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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Doctors have concluded a 17-month-old girl died of severe child abuse after being left in the care of her mother's boyfriend. A police document released Monday says hospital staff found bruises and bite marks on the girl's body, swelling and bleeding of her brain, a fractured leg and a cut in one ...

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By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - A district attorney says more charges are likely in the investigation of a missing 7-year-old boy and unidentified human remains found on his father's property. Michael A. Jones - a 44-year-old who works as a bail bondsman in Topeka - made his first court appearance Monday on charges ...

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A special legislative committee studying options for reformatting K-12 public education funding in Kansas is preparing to review conflicting research studies. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the 15-member committee's task is to lay the foundation of a new school finance formula. The Kansas Policy Institute is pushing a report that points to the inability ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Public records advocates are pushing for state legislators to bring the Kansas Open Records Act regarding disclosure of police records more in line with open record laws in other states. The Lawrence Journal-World reports changes in the law are supported by Harold and Alberta Leach, the Kansas Press Association, the Kansas Association ...

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The University of Kansas' chancellor says hiring a new provost and addressing campus concerns about race are among her top priorities. Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little was hired by the university in 2009. She says it is expected to take six to nine months to hire a new provost. A national search will be conducted to find a ...

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It was a busy Thanksgiving weekend for Kansas State Troopers. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, troopers wrote over 450 tickets, gave out over 250 warnings, and worked multiple crashes. Among the crashes, four involved fatalities.  None of these crashes were DUI-related. The reporting period for the holiday weekend ran from 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 26, 2015, ...

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Salina Police made two unrelated arrests over the Thanksgiving weekend after victims were stabbed or cut by knives on three separate occasions. Officers arrested 45-year-old Michael Ray Gradig on Saturday after an argument turned violent in the 500 block of South 4th. Police say Mary Canaday was transported to the hospital after Gradig allegedly cut her on ...

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Police say a couple of motorcycles and tools were stolen from a locked shed in the 600 block of North 13th. Police say someone forced a door open and took a 1997 Yamaha 250 cc motorcycle, 2005 PW 80 motorcycle, 90 amp welder, air compressor and assorted tools. Total loss and damage is listed at ...

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An inmate found hanging in a Saline County Jail cell last week has died. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that  49-year-old John J. Tripp of Keystone, Florida died on Sunday, November 29th after staff at Salina Regional Health Center turned off life support. The Sheriff's Office says Tripp was transported to the hospital November 22nd after ...

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A Salina man was arrested on charges of raping a girl that links back to incidents that took place in 2008, and up to the present. Police arrested 32-year-old Steven Lee Brown last week after a family member told officers about the alleged events that took place in a central Salina home with a juvenile female. Police ...

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Saline County Sheriff's deputies worked two injury crashes over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. According to Sheriff Glen Kocahnowski, officers responded to 10 slide off noninjury accidents - plus two crashes where occupants and drivers were hurt. Deputies report that 51-year-old Diana Thompson broke her left kneecap in a two vehicle crash on Friday morning just before 11am ...