9 years ago
Authorities say a 30-year-old man has drowned at Perry Lake in northeast Kansas. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office has identified the man as Jeremy Welch, of Bonner Springs. He jumped into the lake Saturday night and didn't resurface. Sheriff Jeff Herrig says the drowning happened at Party Cove, which is a popular spot for boaters to gather ...

9 years ago
A Kansas man accused of plotting a suicide bomb attack at the Wichita airport will soon face his punishment. U.S. District Judge Monti Belot is scheduled to sentence Terry L. Loewen on Monday. The 60-year-old man pleaded guilty in June to attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. He struck a deal with prosecutors for a ...

9 years ago
A small piece of native prairie tucked away on the University of Kansas campus will be restored this year. The Prairie Acre, which is actually only one-third of an acre, has never been tilled, plowed or shoveled. It sits behind Blake Hall. The land has been a campus landmark since 1932. But it is overrun with non-native ...

9 years ago
The future of a tiny central Kansas town is uncertain after no one ran in an election to pick its leaders or apparently even voted. With no mayor or city council, the town of Frederick was unable to submit a budget that was due Tuesday to Rice County officials. County Clerk Alicia Showalter says no one in ...

9 years ago
Five months after a new law for funding public schools took effect in Kansas, legislators and education officials are talking about drafting another one next year. The interest comes from critics of this year's changes in how the state distributes more than $4 billion in aid to 286 school districts - but also from Republican lawmakers ...

9 years ago
Saint Francis Community Services will mark the opening of a new state-of-the art Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility on Thursday, with an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony at 5097 W. Cloud Street. Members of the community are invited to the 1:30 p.m. event to view the building and take a guided tour of the facility. The 40-bed, ...

9 years ago
It's another sign of a re-vitalized and remodeled Salina Downtown. The Townsite Lofts, 10 newly renovated loft apartments located at 131 N. Santa Fe in the Townsite Building, are set to open. The 10 lofts are located on two upper levels of the multi-story downtown building, 8 on the second floor and 2 on the mezzanine ...

9 years ago
A Hutchinson teenager charged as an adult with setting a fire that killed his mother and sister has declined to take a plea deal. The attorney for 16-year-old Samuel Vonachen says he will pursue a defense of mental disease or defect. The Hutchinson News reports prosecutors offered to allow Vonachen to plead guilty to first-degree murder and ...

9 years ago
A Kansas judge is suggesting that the independence of the state's courts is at stake in a dispute over an administrative policy imposed on them by legislators. An attorney for District Judge Larry Solomon of Kingman County on Friday asked District Judge Larry Hendricks of Shawnee County to strike down a 2014 law changing who selects ...

9 years ago
Kansas and Nebraska will extend for one year an agreement that allows Nebraska to pump more of its share of the Republican River while ensuring Kansas eventually gets all the water it is due. The Republican River Compact Administration, which includes Colorado, announced the agreement Thursday. It extends similar agreements reached for the past two growing ...

9 years ago
Salina police are investigating a home burglary that happened late Wednesday night on South 11th St. The burglar broke into the garage and stole fishing poles and equipment, a Husquavarna chain saw and two saws for a total loss of $1,260. No arrests have been made, and the case remains under investigation. ...