11 years ago
A prominent southeast Kansas businessman and his wife are locked in a dispute over a $42 million tax bill and questions over which state they resided nearly a decade ago. For the past two years, Gene Bicknell has fought the tax bill that was levied based on where he lived at the time of the 2006 ...

11 years ago
Under a new plan, a federal wildlife refuge in south-central Kansas will remain closed to hunting when whooping cranes are migrating through, but hunters will get a chance to go after deer and turkey in the refuge. The plan approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge requires Quivira to ...

11 years ago
The opening of the world's tallest waterslide has been pushed back again as Schlitterbahn water park crews continue to tweak the attraction. Schlitterbahn officials on Friday announced the Verruckt is now slated to open June 29. The Kansas City Star reports the slide initially was to open May 23, but that was delayed until June 5 ...

11 years ago
The trial for a Kansas bail bondsman accused of coercing several women he bailed out of jail to have sex with him has been pushed back for a sixth time. The Hutchinson News reports 67-year-old Dwight Jurgens was granted another continuance Friday, nine days after he suffered a major heart attack. Jurgens is facing 10 counts, including ...

11 years ago
Police in Wichita say a man working in a building being renovated has been killed in an elevator accident. Emergency crews were called to the building in the city's Old Town section around 10:30 a.m. Friday. Police Lt. E.J. Bastian says the 40-year-old worker was riding in an open-door, pulley-style service elevator when he fell, ...

11 years ago
Kansas health officials have issued a warning for people and animals to stay out of a north-central lake because of high levels of toxic blue-green algae. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Friday placed Old Herington Lake in Dickinson County under a toxic algae warning. The agency also said a previous warning for ...

11 years ago
Even thought it's summer, some kids are still in school. According to USD 305, summer school begins at Cottonwood Elementary on Monday. Classes are scheduled Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., from Monday, June 2, 2014, through Thursday, July 3, 2014. During this time period, the reduced speed school zones around Cottonwood Elementary, ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after four tires and rims are removed from a truck. Staff at Brittendall Motor Company, 631 N. Santa Fe, contacted police after discovering their 1994 Chevy pickup which was parked in the 100 block of W. Decatur had been jacked up and had all four 33-inch tires stolen. Police say the thieves used ...

11 years ago
Kansas lawmakers have formally adjourned the 2014 legislative session after failing to override a governor's veto of a change in state ethics laws. The House concluded its work at 10:28 a.m. Friday followed by the Senate at 11 a.m. Legislators completed the regular portion of the session earlier in May but were required constitutionally to meet ...

11 years ago
A Salina teen is arrested after a string of vehicle burglaries. Officers were called to the area of Hamilton and N. 8th Street after a car alarm sounded at 1:07am Friday morning. Police began combing the area for a suspect and found 17-year-old Jacob Luther inside a car parked near the corner of Santa Fe and Otis. Police ...

11 years ago
Two Salina men are safe after getting their SUV stuck in a bog. According to Sheriff Glen Kochanowski, a late night drive in northwest Saline County turned into a search for one man Thursday afternoon. Deputies were contacted by 28-year-old Brent Martin yesterday, after he left a Chevy Suburban and walked 7-miles into Brookville to find help. ...