9 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has signed legislation allowing faith-based college groups to restrict membership to like-minded people, likely putting Kansas on a collision course with civil liberties groups. The conservative Republican signed the bill Tuesday. The new law will take effect in July. The Republican-dominated Legislature approved the bill this month, even though the U.S. Supreme Court ...

9 years ago
Kansas House members have begun debating a proposal that would repeal Common Core standards for math and reading education. Under the proposal, school districts would be forbidden to use any national curriculum in tests, programs and materials. The standards were developed by a group of states with the goal of making sure students were ready for jobs ...

9 years ago
Two drivers are dead after a head-on crash on U.S. 59 in southeast Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash happened Tuesday afternoon when a sport utility vehicle crossed the center line and slammed into a car about five miles south of the Labette County town of Oswego. The patrol identified the victims as 40-year-old Hugh ...

9 years ago
County Attorney Ellen Mitchell asked County Commissioners to appoint an individual to serve on the Crime Victim Fund Board.  This fund compensates qualifying crime victims who suffer property damage and are unable to pay for repairs; the victims must cooperate with law enforcement and prosecution. Mitchell said that in the past, the fund has been used ...

9 years ago
A pilot and his passenger both walked away uninjured when they were forced to make an emergency landing in a small airplane on a rural McPherson County road Tuesday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, at 12:30 a 2007 Hawker Beechcraft model G36 aircraft took off from Eisenhower Airport in Wichita for a routine flight ...

9 years ago
Students from Southeast of Saline High School recently toured the cadaver lab and biology department at Cloud County Community College. The college offers these cadaver visits as a way to get high school students more interested in studying biology and other sciences at the college level. The students get the opportunity to meet and interact with ...

9 years ago
The University of Kansas is seeking the dismissal of a federal lawsuit that alleges administrators allowed the Student Senate to illegally cut the student newspaper's funding based on its content. The school says the case lacks merit, noting in a court filing that the University Daily Kansan now prints two days a week instead of four. ...

9 years ago
The Kansas Senate has barely approved a bill declaring that state Supreme Court justices can be impeached for attempting to usurp the Legislature's power. The vote Tuesday was 21-19 on a measure that outlines specific grounds for impeaching and removing justices. The bill goes next to the House. Supporters said they're further defining what the state constitution ...

9 years ago
Counterfeit money continues to surface in the Salina area. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, a counterfeit $50 bill was passed at the Singh Travel Plaza at 2124 N. Hedville Road. The bogus bill was passed sometime between March 14th and March 21st. The counterfeit bill was discovered Monday, in a bank deposit. ...

9 years ago
A homeless Salina man was arrested Monday in connection with vandalism in downtown Salina. Police say that 46-year-old Thomas Dunn broke windows at several downtown businessed using softball-sized rocks. Windows were broken at: Accurate Electric 501 N. Santa Fe Fuller Upholstery 619 N. Santa Fe Drains Plus 701 N. Santa Fe The windows were broken sometime late Sunday night or ...

9 years ago
A man who fell through a ceiling early Monday morning while allegedly trying to burglarize a downtown Salina business is facing additional charges after briefly escaping from custody. Salina Police Sgt. James Feldman says that 32-year-old Nicholas Briggs briefly broke away from an officer inside the police station and ran. He was quickly caught, on the ...