10 years ago
A judge has ruled that a Hutchinson teenager will be tried as an adult in a fatal fire that killed his mother and sister. Reno County Judge Patti Macke-Dick made the ruling Tuesday in the case of 15-year-old Sam Vonachen, who was 14 when the fire occurred at the family home in September 2013. Prosecutors allege Vonachen ...

10 years ago
Federal records indicate U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas has attended barely one-third of his Senate Agricultural Committee meetings during the past 15 years. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the three-term Republican from Dodge City was present for 71 of the 201 agriculture committee sessions from 2000 to 2014. Roberts has emphasized endorsements from Kansas farm, crop and ...

10 years ago
The former CEO of Hewlett-Packard is urging Republicans to support the re-election of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and Sen. Pat Roberts, saying now is not the time for a protest vote. Carly Fiorina spoke to about 450 people Tuesday in Wichita at an event hosted by Women for Brownback and the Republican House Campaign Committee. She ...

10 years ago
A pilot degree program offered through Kansas State University Salina will expand to the Kansas City area. The university announced Monday that the expanded program will start next year. Students will be able to take flight training from Air Associates in Olathe, general-education classes from Johnson County Community College, and other classes online from Kansas State Salina. ...

10 years ago
The Supreme Court is considering how to resolve a long-running legal fight between Kansas and Nebraska over the use of water from the Republican River. The justices on Tuesday appeared to agree with recommendations of a special master who found Nebraska should pay $3.7 million in damages to Kansas for using more than its legal share ...

10 years ago
More than 1,000 military personnel are set to converge on Salina and the surrounding area next week though the end of the month to participate in the joint-service exercise, Jaded Thunder. According to Melissa McCoy with Salina Regional Airport, the deployment will include close air support training, live fire events, aircraft familiarization and integration by members ...

10 years ago
A couple of informational presentations about the proposed Criminal Justice Complex ballot issue are planned. They will take place next week. Both will be on Wednesday, October 22nd. The first will be in the afternoon, at the Salina Senior Center. The presentation by Saline County Sheriff’s Captain Roger Soldan is scheduled for 1:30 pm in the ...

10 years ago
The American Civil Liberties Union is seeking a federal court order to force Kansas to allow same-sex couples to marry as the group challenges the state constitution's ban on gay marriage. The ACLU filed its request Monday in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kansas, only three days after it filed a lawsuit in Wichita and ...

10 years ago
A Kansas hospital system has identified three physicians as victims of a small plane crash in suburban Chicago. Stormont-Vail HealthCare in Topeka said Monday that the victims of Sunday night's plane crash included two of its doctors. They were neurosurgeon Tausif Rehman and pulmonologist Ali A. Kanchwala. Stormont-Vail also identified the third victim as Kanchwala's wife. She was ...

10 years ago
Officials at the University of Kansas Hospital say a man being treated in isolation is considered at low to moderate risk of having contracted the Ebola virus. Chief medical officer Dr. Lee Norman says the patient came to the hospital Monday morning with significant weakness and diarrhea. The man also said he had previously had a ...

10 years ago
A suspect points a knife at a man after allegedly breaking into his pickup. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, 31-year-old Cody Lott was arrested on Sunday after he stole a pack of cigarettes and a smart phone from a 2005 Ford Ranger that was parked in front of Dominos Pizza on South 9th. Police say the victim ...