9 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - A northeast Kansas daily newspaper that has been owned by the same family for nearly 125 years is being sold to a different family-owned operation based in West Virginia. Lawrence Journal-World Editor Dolph C. Simons Jr. on Friday announced the pending sale to Ogden Newspapers Inc., which publishes 40 daily newspapers, several ...

9 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The Kansas Board of Regents has voted not to raise the salaries of five of the six state university CEOs for fiscal 2017. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the board also voted Thursday to raise the base salary of Pittsburg State University President Steve Scott by 2 percent. His raise will come ...

9 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A judge has ruled that a 17-year-old can be tried as an adult in a Topeka killing. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the decision to move the case against Christopher Shawn Pattillo to adult court was made Thursday in Shawnee County. Patillo was 16 in April when Brian Miller was fatally shot. ...

9 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A Kansas judge is standing by his earlier ruling that Secretary of State Kris Kobach has no legal right to bar people who register to vote using a federal form from voting in local and state elections. This week, Shawnee County District Judge Franklin Theis (Tice) rejected Kobach's request to reconsider his ...

9 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - A fired University of Kansas assistant professor is claiming anti-German discrimination and a hostile work environment in a civil rights lawsuit against the school. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Catherine Joritz is asking the court to reinstate her in the suit filed this week in Douglas County District Court. Issues arose when students ...

9 years ago
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) - Harris Enterprises has announced plans to sell its six newspapers. John Montgomery, vice president of Harris Enterprises and publisher of The Hutchinson News, announced Friday that the company's newspapers are up for sale. The Hutchinson-based company said it has hired a firm to sell the chain. Bruce Buchanan, president of Harris Enterprises, said ...

9 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A Kansas lawmaker has stirred up the debate over education funding with a brief history lesson about school finance and the state's founding. Republican Sen. Greg Smith of Overland Park distributed a computer run showing how state aid to school districts would have been distributed under language on public education originally included ...

9 years ago
Health officials are warning people of toxic levels of blue-green algae in several lakes. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has issued health warnings for Cheney Lake in south-central Kansas, the Sebelius Reservoir in northwest Kansas and the Marion Reservoir in central Kansas. The health warning for the Marion Reservoir does not include Marion County ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a white male suspect who passed a counterfeit $100 bill at Popeyes Chicken at 2125 N. 9th on Thursday afternoon and stole the change. Police say he ordered a $12 meal and paid with the bogus bill. He then entered Starbucks Coffee in the same complex and attempted to purchase a $6 ...

9 years ago
A Salina man is arrested after his manager discovered him stealing a mattress and box springs from the store. Police arrested 22-year-old Michael McDaniel on Thursday for allegedly loading a Serta mattress and box springs into his truck at Sears, 2259 S. 9th. The set, valued at $2,099 was recovered.

9 years ago
Authorities say a train has struck and killed a man in central Kansas. The Newton Kansan reports that the man was killed Friday morning in Newton. Police say investigators are working to identify the man who had no identification with him when he died. The Kansas Highway Patrol is assisting with the investigation.