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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - The University of Kansas is planning a town hall meeting to discuss race and other matters after recent protests and resignations at the University of Missouri University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe resigned Monday amid pressure from students who said the school responded inadequately to racial problems. The university's Chancellor, R. Bowen ...

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita Park Board members have voted to keep the Confederate flag from flying at Veterans Memorial Park. Mayor Jeff Longwell ordered the flag removed in July after acknowledging community feedback to a June shooting in a Charleston, South Carolina, church. The accused shooter in that incident posted photos with the flag on ...

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College athletes are learning the power of teamwork goes beyond scoring touchdowns and winning conference titles. The Missouri football team banded together to add some high-profile heft to a campus protest that resulted in Monday's resignation of Tim Wolfe, the president of the state university system. Wolfe was under scrutiny for how he handled complaints about ...

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Gov. Sam Brownback says Kansas has "a good shot" at making its new revenue projections and avoiding a deficit in its current budget. Brownback told reporters Monday that he's hoping a new fiscal forecast will hold and, "We'll be in fine shape." University economists, legislative researchers and officials in Brownback's administration issued the new forecast Friday. It ...

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OSAGE CITY, Kan. (AP) - A Missouri man is dead after a skydiving accident in Kansas in which his parachute became entangled with that of another skydiver over the weekend. 54-year-old Mark Leslie Jungk of Platte City, Missouri, was a longtime jumper with SkyDive Kansas, which offers jumps from the Osage City Airport. SkyDive Kansas owner Jen ...

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Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and top legislators have approved $4.2 million in emergency aid for 25 public school districts after trimming back their requests. Brownback and eight top lawmakers reviewed the requests Monday under a school funding law enacted earlier this year. They approved a previous round of aid in August. The districts sought $6.5 million for ...

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Responding to false alarms for Salina Police and Salina Fire crews eats up hours of time and productivity that could be used to fight crime and fire. Salina Fire Marshal Roger Williams tells KSAL News that at least twelve members of the fire department respond when an emergency alarm sounds. "We treat every alarm as if it's ...

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A Salina bank is victim to a serious fraudulent attack that has been ongoing since July. First Bank of Kansas, located at 235 South Santa Fe, has had issues with an account opened in July. Checks have been written from one account, after a sum of money has been withdrawn from an ATM, leaving the account ...

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The car theft bug hit Salina hard over the weekend. Four vehicles were reported missing and then were recovered throughout the city from Thursday night to Saturday morning. A 1995 silver Jimmy was stolen from the 800 block of West Iron and was found unharmed on the 300 block of South Broadway Saturday morning. A ...

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A vehicle was burglarized in the Spangles parking lot at 2630 South 9th Street on Friday night. A stereo, amp and sub woofer were stolen from the red Jetta, a total loss of $950.

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Property taxes are expected to increase this year for patrons of most Kansas school districts. The projected increases come as the Kansas Supreme Court considers whether public schools are underfunded. Homeowners in most of the state's districts saw their bills for supporting schools shrink last school year after an influx of court-ordered aid ...