9 years ago
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and his allies are trying to revive their push to remake Kansas' courts by stoking public outrage after recent abortion and death penalty rulings. Brownback has repeatedly advocated overhauling how Kansas Supreme Court justices are selected, potentially giving governors and legislators have more control. He and other prominent conservative Republicans renewed their ...

9 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Kansas man has pleaded guilty to a bomb hoax that caused the disruption at the Kansas City International Airport. David James Cain of Kansas City, Kansas pleaded guilty Thursday to conveying false information. Prosecutors say Cain left his truck parked in front of Terminal B for more than an hour in ...

9 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says he'll ask the state Supreme Court to review a ruling from a lower court that blocks the state from enforcing its first-in-the-nation ban on a common second-trimester abortion procedure. The Republican attorney general said in a statement that Friday's ruling from the Kansas Court of Appeals ...

9 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has received an award from a national anti-abortion group as a court in his state blocked enforcement of the law that prompted the honor. Brownback's office confirmed that he was in Washington on Friday to receive the award from the New York-based National Pro-Life Religious Council. The council honored ...

9 years ago
Weather, work, family commitments, and just sheer luck can have a lot to do with how much time you spend hunting during the season. If you’re looking to end your hunting seasons on a high note, or just want to see your dog work one more time before stowing away your gear, consider participating in ...

9 years ago
The people of Salina have declared "Peace."  The votes have been counted, and “Daughters of Peace” is Salina’s favorite sculpture. “Daughters of Peace”, located in the 200 Block of South Santa Fe, is the 2015 Sculpture Tour Salina People’s Choice Award winner. The sculpture by Benjamin Victor from South Dakota, depicts the daughters of a Native ...

9 years ago
She's been all over Kansas ...again! Marci Penner with the Kansas Sampler Foundation is working on the second edition of the Kansas Guidebook for Explorers. "The last four years we've been going to every town in the state," Penner told listeners Friday on the KSAL Morning News. "There's only 626 towns and we added 130 unincorporated little burgs ...

9 years ago
After a month of of surveillance, the Drug Task Force has arrested two people in conjunction with a meth lab in residential Salina. Sean Muchow, 26, and Stacy Humphrey, 30, were arrested yesterday from the 1900 block of Dover.  Between December 22 and January 20, the Drug Task Force ran five controlled buys from the residence. ...

9 years ago
A Salina man was arrested yesterday after holding a woman at knife point outside her front door yesterday afternoon. 26-year-old Douglas Burdine of Salina allegedly went to a female acquaintance's house yesterday around 12:30. He held a knife up to her neck, and then she started calling for help. Burdine then pushed his victim into her ...

9 years ago
UPDATE: Ryan Howser has been charged with a second case of burglary and theft. Howser allegedly broke into Callabresi using a key on January 12, and stole $23 cash, a drafting and scaling pen, a Trane heat pump, thermostats and a Snickers bar. Howser was charged after surveillance footage was uncovered in the business. ORIGINAL POST: A Salina man ...

9 years ago
The highest court in Kansas has struck down a Wichita voter-approved ordinance that reduces penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana. The Kansas Supreme Court issued its ruling Friday. The case has been closely watched by activists in other Kansas communities who are considering similar voter-led initiatives if state lawmakers continue to block reform of marijuana ...