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The Kansas Lottery says someone who purchased a Super Kansas Cash lottery ticket in northeast Kansas is holding a $1.8 million jackpot winner. Lottery officials say a ticket matched all five numbers and the Super Cashball on Monday night. The last mega-jackpot in the Super Kansas Cash lottery was paid on Feb. 9 when a Merriam ...

10 years ago
Kansas legislators are reopening their debate over requiring body cameras for police, and a key Republican says he's determined to resolve issues that kept lawmakers from enacting such a policy. Local officials and law enforcement groups remained concerned Tuesday about the potential costs and limiting access to the recordings. Such proposals have been a response to the ...

10 years ago
Kansas corn and soybean crops were generally in good shape last week as farmers got into their fields an average of 5.7 days. The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service says temperatures were above normal in the eastern half of the state and below normal in the west for the week ended Sunday. Most of the state received ...

10 years ago
Kansas legislators are concerned about lower-than-anticipated sales tax collections by the state over the past few months. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that a budget study committee's members quizzed legislative staff members Monday about possible explanations. Possibilities they discussed included online sales, a softness in the national economy and Kansas City-area consumers driving to Missouri to make purchases. Republican ...

10 years ago
A Salina man has been arrested in connection with an alleged forgery. Police say that 27-year-old Patrick Dale cashed a $500 check that did not belong to him. The check was a refund check from Saline County. The check was being sent to a 35-year-old woman who had moved. It was sent to her previous address instead ...

10 years ago
A Salina man was arrested Monday in connection with an alleged incident that happened back in early in July in the emergency room at Salina Regional Health Center. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that 20-year-old Haydyn Best made suicidal statements as he was being arrested back on July 5th. He was being arrested following an ...

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Another suspect has been arrested and charged in the October robbery and slaying of 20-year-old Pittsburg State University student Taylor Thomas. 25-year-old Juan Salas-Rueda was arrested Friday in Wheaton, Missouri, on charges of felony murder, aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary and obstruction of the capture and prosecution of suspect, Bryan Bridges, whose whereabouts remain unknown to authorities. According ...

10 years ago
Police are conducting a search along railroad tracks and a wooded area near Derby for a 4-month-old boy who was last seen with his father. The search began Monday near 55th Street South and K-15, Wichita police confirmed. K-9 units along with the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Department were called in to support the search. Police say Vincent ...

10 years ago
Kansas legislators are concerned about lower-than-anticipated sales tax collections by the state over the past few months. A budget study committee's members quizzed legislative staff members Monday about possible explanations. Possibilities they discussed included online sales, a softness in the national economy and Kansas City-area consumers driving to Missouri to make purchases. Republican Sen. Jim Denning of Overland ...

10 years ago
Seven young basketball players in Wichita for a weekend tournament are arrested after police say they went on an assault spree over the weekend. The boys were from Minneapolis, Minnesota, and ranged in age from 12 to 18 years old. Police say they were in town for the Mid America Youth Basketball tournament. Police spokesman Lt. James ...

10 years ago
The Immunize Kansas Coalition says teenagers in Kansas are among the least likely to be vaccinated against human papillomavirus. Coalition chairman John Eplee says only 21 percent of teens in Kansas have received all three doses of the vaccine to protect against HPV, which was one of the lowest rates in the country in 2013. The ...