10 years ago
State employees who are married to someone of the same sex can't yet put their spouses on their health insurance policies, but local government workers in Lawrence have been doing it for years. The city of Lawrence, Douglas County and the Lawrence School district all offer family benefits to employees, their spouses and domestic partners, regardless ...

10 years ago
Kansas could lose its Amtrak service unless funding is found to satisfy a federal requirement to install positive train control systems along its lines by the end of the year. Most of the tracks along the 2,200-mile Southwest Chief line are owned by other railroads that are paying for the upgrades. But the owner of one ...

10 years ago
Officials are declaring more disasters in Kansas in recent years. But it's unclear whether severe weather is more common, because weather watchers are doing a better job of documenting some events, such as small tornadoes. Data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency showed 29 disasters were declared in Kansas from 2004 to 2013, the last year ...

10 years ago
Authorities are investigating after a car explosion in Soldier Township in Topeka peeled back the roof of a car and sent two people to the hospital. State Fire Marshal's Office investigations chief Rose Rozmiarek says emergency crews and law enforcement responded Sunday morning to an explosion inside a vehicle in the Oakland Expressway bridge. Authorities said ...

10 years ago
Saline County Jail Bookings 7-6-2015. Photos and information are gathered from the Saline County Sheriff’s Office. All individuals are innocent of crimes unless they have been convicted in a court of law. No representation is made as to the guilt or innocence of said persons. The Salina Media Group assumes no legal liability or responsibility ...

10 years ago
A flight headed from Las Vegas to Baltimore was forced to make an unplanned stop in Salina. About 140 passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight Thursday evening, flying from Las Vegas to Baltimore endured a long 24 hours after the plane had to divert to the Salina Regional Airport. Las Vegas TV Station KSNV reports that Southwest ...

10 years ago
Concerns about the quantity and quality of the U.S. winter wheat crop and an El Nino weather pattern blamed for dry conditions in other wheat producing nations have sparked a recent run up in wheat prices. Normally, the flood of grain coming in at harvest time drives down crop prices. That is a sobering prospect given ...

10 years ago
Saline County Jail Bookings 7-5-2015. Photos and information are gathered from the Saline County Sheriff’s Office. All individuals are innocent of crimes unless they have been convicted in a court of law. No representation is made as to the guilt or innocence of said persons. The Salina Media Group assumes no legal liability or responsibility ...

10 years ago
Workers have been scrambling to ready flood-damaged Kansas parks for an expected onslaught of Fourth of July visitors. Linda Lanterman is state park director for the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism. She says waters are receding and conditions are "looking good," despite a few trouble spots that include some closed swim beaches and docks. ...

10 years ago
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has issued a warning of high levels of toxic blue-green algae for six lakes. The agency said Thursday the lakes under warning status are in Brown, Sedgwick, Jewell, Marion, Barton and Rooks counties. The environmental agency said in a statement that boating and fishing on the lakes under warning are ...

10 years ago
Saline County Jail Bookings 7-4-2015. Photos and information are gathered from the Saline County Sheriff’s Office. All individuals are innocent of crimes unless they have been convicted in a court of law. No representation is made as to the guilt or innocence of said persons. The Salina Media Group assumes no legal liability or responsibility ...