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A woman who was killed in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 70 has been identified as a Fort Riley soldier. The  military installation identified the victim Tuesday as Pfc. Coral Lynn Clark. The 24-year-old was a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist from Fort Worth, Texas. Clark joined the Army in March 2014. She was assigned to ...

9 years ago
HAYS, Kan. (AP) - The bodies of two workers have been recovered from a sewage trench that collapsed in the Ellis County city of Hays. Hays Director of Finance Kim Rupp said that emergency crews responded to a 911 call shortly after 1:30 p.m. Tuesday and found three people trapped in the collapsed trench. Rupp said the ...

9 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas is reporting that it collected $54 million less in taxes than anticipated in February, and the shortfall creates new budget complications. The report Tuesday from the state Department of Revenue came only two weeks after the Republican-dominated Legislature passed a bill to eliminate a projected budget deficit of nearly $200 million ...

9 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Republican Gov. Sam Brownback has cut higher education spending by $17 million in response to a shortfall in tax collections for February. Brownback announced Tuesday that he ordered a 3 percent cut in the higher education system's allocation of state tax dollars under this fiscal year's budget. The Board of Regents and ...

9 years ago
Saline County Commissioners approved the purchase of two SUV and two 12 passenger vans for the Sheriff’s Office, in the amount of $127,258, with trade-ins. Commissioners studied ten “Requests for Action” involving aggregate, aggregate hauling, traffic paint, glass beads, road signs, traffic signs, bridge decking, bridge planks, corrugated metal pipe, and crack sealing projects. In changes ...

9 years ago
A fund has been established to help a single mother who lost everything when her home was destroyed by a fire last week. On Wednesday a fire destroyed a mobile home on N. 13th Street. A 3-year-old boy was killed in that fire, and two siblings and his grandmother were hurt. That fire spread to two other ...

9 years ago
A Kansas Senate bill would allow cities and nonprofit organizations to gain temporary ownership of abandoned houses to rehabilitate them. The measure would change the definition of abandoned property to include blighted real estate that has been unoccupied for a year. Critics worry the measure would unfairly target disadvantaged people who can't afford to maintain their homes. Under ...

9 years ago
They stand bigger than life on many small town water towers or grace the Welcome Sign near the edge of town - sports mascots are part of the history of many Kansas communities. "There's over 60 high schools in the state of Kansas that have a unique mascot, and I deem unique being the only one ...

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A counterfeit bill and a stolen trailer highlight Tuesday's Salina Crime Log. Counterfeit money continues to surface in Salina. Police say that a counterfeit $5 bill was discovered in a deposit at The Bennington State Bank at 200 S. 9th Street. The bill was discovered Monday afternoon between 2:30 and 3:00. Multiple deposits were made during ...

9 years ago
A stabbing early Monday morning led to the arrest of two women, including both the victim and the accused stabber. Salina Police Captain Chris Trocheck says that at around 6:30 Monday morning 18-year-old Jenifer Sharp was stabbed during an altercation over property. Police arrested 25-year-old Jamie Wood in connection with the stabbing. Sharp was transported to Salina Regional ...

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Kansas officials will learn soon whether the state's tax collections in February fell short of expectations. The report due Tuesday from the Department of Revenue could complicate the state's budget picture. It comes only two weeks after the Republican-dominated Legislature passed a bill that closes a projected deficit of nearly $200 million for the fiscal year ...