10 years ago
A central Kansas man serving his first term in the Kansas House says he plans to resign this week because of health problems. Rep. J. Basil Dannebohm, a Republican from Ellinwood, says he has early-onset Parkinson's disease. He says since being sworn in on Jan. 12, he has found the pace of the Legislature exhausting and ...

10 years ago
The Kansas Senate is expected to debate this week a bill to allow residents who are 21 or older to carry concealed guns without a state permit. Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce's office says the debate should be Wednesday or Thursday. Bruce is a Nickerson Republican, and he's the measure's leading sponsor. The Senate Federal and State ...

10 years ago
Authorities say a small child was killed and another one hospitalized when fire swept through a north-central Kansas home. The children's names were not immediately released, though officials say both were younger than 5 years old. The medical status of the child who survived the Monday morning fire in 2,000-resident Belleville was not immediately clear. Officials say the ...

10 years ago
A 40-year-old woman is facing charges after authorities say she fatally struck a Newton teacher with her vehicle while the teacher was jogging last year. Kala Horton of Halstead is charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter and one count of vehicular homicide in the death of 28-year-old Crystal Stauffer. Stauffer was a physical education teacher at ...

10 years ago
Randy Berry, a 1987 graduate and member of the Bethany College board of directors, was named as the first-ever Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBT Persons by United States Secretary of State John Kerry. In a U.S. Department of State news release today, Secretary Kerry stated: “We looked far and wide to find the ...

10 years ago
A Newton woman is facing multiple theft and forgery charges. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that 49-year-old Janette Sharp was arrested on Friday after investigators learned about the misuse of a financial card. Police allege that Sharp used a 78-year old Salina man's bank card without permission to make dozens of purchases at bars and ...

10 years ago
A lawn mower engine is stolen from a storage shed in southern Saline County. Deputies say a 20-horsepower engine was taken from an outbuilding at at farmstead in the 11000 block of S. Soderburg Road sometime between 9:30am and 4:30pm on Friday. Thieves apparently cut the lock on a gate to gain access to the property. Total loss ...

10 years ago
Police are investigating a business burglary at the Eye Doctors, 436 S. Ohio, that occurred sometime between Friday at 5pm and Saturday morning at 6:30am. Police say someone forced open the south door and stole 12 pairs of Oakley brand sunglasses, and $50 in cash. Total loss and damage is listed at $2,060. Police are investigating ...

10 years ago
A Belleville man was killed, and two other people were hurt, in a single vehicle crash in Geary County Sunday. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 35-year-old Ronald Stump Jr. of Belleville was driving a 2015 Chevy Malibu headed south on Laurel Canyon Road. For an unknown reason he drove off the end of the road where ...

10 years ago
In the four decades since Oscar recipient William Inge's death, the statuette that symbolizes his success has resided in the building that houses the University of Kansas' theater program. Inge received this Oscar in 1961 for best original screenplay for "Splendor in the Grass," a story of sexual repression. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Inge was ...

10 years ago
The K-State Salina family will honor a beloved instructor who was killed in a plane crash late last year. The school is planning a special event this coming Friday to remember and honor Charlie Sojka. Sojka died back in November when a plane he was piloting crashed near Booneville, Missouri. He and his family were headed back ...