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Alpha Media radio station News Radio 1150 KSAL was honored Monday as the Kansas Association of Broadcasters Medium Market Radio Station of the Year. The association handed out its 2015 Awards of Excellence during a banquet at the Oread Hotel on the campus of the University of Kansas Monday night. KSAL staff members earned 11 awards. According ...

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Efforts to reform the juvenile justice system in Kansas are gaining new momentum with the launch this week of a grassroots campaign. Kansans United for Youth Justice on Tuesday released a report outlining problems and proposing reforms. Kansas ranks eighth in the nation for its overuse for the confinement of youth even ...

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The Saline County Commission reviewed proposed by-laws for a soon-to-be-formed committee to address jail recidivism. The by-laws are modeled on ones developed for the newly formed Health Advisory Council. As proposed, the Director of Community Corrections would serve as a voting chair of the committee; Annie Grevas currently holds this position. A County Commissioner (likely Dave ...

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — An advocacy group has announced plans to try to recall a Sedgwick County commissioner who wants to prohibit people in the U.S. illegally from participating in a federal nutrition program in Kansas. The Wichita Eagle reports the Immigration Advocacy Network announced Monday it'll seek to recall Sedgwick County Commission Chair Richard Ranzau ...

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Officials say a female student was found dead in her room on the Wichita State University campus. According to university spokesman Joe Kleinsasser, the student was found Monday evening and no foul play is suspected. The student's identity has not been released pending notification of her family. Wichita State University's police department and ...

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A Salina man was arrested yesterday on warrant for a laundry list of alleged sexual crimes against a preteen. Christopher Hitchcock, 40 of Salina, allegedly sexually molested a preteen girl on many different occasions and took photographs without the victim's knowledge starting in August 2012 and ended in August 2015. The Department of Child and Family Services ...

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A hefty business theft at a Salina business leaves owners at a huge loss. Kejr Inc. at 607 North Broadway was broken into over the weekend and over $21,000 worth of equipment was stolen. Among the various tools stolen, the largest price tag in missing equipment is a Komatsu fork lift valued at $17,000. ...

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Salina police arrested two Salina men this morning for crimes ranging from possession of drug paraphernalia to theft and burglary. Joshua Angley, 34, and Steven Bishop, 26, were spotted by Salina PD on the 800 block of North 8th Street around 2AM with a brown purse on the ground near them. Suspicious, the officer began to ...

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The University of Kansas has announced the resignation of the director of the office that investigates sexual violence reports on campus. Jane McQueeny has resigned from her job as director of the university's Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access. Her last day was Friday. The office was created in 2012 to investigate reports of sexual violence and ...

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Kansas farmers are getting closer to finishing their planting of the 2016 winter wheat crop. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that 82 percent of the wheat has now been planted. That is close to average at this point in the season. Meanwhile, another ...

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OLATHE, Kan. (AP) - A 59-year-old suburban Kansas City man faces charges accusing him of hitting two police officers with his car. The officers weren't seriously hurt in the incident Sunday in Overland Park. The Kansas City Star reports Verton ...