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A Washington-area group with ties to veteran Republican operatives is spending at least $246,000 on radio and television advertisements in Kansas praising Gov. Sam Brownback in the final weeks before the state's primary election. The Alliance for Freedom ads are scheduled to run statewide on radio and cable and broadcast television through the Aug. 5 primary. ...

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Kansas health officials have issued warnings for seven lakes around the state because of toxic algae. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said in a release Thursday that high levels of toxic blue-green algae have been found at Chisolm Creek Park Lake in Sedgwick County, Marion Reservoir, Memorial Park Lake in Barton County, Milford Reservoir ...

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A Republican group wants a Kansas state representative to apologize for characterizing GOP politicians supporting a Democratic candidate as "nursing home" residents. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Paul Davis announced earlier through Republicans for Kansas Values that dozens of former and current GOP officials endorsed him rather than likely GOP nominee Gov. Sam Brownback in the 2014 election. The ...

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The Saline County Commission voted 2-1 Wednesday to place a proposed renovation and expansion of the jail on the November 4th ballot. Commissioners Jim Gile and John Price voted in favor of the move - to let residents decide whether to fund a blueprint that would combine a 344 bed jail with court services and county ...

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Texas health officials say more than 30 people who traveled to a softball tournament in Kansas over the Fourth of July weekend may have been exposed to the measles virus. The Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement Thursday it wants to alert Texans who traveled to Wichita for the tournament. ...

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A Salina teen is in juvenile detention after assaulting an adult on Wednesday. Police were called to a home in central Salina after a 16-year-old male allegedly threatened to stab a man with a pair of needle nose pliers. Police report the teen also threw a boot and hit the man in the back of the head ...

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Police make two arrests in connection to a stolen vehicle. Officers were sent to the Airliner Motel, 781 N. Broadway on Wednesday at 11:45pm in reference to a 1995 Pontiac Grand Prix, that was reported stolen in Beloit and sighted in the parking lot. Further investigation led police to arrest 49-year-old Alfred Bell and 38-year-old Sedrick Buchanan, ...

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The U.S. Geological Survey reports an earthquake rattled south-central Kansas. The 3.6 magnitude earthquake was reported about 5:40 a.m. Thursday about 11 miles west-northwest of Caldwell in Sumner County. Several residents from Medicine Lodge, Anthony and Argonia reported feeling the earthquake but there were no reports of serious damage. --- Associated Press information from: KWCH-TV ...

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Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina hosted a 2-day course this week on how to respond to a "live shooter". According to the school, the training course was taught by Ed Dorff of the ALICE Training Institute based in Medina, Ohio. The first day focused on the five key points of response protocol summarized by the acronym ALICE: ...

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There have been two more reports of violence among inmates at the Lansing Correctional Facility. Jeremy Barclay, a spokesman for the Kansas Department of Corrections, told The Topeka Capital-Journal that a Lansing guard suffered a concussion and two other guards suffered more minor injuries Tuesday while subduing an uncooperative inmate. Barclay also says an inmate fight ...

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New figures from the Kansas secretary of state's office show that Republicans have maintained their significant voter-registration advantage since March. But the preliminary numbers released Wednesday also show a small increase in the number of unaffiliated voters since March 1. The registration deadline was Tuesday for the Aug. 5 primary. The number of registered voters grew by ...