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Top Republicans in the Kansas Legislature have publicly dressed down GOP Gov. Sam Brownback and a top aide over the administration's criticism of budget and tax measures. GOP leaders expressed their frustration during a Friday meeting on budget issues. Senate President Susan Wagle said comments from the administration have been inappropriate. Brownback participated in the meeting by ...

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A northeast Kansas man who faced several allegations of sexual assault has been found guilty of all charges in cases involving two women. A Jackson County jury deliberated about three hours Friday before finding 22-year-old Jacob Ewing of Holton guilty of rape and aggravated criminal sodomy of the two women. Ewing was acquitted in April of sexually ...

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After fierce competition across the state, a new transload facility has opened in Great Bend. A ceremony on Thursday officially opened the project, which allows trains to drop off their cargo for trucks and vice versa. The Kansas Department of Transportation led the effort to establish two transload facilities. The state received 111 site applications and the ...

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A man who escaped from the Lansing Correctional Facility has been recaptured in Topeka. The Kansas Department of Corrections says 34-year-old James Stewart II was arrested in Topeka Friday about two hours after he was seen driving away from the prison in a state of Kansas vehicle. The corrections department said Stewart was a minimum-security inmate. Stewart was ...

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On Sunday, June 25, 2017, at about 5:30am, Officers of the Salina Police Department responded to a residential fire at 918 W. South. Upon arrival officers observed a pile of debris on the front porch of the residence that had been set on fire. The fire was determined to be arson. Damage was estimated at $800. If you have ...

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Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has apologized for what he calls a "misunderstanding" that led to a $1,000 fine against him for misleading the court. Kobach asked U.S. Magistrate Judge James O'Hara on Thursday to reconsider the fine and order requiring him to submit to a deposition by the American Civil Liberties Union. O'Hara ruled Kobach ...

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Today kicks off the Grand Opening Celebration of the Evel Knievel Museum. Special guests on hand include original crew members Ray Gunn, Evel's first crew member; John Hood, Knievel's crew and driver at Wembley Stadium; Rick Naugle, Knievel's crew and driver who was with Knievel at Caesar's Palace, Cow Palace and Snake River Canyon; Mike Draper ...

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The 2017 winter wheat harvest has been a mixed bag for Kansas so far as farmers race to bring in the crop amid damaging spring storms that have pounded some crops with hail. Justin Gilpin, chief executive officer for the industry group Kansas Wheat, says fields around Norton and Goodland in northwest Kansas were hit by ...

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Former Kansas congressman Tim Huelskamp will become the new president of a free-market think tank also known for promoting skepticism about climate change. The Heartland Institute announced Thursday that its board of directors selected Huelskamp and that the former Republican congressman would take over as president next month. The nonprofit institute is based in the Chicago ...

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A former lottery computer programmer has pleaded guilty in Iowa to running a criminal scheme that allowed him to collect millions of dollars in lottery winnings in four other states. Former Multi-State Lottery Association security director Eddie Tipton on Thursday admitted that he manipulated the computer software he designed, allowing him to provide winning numbers to ...

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The Kansas Department of Corrections says that an incident at a maximum-security prison has been resolved and inmates are back in their cells. Department spokesman Todd Fertig said in a statement Thursday that no injuries to staff or prisoners occurred and that inmates did not obtain access to any weapons. Fertig confirmed that staff from other prisons ...