9 years ago
Hutchinson residents who went to the city's law enforcement center during a tornado earlier this month were allowed to stand in the lobby but couldn't go to the basement. The Hutchinson News reports Reno County officials say no official public tornado shelter exists in Hutchinson because of liability and safety concerns. Reno County Emergency Management officials say ...

9 years ago
A man who gunned down a Topeka police officer last year will spend the rest of his life in prison. Ross Preston Lane was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole for the September 2014 death of 40-year-old Cpl. Jason Harwood. Lane pleaded guilty in July to capital murder. Harwood was shot three times after stopping ...

9 years ago
A judge has ruled that Galena's mayor and six other city officials accused of misusing public funds will be tried together. Mayor Dale Oglesby, five city council members and a former council member were indicted in June by a grand jury after the council authorized paying $100,000 in city money to settle a private lawsuit against ...

9 years ago
Charles Clifton drives his ’38 Chevy Coupe for fun – but his passion is sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ at car shows, “Everybody’s going somewhere and they need to know where they’re going to end up,” he said. Clifton travels to a couple of events each year with a group of friends who are part ...

9 years ago
The Kansas Highway Patrol began training the newest trooper recruit class in Salina earlier this month. According to the agency, KHP Class #55 reported to the Training Academy on Wednesday, July 8, where they will be for 23 weeks of training. This class marks an effort to have at least one recruit class per year, addresses ...

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The Kansas Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in November on whether the school funding law has fixed unconstitutional disparities so it provides equal educational opportunities for all students. But it will not be until spring of 2016 when it will hear the part of the appeal on whether Kansas has met its constitutional duty to ...

9 years ago
A Hutchinson woman has received a Christmas card nearly a half-century after it was mailed from neighboring Nebraska. The Christmas card that Carol Hastings received had a 6-cent stamp and was postmarked Omaha, Nebraska, on December 20th, 1968. The Hutchinson News reports the card was delivered to Hastings on Thursday — nearly 47 years late. The card ...

9 years ago
Governor Sam Brownback has stumbled in trying to build a case that teachers in Kansas are paid significantly better on average than teachers in neighboring Missouri. Brownback told reporters during a Friday news conference that teachers in Kansas are paid an average of nearly $55,000 a year. The figure includes both salary and benefits. He said teachers ...

9 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback's chief spokeswoman says he expects to outline spending cuts next week to keep Kansas' current budget balanced. Brownback spokeswoman Eileen Hawley confirmed his plans Friday as the Republican governor announced that he's expanded the duties of budget director Shawn Sullivan to help find efficiencies throughout state government. Sullivan's duties already included finding ways to ...

9 years ago
The state of Kansas is suing the U.S. Army in federal court, alleging the Army is trying to prevent the state from continuing to provide cafeteria service at Fort Riley. The state has received the federal contract worth more than $1 million since 2006. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the Kansas Department for Children and Families filed the ...

9 years ago
A medical condition may have led to a single vehicle crash and rescue on Thursday morning. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that 35-year-old Randall Witte from Lincoln, KS was injured after the pickup he was driving hit a guard rail and rolled into a ditch near the Muir Road overpass on I-70. Deputies say he was ...