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 ...

9 years ago
MAPLETON, Kan. (AP) - A small community in Kansas that lost its natural gas service earlier this year hopes a federal grant to update their heating systems will come before temperatures drop this winter. Kansas Public Radio reports that the grant would pay for the ...

9 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - 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. ...

9 years ago
SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) - A suburban Kansas City man faces federal charges in an Overland Park bank robbery. The U.S. attorney's office says 19-year-old Mamoudou M. Kaba, of Shawnee, was indicted Wednesday on one count of bank robbery and one count of brandishing a firearm ...

10 years ago
Kansas schoolchildren are faring worse on a test known as the nation's report card. The state's performance dip follows a national trend of falling scores on the National Assessment of Educational progress or NAEP. The scores were released Wednesday. They show that the math scores of Kansas fourth and eighth graders slipped over the last two ...

10 years ago
Salina's Downtown will come alive on Friday afternoon from 4pm to 5:30pm as trick-or-treaters visit Santa Fe businesses during the annual Boo-Rama event. Penny Bettles with Downtown Salina tells KSAL News that a large crowd is expected on Friday as merchants open up bags of treats for hundreds of children the day before Halloween. "It's ...

10 years ago
Kenny's Auto Body on 615 East Pacific housed two cars that were damaged last Friday. Both vehicles had the steering column damaged indicating the perpetrator attempted to steal them; the total repairs are estimated at $800.