10 years ago
The Kansas Corporation Commission has agreed to endorse Westar Energy's $78 million increase in annual electric rates. Three members of the rate-setting KCC agreed to the plan Tuesday. Once the deal is finalized, households in Westar's territory can expect to see monthly bills rise $5 to $7. Adjustments contained in the plan are expected to take effect ...

10 years ago
The governors of South Carolina and Kansas are threatening to sue the Obama administration if detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are brought to military installations in either state. In a letter Tuesday, Govs. Nikki Haley and Sam Brownback told Defense Secretary Ash Carter they are prepared to take "any action within our power" to stop the ...

10 years ago
Shawnee County leaders are weighing if they should release the ashes of people the county paid to cremate to their family. County coroner Charles Glenn says the county cremates the bodies of an estimated 15 people free of charge annually, because they have no family, their family lacks the money ...

10 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University is victim to a theft in Peters Science Hall that happened over the weekend. An Optiplex 7010 computer, a 19 inch Dell monitor and a ten foot network cable were stolen from room 217. The total loss is valued at $2,179.

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a possible arson at the 2700 block of North 5th Street. Charles Cline, 63, is the owner of the twenty-two hay bales that caught fire Monday. Each hay bale is valued at $65, making the total loss $1,130. Jacob Palmer, 29, saw the flame when returning a tow truck, and called ...

10 years ago
A Salina man is missing over $1,000 worth of electronic equipment after it was stolen from his van outside of Chuck's Bar at 600 N. Santa Fe Ave. last night. A black briefcase filled with $1,000 of electronic tools, a Dell laptop with accessories valued at $225 and a black canvas bag were stolen from ...

10 years ago
Bond has been set at  $1 million for a 17-year-old boy who is charged as an adult in connection with the shooting death of a Salina South High School student. Andrew Woodring was back in court Tuesday morning, a day after it was decided that he will face charges as an adult. Woodring appeared in front ...

10 years ago
It was the final swim of the season Monday evening at Salina's Kenwood Cove water park, and it went to the dogs. Literally. Kenwood Cove stayed open a week later than usual this year, opening for evening water walking in the evenings on the final weekdays. The water park then opened over the weekend. It closed ...

10 years ago
Several school districts in Kansas get less than half the emergency aid they were seeking under measures a state panel approved. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports 38 districts, including some of the state's largest, were vying for $12.3 million in emergency funds that had been allotted by lawmakers for this purpose last March. The districts had submitted ...

10 years ago
A 17-year-old boy who is one of 6 people accused in the shooting death of a Salina South High School student will face charges as an adult. Andrew Woodring appeared in  court in Salina Monday afternoon, in front of Judge Renee Young. Young had been contemplating her decision following a hearing a couple of weeks ago. Judge ...

10 years ago
Top election officials in Kansas and Sedgwick County have asked a court to block the release of voting machine tapes sought by a Wichita mathematician who is researching statistical anomalies in election counts. Secretary of State Kris Kobach argued in a court filing made public Monday that the records sought by Wichita State University mathematician Beth ...