11 years ago
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and other top lawmakers are urging a federal appeals court to overturn a decision by a judge in Kansas that they say would limit the authority of Congress to regulate federal elections. The lawmakers contend the ruling could limit Congress' ability to pass legislation protecting the right to vote. Their recent ...

11 years ago
Officials of Allen Community College are considering selling the school's 240-acre farm, citing low enrollment in agriculture courses. The Iola Register reports the farm's fate has drawn high interest among the eight students who live on the property, located five miles from the main campus in southeast Kansas. The college purchased the farm and built a classroom ...

11 years ago
Topeka police are looking for someone in a silver Dodge Magnum station wagon who fatally shot a man in front of a local residence after an apparent confrontation. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the victim, who hasn't been named, was pronounced dead at 3:40 p.m. Friday after being shot multiple times an hour earlier. Witnesses told police a ...

11 years ago
There were multiple things to do in Salina's Oakdale Park Friday, and a large crowd was there to do them. The 2014 Smoky Hill River Festival had promised a wide range of entertainment, arts, crafts, food, and fun activities for kids, and it delivered on that promise. Over 22,000 people packed the park to enjoy ...

11 years ago
The new address is already on the letterhead as the Kansas Department of Agriculture prepares to complete its 56-mile move from Topeka to Manhattan. KMAN-AM reports the agency will officially open for business Monday in its new quarters. The three-story building is on the edge of the Kansas State University campus next to the National Bio- ...

11 years ago
Oklahoma and Kansas may have the reputation as tornado hot spots, but a new analysis shows that Florida and the rest of the Southeast are far more vulnerable to killer twisters. Florida leads the country in deaths calculated per mile a tornado races along the ground, followed by Tennessee, North Carolina, Ohio and Alabama. Southeast ...

11 years ago
Salinan's are gathering again in Oakdale Park for the 38th Annual Smoky Hill River Festival. Young and old are back to see, hear and taste the best artisans from all over the country have to offer. Tyler and Ashley Shaffer of Salina brought their daughter in the stroller to take in her first Festival, "We're making lots ...

11 years ago
Family members and friends of educators killed in the line of duty say a new memorial in Kansas will keep their memories alive in a world where their killers are usually better known. Crystal McGee was among several who spoke Thursday at a dedication ceremony for the Memorial to Fallen Educators, near the National Teacher's ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court has ordered a lower court to resentence a Fort Riley soldier who received five life sentences as a habitual sexual offender. In a unanimous decision announced Friday, the high court upheld the Riley County convictions of Tony Tremayne Lewis on several charges, including rape and aggravated criminal sodomy in three attacks ...

11 years ago
A Topeka woman has died after the car she was in hit a horse in northeast Kansas. 58-year-old Vicki Barbara Self was killed in the accident in Jackson County on Thursday night. Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse says the accident occurred when car she was in struck a horse along U.S. 75 north of Holton. Self ...

11 years ago
While the crowd may have been large at the Festival Jam in Salina Thursday night, the problems were not. Police say that there were no major incidents during the event, and that no arrests were made. Only one arrest was made during a DUI check lane afterward the concert. Officers on routine patrol made two other ...