8 years ago
Under the recommended budget by Gov. Sam Brownback, per-pupil state financial aid to Kansas public schools would trail inflation in the current fiscal year and following two fiscal years. The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/2iSuwJB) reports the Kansas Association of School Boards says appropriations between 2009 and 2019 would result in an increase of about $200 million over ...

8 years ago
A recent report from a real estate agency says a lack of industrial inventory in Lawrence is hurting the city's prospective job growth. The Lawrence Journal-World (http://bit.ly/2jGXcde) reports Colliers International presented the market report Thursday, saying there are only 14 vacant industrial spaces in the city. According to the report the year-end industrial vacancy rate for ...

8 years ago
Some top Republican legislators in Kansas are looking to cut aid to public schools significantly to close a shortfall in the state's current budget by June 30. Their goal is to avoid the accounting moves proposed by GOP Gov. Sam Brownback and used in the past to cover budget holes. Senate Ways and Means Committee Chairwoman Carolyn ...

8 years ago
Friends of a missing University of Missouri-Kansas City student are praying for her safe return. The Wichita Eagle reports that a candlelight vigil for 20-year-old Toni Anderson was held Thursday night at a church in her hometown of Wichita. Anderson was last seen early Sunday when she was pulled over by a Missouri police officer for an ...

8 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court has rejected a legal challenge from the state's largest teachers union to a 2014 law ending guaranteed tenure in the state's public schools. The court ruled unanimously Friday that lawmakers didn't practice logrolling when they passed the bill. Logrolling is the practice of including several topics in one bill, and the state ...

8 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld convictions of two Salina men serving prison terms in connection with child abuse deaths, and denied a new trial for a Salina man who is in prison for his role in connection with the death of woman who was beaten to death in 2014. The Supreme Court upheld the convictions ...

8 years ago
At a time where crop prices are poor and the farm economy is bleak, the small town of Cullison is seeing an optimistic future for cotton. The Hutchinson News  reports the southern Kansas cotton gin formerly known as High Plains Cotton could see its second biggest ginning year ever, with its first back in 2007 when ...

8 years ago
Military from Kansas will be well represented at inauguration events on Friday. Dozens of Kansas National Guard members will be in Washington for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. More than 140 Kansas Army and Air National Guard soldiers will take part in support roles tomorrow. The duties include parade lines, medical standby, mobile kitchen ...

8 years ago
Wild mustangs trained at Kansas prison will be part of the inauguration parade for Donald Trump. Fort Riley and the U.S. Border Patrol agents are bringing about 10 of the horses to the 1.5-mile parade Friday from the Capitol to the White House. Since 2001, the Bureau of Land Management has sent horses to the Hutchinson Correctional ...

8 years ago
A voice many people heard reporting news and farm reports on the radio through the years in Salina is being remembered. John Morris passed away earlier this week. Morris, who was 81-years-old, passed away on Tuesday. Early in his career, Morris worked for KSAL Radio in the news department. He changed careers, but later came back to ...

8 years ago
Investigators with the Saline County Sheriff's Office took a Salina man into custody in Wichita. The arrest is in connection with a burglary at Mid-Kansas Underground that occurred in the early morning hours of January 10. Lt. Michael Ascher tells KSAL News that 24-year-old Clayton Koochel was arrested in an area near Wichita State University and was ...