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This week, through Friday, is National Travel and Tourism week. Established by a congressional resolution in 1983, this week of events serves to champion the power of the tourism industry across the country. Travel and tourism professionals work throughout the week to promote and highlight  contributions their travel markets and organizations make to the U.S. economy. The ...

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Authorities are investigating what led to a 40-year-old man being shot during a confrontation with Labette County Sheriff's deputies. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is reviewing that incident that happened in Mound Valley, Kansas, around 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Initial information says two deputies were called to a home because of a domestic incident where a 77-year-old man ...

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Some Kansas lawmakers and animal welfare advocates are holding up a bill increasing fees on pet stores, breeders and kennels in hopes that they can also pass more stringent oversight of breeders. House and Senate negotiators couldn't agree last week on a bill increasing fees and oversight. They moved forward with only the fee increase. But ...

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An eastern Kansas teenager is facing animal cruelty charges related to three guinea pigs supposedly abandoned in rural areas, including one found in a mailbox. Lyon County prosecutors have charged the 17-year-old girl with three counts of animal cruelty. Her name has not been released. A case involving an 18-year-old woman has been referred to prosecutors ...

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A sniper who terrorized downtown Wichita more than 40 years ago is going before a parole board this month. The case of 59-year-old Michael Soles will be among several to be considered during a May 17 meeting in Kansas City, Kansas. Soles became known as the Holiday Inn Sniper in 1976 after he carried two rifles and ...

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A high speed pursuit Sunday afternoon that began in South Salina ended in northeast Dickinson County with an arrest. Salina Police tell KSAL News that at around 2:15 in the afternoon an officer attempted to stop an SUV with an illegal license plate in the area of 2900 South 9th Street. The driver of the SUV ...

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A new law signed Friday by Kansas GOP Gov. Sam Brownback enhances penalties for those who commit crimes against police officers. Lawmakers in the House and Senate worked this week to pass the bill so Brownback could sign it Friday in honor of Kansas Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Day. The House passed the bill 115-9 Tuesday. ...

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The Kansas Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge to a new state-owned casino in southeast Kansas. The court on Friday upheld the Lottery Gaming Facility Review Board's choice of Kansas Crossing's casino complex near Pittsburg. Two Wichita entrepreneurs who proposed a larger casino called Castle Rock in Cherokee County objected. They and Cherokee County commissioners filed lawsuits ...

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Kansas lawmakers Friday passed a compromise bill aimed at protecting jurors from harassment without impairing court transparency. The House passed the bill 118-3 on Friday. The Senate passed it 40-0 on Wednesday. The bill exempts jurors' addresses from the public record. The original bill also exempted jurors' names, but transparency advocates say that would be a step ...

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The grandmother of a 7-year-old boy who was killed in Kansas City, Kansas, in 2015 is pushing for tougher regulations of home schools in the state. Adrian Jones was supposed to be getting schooling at home from the father and stepmother who are now headed for prison for his death. Kansas does little to regulate home schools ...

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A developer says a former Kansas missile silo converted into a luxury condo is sold out, though he's not saying who has bought the spaces in hopes of having peace of mind during a possible disaster. Larry Hall tells KAKE-TV that units inside the so-called survival bunker about 40 miles north of Salina come with appliances ...