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A Salina water utility with long-running problems has been fined $1,000 and the Kansas Corporation Commission is suggested higher fines will be coming in the future. The KCC levied the fine in July against Howison Heights and ordered the utility to take five steps to improve water quality. The KCC staff said Thursday most of the ...

10 years ago
Two women were transported to the hospital following a crash early Friday morning in Salina. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol ,a 2002 Ford Escort driven by 42-year-old Sherry Phillips of Salina was pulling out of the Casey’s convenience store parking lot to drive south on Ohio Street. She collided with a 2002 Ford F150 driven ...

10 years ago
Salina Police arrested three people early Friday after shots were fired from a moving vehicle. Police Captain Chris Trochek says that around 2:00 in the morning an off duty officer was at home, and heard what he believed to be shots fired. The officer looked out his door and observed a gun firing rounds out of ...

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Kansas House Speaker Ray Merrick has replaced the leaders of two key committees and filled vacancies in two other chairmanships. Merrick spokeswoman Rachel Whitten confirmed Thursday that Representative Ron Ryckman Junior of Olathe will be chairman of the budget-writing Appropriations Committee. Ryckman replaces Representative Gene Suellentrop of Wichita. Merrick appointed Representative Ron Highland of Wamego as Education Committee ...

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The University of Kansas Hospital is making progress toward streamlining clinical operations. Officials with the medical center and the hospital in Kansas City, Kansas, told the Board of Regents Wednesday the reorganization would make it easier for patients to access care. University of Kansas Hospital spokeswoman Jill Chadwick said Thursday that expansion of Medicaid under the ...

10 years ago
A new report by the Kansas University Center for Banking Excellence has determined that the state of banking in Kansas is greatly improved and the industry positioned to thrive despite new regulatory standards. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the research examines the current financial condition of commercial banks, trends over the past decade and the industry's recovery ...

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The largest electric company in Kansas says it is no longer charging a $2.95 fee to customers who use credit or debit cards to pay their monthly bills. Topeka-based Westar Energy Inc. announced Thursday that it had abolished the charge. Westar Vice President Jeff Beasley said the utility has a team focusing on finding ways to make ...

10 years ago
Plunging crude prices are hitting oil producers especially hard in Kansas. That is because the oil industry in the state is dominated by small, independent operators who depend heavily on the cash flow from producing wells to pay to drill new ones. The Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association says the low prices are causing many ...

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Three Kansas universities in the NCAA Division II are asking a state panel to OK a proposal that would let them sign multiyear contracts with their athletic coaches. The Kansas Board of Regents is expected to vote next month on the proposal that would give the schools the same authority Division I colleges have. The Lawrence Journal-World ...

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Kansas Governor Sam Brownback Thursday named two individuals to seats on the Saline County Commission effective Jan. 12, 2015. Luci Larson will fill the District 4 seat and David Smith is appointed to District 5. Larson is a small business owner who has previously served on the Salina City Commission and as Mayor from 2009-2010. She is ...

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A dispute about the proposed demolition of the vacated former St. John's Hospital facility prompts Salina Regional Health Center to file a lawsuit against the City of Salina. Salina Regional Health Center filed suit Wednesday morning, and is seeking an order to overturn action by the Salina City Commission that prevents demolition of the former St. ...