9 years ago
A bill in the Kansas Legislature would change the current forfeiture law and require that a person has to be convicted of a crime before the state can take their property. Kansas' current forfeiture law does not require a person to be convicted of a crime before law enforcement can take property they believe was used ...

9 years ago
Lawyers and volunteers will team up in March to help people in Wichita qualify to wipe their criminal records clean. The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/21aY727) reports that Clean Slate Day on March 4 will be free for many in the community for whom the fee is prohibitive. Local real estate agent Colby Sandlian has chipped in to ...

9 years ago
A new center aimed at creating a safe space for the LGBT community is in the first stages of becoming a reality. The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/1QlrIEi) reports that the Capital City Equality Center received 501(c)(3) status, designating it as a public charity. The center will provide a place for people to meet, share experiences and support ...

9 years ago
A warm, balmy February day in Salina was a perfect day to leap off a dock into a lake. With the air temperature in the lower 60s, and the water temperature in the upper 40s, a group of hearty volunteers  took the “Polar Plunge” Saturday. As a large crowd of well-wishers cheered them on, nearly 50 ...

9 years ago
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) - Kansas Republicans have elected a state legislator from Wichita to fill one of the state's three seats on the GOP National Committee. The party's state committee picked Representative Mark Kahrs over veteran Shawnee activist Chad Bettes on a 103-79 vote Saturday. Kahrs will replace former congressman Todd Tiahrt. The ex-congressman was elected ...

9 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The Kansas agency that represents residential and small-business customers in utility cases has hired a new consumer counsel. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the Citizens' Utility Ratepayers Board unanimously hired a new counsel on Friday. The person's name was not released but is expected to be made public on Wednesday. The board's chief consumer ...

9 years ago
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) - A Hutchinson man was sentenced to 15 years and two months in prison for killing a carnival worker at the Kansas State Fair. Michael Brisco Junior was sentenced Friday for six felonies, including reckless involuntary manslaughter. Bisco pleaded guilty last month in the September 2013 shooting death of 26-year-old Sem Adrien of ...

9 years ago
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) - Republican presidential caucuses in Kansas are shaping up as a three-way race between Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. Hundreds of GOP activists mingled Saturday with elected officials at the state GOP's biggest annual convention. It is only two weeks from March 5th presidential caucuses for both parties in Kansas. Rubio ...

9 years ago
Three area lawmakers were on hand Saturday in Salina to give an update on the 2016 Legislative Session in Topeka. A crowd of about 70 people jotted down questions and pitched them in a basket for State Representatives, Steven Johnson, Diana Dierks and J.R. Claeys to respond to during the 90-minute meeting. Much of the conversation centered ...

9 years ago
McConnell Air Force Base officials say the new Boeing KC-46A refueling tankers will arrive at the base in Wichita later than expected. The first of the new tankers, which will replace the aging KC-135 tanker, will not arrive until the spring of 2017. They originally had been expected to begin arriving early this year, which was ...

9 years ago
The University of Kansas Cancer Center is joining nearly 70 other cancer centers in sounding an alarm about the high number of children not getting the HPV vaccine. The Kansas City Star (bit.ly/1SyWl9s) reports Kansas is last in the nation in the percentage of girls who have received the vaccine, which protects against a virus that ...