9 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A joint application to approve the $12.2 billion sale of Westar Energy Inc. has been filed with the Kansas Corporation Commission. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Great Plains Energy Inc., Kansas City Power and Light and Westar filed the application Tuesday. If approved, Westar would be sold to Great Plains. Great Plains is ...

9 years ago
LANSING, Kan. (AP) - The Kansas Department of Corrections says the maximum-security unit at the state's largest prison is on lockdown after "altercations" involving inmates and staff. Corrections spokesman Adam Pfannenstiel said in an email Friday the maximum-security unit at the Lansing Correctional Facility is on lockdown after four "separate incidents" early Thursday. He described the ...

9 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Voting rights groups are appealing a judge's order which they say threatens to disenfranchise tens of thousands of voters in three states in the upcoming November elections. A notice of appeal filed Friday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia seeks a quick review of the actions of ...

9 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - The Kansas secretary of state's office has asked a judge to throw out the federal lawsuit filed by a former employee who claims she was fired for not attending Bible study sessions at the office. Assistant Secretary of State Eric Rucker argued in a filing Thursday that Courtney Canfield cannot prove discrimination ...

9 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas tax revenue receipts have come up $34.5 million short for June, pushing the fiscal year-ending shortfall to $76.2 million. The state Department of Revenue said on Friday receipts for corporate income taxes missed estimates by $20.3 million, or 25 percent. The department says those taxes were not part of the 2012 ...

9 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas will be paying schools a week late after withholding the final payment of fiscal year 2016 to keep its budget out of the red. The Wichita Eagle reports school districts will receive a total of nearly $260 million in state aid July 7 and mark it as a June 30 payment. The ...

9 years ago
The Greeley Avenue Bridge has been completed, and the road is back open to the public. According to the City of Salina, due to the deteriorating condition of the structure, the bridge was closed to vehicle traffic in late November of 2012. At the time it remained open for pedestrians. The remaining traffic control signs will be ...

9 years ago
No one was seriously injured in a two vehicle crash Friday afternoon that left a small pickup truck on its side in a Central Salina neighborhood. Salina Master Patrol Officer Rande Repp told KSAL News at the scene that the truck rolled when it collied with a small passenger car at the intersection of College and ...

9 years ago
He's got the worst seat in the house to watch the fireworks show in Salina - and he wouldn't trade it for anything. Pyrotechnician John Ziegler is the Maestro behind how Skyfire plays out across the night sky on July 4th. "It's like being at the foot of the stage and only seeing the bottom of the ...

9 years ago
Lawn care equipment is stolen from a landscape company. Salina Police report that a Stihl brand weed trimmer and Stihl leaf blower were stolen from a median near the intersection of 9th and Key. Police say an employee of Fox Lawn and Landscape of Salina had set down the two power tools and was mowing grass on ...

9 years ago
A nice crowd gathered for a question and answer session in Salina with Senator Jerry Moran Thursday afternoon. Moran began by giving a brief update on what's currently happening in Washington, and talking about how the tone of his town halls have changed. In years past the events were dominated by local citizens and groups showing ...