbins was killed outside a Walmart Neighborhood Market in Junction City. KBI spokeswoman Melissa Underwood says Junction City and Geary County officers responded early Tuesday to a report of ...

7 years ago
Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss did what any Kansan should do when summoned to serve on a jury. He showed up. Nuss tweeted a photo of him and Shawnee County District Court jury coordinator Carol Bausch after learning that neither he nor the other potential jurors would be called to serve on Aug. 8 because ...

7 years ago
The Salina Police Department made an arrest in what started out to be an arson investigation that ended with a convicted felon being found with firearms. Capt. Paul Forrester says that the investigation began after arsons at 848 Sheridan St. and 864 Sherman St., both in Salina on July 22 and July 23. Police quickly developed a ...

7 years ago
Cowley County authorities say a dangerous inmate has escaped from the Winfield Correctional Facility. Authorities say 53-year-old Lewis Mitchell escaped sometime after 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. He is described as 6-feet-1 and weighing 210 pounds. He is black. He was last seen wearing a white state-issued T-shirt, and either blue jeans or gray sweatpants. He might also be ...

7 years ago
Kansas officials have chosen seven school districts to participate in an effort to redesign public education. The seven school districts participating in a pilot effort were announced Tuesday during a Kansas Board of Education meeting. The seven districts selected by the department this month will each revamp an elementary school and a secondary school. The changes will ...

7 years ago
Police in southern Kansas' Newton say a man suspected in the slayings of his girlfriend and her 4-year-old daughter has been arrested in Texas. Authorities say 24-year-old Alyssa Runyon and daughter Zaylynn Paz were found dead shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday by Runyon's ex-boyfriend in the victims' duplex. Police say the suspect was arrested later Tuesday ...