10 years ago
The Kansas Board of Education has given initial approval to new rules on student restraint that establish procedures for parents who believe emergency safety interventions have been used improperly on their children. The board gave initial approval Tuesday to the changes on seclusion and restraint on students in emergency situations. The Wichita Eagle reports the regulations now ...

10 years ago
A new industry report shows retail sales of farm tractors up nearly 19 percent this past July when compared to the same month a year ago. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers said Tuesday that 21,906 farm tractors were sold nationwide last month. That brings the total so far this year to 127,215 sales. That is an increase ...

10 years ago
The public pension system for Kansas teachers and government workers says its long-term financial health improved last year. The Kansas Public Employees Retirement System is citing a recent report showing a 3 percent decrease in the gap between its anticipated revenues and the cost of benefits promised to retirees over the next 18 years. The figure was ...

10 years ago
The government's first corn production forecast of the season anticipates a good 2015 harvest in Kansas. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Wednesday that it projects the state's corn production to come in at 570 million bushels. If realized, that is 1 percent above last year's production. Their upbeat forecast comes despite 1 percent fewer anticipated harvested ...

10 years ago
For the second time in less than a year, a former Saline County Commissioner has been involved in a single-vehicle injury accident. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 57-year-old Randy Duncan was driving a 2014 Ford Focus, headed west on Interstate 70. The car drifted over to the north edge of the road, traveled into the ...

10 years ago
A 19-year-old Wichita State student faces first-degree murder charges in the death of an infant. Marissa Carol Fields of Olathe was charged Monday in Johnson County court with first-degree murder and aggravated abandonment of a child in connection with the child's death in December. Court documents show Fields is accused of neglecting and abandoning the child at ...

10 years ago
A Salina man contacts police after becoming suspicious of an employment opportunity on Craigslist. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that the 32-year old man responded to an ad on the website to use his car as a billboard for Medisys Health Network, a company based in Jamaica, New York. Police say he received a UPS packet ...

10 years ago
For anyone who has ever wanted to write a movie script, Kansas Wesleyan University is offering a new 16-week fall course. The class, called TeamScreenwriting, will be taught by Jon O’Neal, who earned his M.F.A. in Screenwriting from the UCLA Film School. According to the school, students will learn the process and systems of writing a ...

10 years ago
A 17-year-old boy has been arrested after an Eisenhower National Airport police officer spotted him on the roof of a car without any clothes on. According to Wichita police Lt. James Espinoza, the boy was spotted by the officer around 9:50 p.m. Monday. According to Espinoza, the boy was trying to get in through the driver's ...

10 years ago
A 21-year-old man charged with plotting to plant a bomb at an Army post in Kansas to help the Islamic State group is asking a federal judge to delay his next court hearing. An attorney for John T. Booker Jr. of Topeka filed the request Tuesday. Booker was scheduled to appear Aug. 19 before U.S. District ...

10 years ago
The latest government snapshot shows most major farm crops in Kansas are faring well this season. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that 59 percent of the state's corn is in good to excellent condition. About 31 percent is rated as fair with 10 percent in poor to very poor condition. Soybean condition is rated as ...