10 years ago
Police have a known suspect in an aggravated sexual battery that happened yesterday afternoon. A woman in her 20's living in east Salina is the alleged victim, who claims her aggressor threatened her with a machete. The suspect was an acquaintance of the woman.

10 years ago
Salina police are investigating a theft on the 600 block of Steahlin Road. A safe was damaged in the residency and the victim's coin collection was stolen. The safe damage is valued at $500 and the coin collection is valued at $5,000. Police say that the suspect is known.

10 years ago
The Kansas State University Police Department is investigating an animal cruelty case. According to the agency, officers were called on Sunday to a report of a deceased cow at the Purebred Beef Unit. Further investigation found the deceased cow had been shot. Anyone with information regarding this crime are encouraged to contact the K-State Police Department at ...

10 years ago
Lobbyists have spent more than $500,000 entertaining Kansas lawmakers so far this year. Kansas law prohibits lobbyists from making campaign donations during the session and limits their spending to $100 on lawmaker gifts. But Kansas doesn't limit the amount of food and drink a lobbyist can buy lawmakers. Lobbyists have spent more than $500,000 since January treating ...

10 years ago
The University of Kansas won't give out employee raises while there's still a chance for last-minute state budget cuts. Provost Jeff Vitter says the university budgeted midyear, merit-based salary increases for select employees that would comprise about 1 percent of the university's salary budget. Vitter wrote in a recent memo to university faculty and staff that extending ...

10 years ago
A legal fight is brewing over the $20.6 million estate of a western Kansas man whose will was changed shortly before his January 2013 death. At issue is a letter typed on 98-year-old Earl O. Field's stationary that said he had decided to strip the Fort Hays State University Foundation as the primary beneficiary and instead ...

10 years ago
Kansas is getting nearly $5.6 million from the federal government to help people who are having trouble finding jobs get into work or training. The grant from the Workforce Innovation Fund will pay for on-the-job training, job preparation and placement services. It also will go toward developing an online portal for people looking for help with ...

10 years ago
It was a blessing to be at Rolling Hills Zoo Saturday afternoon, literally. The animals, and many of their keepers, were blessed. Father Benjamin Thomas from Christ Cathedral performed blessings on many of the animals throughout the zoo. Father Benjamin visited and blessed the big cats, the painted dogs, the reptiles, the primates, the camels, the ...

10 years ago
Attorneys for Kansas school districts suing the state over its school funding formula have asked the Kansas Supreme Court to lift a stay on a lower court ruling, but the state responded that the lower court failed to properly evaluate the case. The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/1Vt152v) reports a three-judge panel found the state's newly enacted strategy ...

10 years ago
Kansas congressman Tim Huelskamp says the next U.S. House speaker faces rebuilding the trust of his fellow conservatives. Huelskamp said Friday in an interview that he hasn't yet endorsed a candidate to replace outgoing Speaker John Boenher next month. Huelskamp is a tea party favorite who represents the 1st District of western and central Kansas and has ...

10 years ago
Hundreds of state workers have been shuffled into new positions at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and other agencies. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that documents show Gov. Sam Brownback ordered the moves based on a study the effected workers haven't seen. Kansas Organization of State Employees director Rebecca ...