9 years ago
Two bills before a Kansas Senate committee would make government meetings and records more accessible to the public. The Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee heard the bills Tuesday. One bill, introduced by Lawrence Sen. Marci Francisco and Louisburg Sen. Molly Baumgartner, clarifies a law that requires government bodies to justify going into private meetings. The reason ...

9 years ago
The Kansas Health System is seeking an exemption from a state law that that would allow adults to carry concealed handguns in its medical school and attached hospital in Kansas City, Kansas. Officials from the health system testified Thursday before the House Federal and State Affairs Committee. Without the exemption, the hospital and medical school will be ...

9 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating after 250 gallons of fuel was stolen from a rural firehouse sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday afternoon. Deputies were called to Rural Fire District #5 Thursday after volunteers discovered the locks on the fuel tank had been damaged and $550 in gas was poured into a mobile tank ...

9 years ago
Salina Police used a K-9 team to track down a vehicle burglar early Friday morning. According to Captain Paul Forrester, officers found 23-year-old Josiah Hadnot hiding in a backyard at 907 E. Jewell just before 3am with the help of a tracking police dog. The search began after a resident saw a man going through cars in ...

9 years ago
The Washburn University Board of Regents is delaying a vote on a concealed weapons policy, which is scheduled to take effect July 1. At a meeting Thursday, Regent Brent Boles suggested the vote be postponed until an April meeting to see if the Kansas Legislature acts on a bill that would reinstate a ban on weapons ...

9 years ago
A former Great Bend High School track coach is charged with one count of sexual exploitation of a child. Barton County prosecutors charged 55-year-old Todd Kaiser on Thursday. Kaiser was arrested June 6 after investigators received a report of abuse against a juvenile. Barton County authorities say they served a search warrant for electronic media and the ...

9 years ago
The Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene was in the national spotlight Thursday evening. Fox News Channel's Chief Political Anchor Brett Baier hosted a live nationwide broadcast from inside the museum. Baier hosted his top-rated Fox News cable series "Special Report with Bret Baier" on location. The hour-long broadcast was seen live around the ...

9 years ago
Registration is open for the 43rd annual bicycle trek across the State of Kansas, the Biking Across Kansas Tour. Biking Across Kansas is an annual, eight-day, bicycle tour across the state of Kansas. It promotes health and wellness through bicycling, the history and beauty of the Kansas landscape, and the warm hospitality of the Kansas towns ...

9 years ago
Kansas' corrections secretary says the state is exploring the possibility of building a new state prison on the site of its largest lockup for adult inmates. Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood said Thursday that the Department of Corrections plans to solicit proposals for the construction of a new prison in Lansing. Department of Corrections spokesman Todd Fertig said ...

9 years ago
Three top Kansas officials are asking the federal government not to list the lesser prairie chicken as a threatened or endangered species. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, Attorney General Derek Schmidt and Department of Agriculture Secretary Jackie McClaskey made the request in a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services. The Hutchinson News reports the officials argue ...

9 years ago
A counterfeit bill was used to buy food at the Bicentennial Center. Salina Police are investigating after someone used a fake $50 bill to make a purchase at the concession stand during last weekend's youth wrestling tournament. The bogus bill was in a cash deposit and discovered by staff at First Bank Kansas located at 235 S. ...