9 years ago
State regulators are keeping limits on a practice associated with fracking until at least mid-March 2016 as part of their efforts to decrease the frequency and size of earthquakes in south-central Kansas. The Kansas Corporation Commission issued an order Thursday to extend restrictions on the injection of wastewater into the ground by oil and natural gas ...

9 years ago
A lawyer says an Olathe Air Force veteran and his wife who are accused of voter fraud made a mistake while they were involved in a move to Arkansas. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach's office recently filed charges against Steven Gaedtke and his wife, Betty Gaedtke. They were charged in Johnson County with misdemeanors for ...

9 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a house fire that burnt the home to the ground on the 7900 block of Whitmore, between Salina and Gypsum. Jimmy Andrew of Salina was caring for the home Tuesday night around 6:00PM, taking care of the property for his son who owns the house. When Andrew came back ...

9 years ago
If you hear a rumble coming from the Downtown Salina area tonight, it won't be thunder. It will be the sounds of the Small Town America Tour. The tour is making a Salina stop, and will perform a free outdoor concert. The show will be in the City of Salina parking lot, across the street from ...

9 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A 20-year-old woman has been charged in the death of a Wichita State University student. Eboni Fingal was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder and aggravated robbery in the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Rayan Ibrahim Baba. ...

9 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - The National Science Foundation has awarded a $4.2 million grant to research how climate change affects river systems in the U.S. and Mongolia. Half of the money from the five-year grant will support work at the University of Kansas, where ...

9 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - The U.S. Agriculture Department has awarded Kansas a $1.3 in matching funds for a program to increase the availability of ethanol blended fuels for motorists. The Kansas Corn Growers Association said in a news release Wednesday that Kansas is one of ...

9 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The spokeswoman for the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services is facing criticism over a Facebook posting in which she used the phrase "slow learners" while criticizing a proposed voter registration program. Agency Secretary Kari Bruffett said in an email Wednesday that spokeswoman Angela de Rocha's posting wasn't referring to the ...

9 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas is among relatively few states in which legislators don't provide live video or audio of at least some of their meetings to the public. Two Republican legislators have been pushing the idea in recent years. ...

9 years ago
Health officials have concerns about a proposal under consideration by the Sedgwick County Commission to ask about the immigration status of people seeking immunizations and disease screenings at the county health department clinics. They fear such a move would jeopardize the health of the entire community. Supporters say they want to collect data to see if ...

9 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas officials won't learn for weeks whether a six-week tax amnesty program raised the $30 million that legislators anticipated. Department of Revenue spokeswoman Jeannine Koranda said Tuesday that the agency is still processing paper amnesty applications. She said the department ...