11 years ago
Some Kansas church leaders are upset over a remark by Secretary of State Kris Kobach questioning the veracity of those opposed to the state's voter photo identification law. Kobach said during an interview on Topeka radio station WIBW this week he didn't know of any churches that oppose the voter ID law. He told The Wichita ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has completed its report into the death of a 56-year-old Kanopolis man shot by McPherson police. The McPherson Sentinel reports the KBI was looking into the June 4 death of Timothy Lloyd, who was unarmed when police say he charged at an officer. Authorities said when officers were called to investigate a ...

11 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's office is investigating the overnight stabbing death of a 13-year-old girl on Remington Road. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski held a media conference on Friday morning and said the Sheriff's Office was notified of a stabbing at about 1:45am. Sheriff Kochanowski said when officers arrived at the scene in Northwest Saline County they found the ...

11 years ago
Kansas collected $1.6 million more in taxes than anticipated in July, breaking a streak of monthly shortfalls in collections. The Department of Revenue reported Thursday the state took in almost $409 million in taxes in July, when the state's official fiscal forecast predicted revenues of $407 million. The July surplus was only four-tenths of 1 percent, but ...

11 years ago
The top election official in Kansas is predicting 22 percent of registered voters will participate in next week's primary election. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says of the more than 1.7 million registered Kansas voters, he expects more than 381,000 will cast ballots in the Aug. 5 primary. Kobach says turnout was about 23.2 percent ...

11 years ago
Former Kansas Supreme Court Justice Nancy Moritz has formally joined the federal appeals court that handles cases from six western and Plains states. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren administered the oath of office to Moritz on Wednesday in Topeka. The Denver-based 10th Circuit Court of Appeals says in a news release that Moritz's temporary chambers will be ...

11 years ago
A Salina man wanted on two warrants is arrested and booked into the Saline County Jail Wednesday. Police say 33-year-old Keith Johnson is facing charges that include aggravated battery, burglary and theft after a pair of incidents that date back to May 19th and June 25th. Police allege that Johnson made threats and grabbed a 33-year-old female ...

11 years ago
An autopsy has confirmed a Kansas man whose body was found in his car after being there for up to three months committed suicide. The Hutchinson News reports the Sedgwick County Regional Forensic Science Center filed an autopsy report this week saying 54-year-old Adam Sabri had high levels of an allergy medication in his system and ...

11 years ago
Police are investigating after more counterfeit bills are used at the McDonald's Restaurant at 701 S. Broadway and B & K Prescription Shop at 601 E. Iron. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that a white male wearing a white baseball cap turned backwards - drove to the drive-up window and used a counterfeit ...

11 years ago
An owner's multiple arrests on sex charges prompted a protest outside a Salina convenience store Wednesday evening. A large crowd of protestors gathered in front of the Pump Mart convenience store on North 9th Street. Many brought signs, and chanted, urging a boycott of the store. The owner of the store, 60-year-old Rasikbhai Maganlal Mody, has been arrested ...

11 years ago
Boeing recently auctioned off items from its Wichita hangars as the airplane manufacturer prepares to leave Kansas. At one time Boeing employed as many as 40,000 people in Wichita and for decades was the state's largest private employer. But Boeing Wichita's work has been moved elsewhere and most of its 2,100 Wichita employees have moved with ...