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The Kansas Legislature is back in session. The full House and Senate returned to work in Topeka on Wednesday. Legislators have plenty of unfinished business, including balancing the next state budget. They must close a $422 million shortfall for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Salina Representative J.R. Claeys sat down with KSAL News in Topeka on ...

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A fraternity at the University of Kansas has kicked out four members after a video posted on social media showed someone mocking Muslims. Zeta Beta Tau chapter president Jason Finkelstein said Wednesday that the traditionally Jewish fraternity learned of the video April 10 and expelled the members the next day. He said it appears the clip ...

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Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and top GOP legislators are at odds over reconsidering an income tax break for business owners enacted by lawmakers three years ago. Senate President Susan Wagle of Wichita and House Taxation Committee Chairman Marvin Kleeb of Overland Park said Wednesday that a reconsideration of the policy will get a serious look. Brownback and ...

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Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts has been elected chairman of the commission working to build a memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower near the National Mall. Roberts, a Republican from Eisenhower's home state, was elected Wednesday during a meeting of the Eisenhower Memorial Commission at the Capitol. California Democratic Rep. Mike Thompson was elected vice chairman. Former chairman ...

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The Kansas Highway Patrol is offering a reward in a case that involves tampering with agency vehicles. This past weekend troopers discovered missing or loose lug nuts on several patrol vehicles. On two particular vehicles, all lug nuts were loose or missing on all four of the tires. On one specific vehicle, one tire had two ...

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Authorities say a 13-year-old boy has drowned in a river in eastern Kansas. The Coffey County Sheriff's Office says in a news release that Matthew Edwards of Burlington drowned Tuesday evening in the Neosho River in Burlington. Numerous agencies responded to the river and worked for about an hour to recover the teenager from the water. Details about ...

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A Salina man is arrested after attacking a bar patron and a staff member at the Rendezvous Bar on North Santa Fe. Staff told officers that 35-year-old Lucas Chase was asked to leave the establishment by a female bartender on Tuesday night just before 10pm. Police say Chase became violent when  a customer tried to encourage him ...

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The body of a deceased man found in downtown Salina Tuesday, has been taken to Kansas City for an autopsy to determine the cause of death. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that the owner of a property at 218 S. 4th Street discovered the body lying in a lean-to shed at about 2:55pm Tuesday ...

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Sheriff Glen Kochanowski is asking Saline County Commissioners for more security cameras in the jail after the recent discovery of a hole in a jail cell ceiling - dug out by an inmate. "We have never had enough staff. We have never had what I consider enough cameras to cover all the areas," Kochanowski said. "When you ...

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A Salina elementary school will have a new principal to beging the school year next fall. According USD 305 Public Schools, Angela Dorzweiler will be the Oakdale Elementary School Principal effective July 2015. Dorzweiler has been a public educator for 12 years, most recently serving as lead teacher at Schilling Elementary School since the fall of 2009. ...

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Military representatives from more than 30 countries are visiting Fort Riley this week. The officers will continue their visit Wednesday as a part of the "Spring 2015 Foreign Military Attaché Orientation" event, which will last until Thursday. The officers will have the opportunity to interact with Fort Riley soldiers and learn about the installation. The group will tour ...