9 years ago
Kansas lawmakers automatically are getting an 8.5 percent raise in their per diem allowance. The  raise is because of a state law that increased lawmakers' daily "subsistence payments" by more than 28 percent through the past seven years. The Legislature set it up in 2008 so members' per diem rises with a federal allowance. The per diem ...

9 years ago
Another arrest has been made in the vehicle burglary from October 20 where a handgun was stolen from the 200 block of Clark Street. Timothy Collins, 18 of Salina, was arrested after police were contacted about an alleged wreck. When police showed up to the site, there was no wreck, and stopped a white pickup ...

9 years ago
One missing phone is recovered and another was stolen. A Salina woman who left her phone in a shopping cart at Dillons on West Crawford found hers from a Facebook post. Keira Flippen, 15, was found to be in possession of the device and has been referred to court. Another phone was stolen from Lakewood ...

9 years ago
Two people were brought to Salina Regional by ambulence yesterday after a wreck on I-70EB. Esther Ortiz-Rosario, 45 of Tampa, FL, was driving Emma Rosario-Francisco, 73 of Tampa, in a 2002 Dodge Caravan. The Caravan was struck from behind by a silver Toyota Camry trying to merge onto the highway. The driver of the Camry, ...

9 years ago
A missing man from Lindsborg was found dead yesterday south of Salina on a property along Old Highway 81. Christopher Howell, 25, was reported missing in August by a sister. The sister brought Howell to the Ambassy Hotel on West Crawford in May to board a bus to visit another sibling in Oregon. In August, when the ...

9 years ago
Dr. Beth Clarkson has been providing data analysis to manufacturing and service industries for over 30-years and says patterns of recent elections in Kansas and elsewhere should be investigated. "There are trends and patterns in the data that should not be there, but that would be expected if the machines were being rigged," Dr. Clarkson said. The ...

9 years ago
Kansas' teacher shortage is expected to continue. Kansas Board of Education member Kathy Busch tells KWCH that the shortage will likely get worse before it gets better. Busch notes that a recent education job fair in Emporia attracted 102 school districts seeking to hire, but only 78 people looking for jobs showed up to the event. ...

9 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - A 43-year-old Lawrence woman has been charged with felony mistreatment of a dependent adult after allegedly stealing money from a woman for whom she had durable power of attorney. An affidavit accuses Jennifer Ann York of cashing Billie Jean Shewbart's Certificate of Deposit for nearly $27,000 and spending most of the money ...

9 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Kansas City area hospitals are denying cannabis oil recommendations for people with severe epilepsy even though the state of Missouri passed a law last year allowing the drug to be used for such issues. No hospitals in the area will allow their doctors to write a recommendation for the medicine, also ...

9 years ago
Ottawa University is mourning the loss of a student athlete. According to the college, sophomore Samuel (Sam) Brazeal was killed in a motor vehicle accident in Franklin County on Wednesday morning. Brazeal, an education major from Perrin, Texas, was a starting offensive lineman on the OU football team. "This is a very sad day for Ottawa University as we ...

9 years ago
Returning from three days of meetings in Wichita, County Commissioners agreed that “trust” plays a crucial role in government interactions. Commissioner Dave Smith cited the need to strengthen trust between the Commission and Sheriff’s Department. Others commented that the Legislature’s 2015 actions placing a “tax lid” on Counties damaged trust between them. Commissioners Jim Gile, John ...