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A man is arrested for threatening a Salina woman with his car. Police arrested 48-year-old Aaron Koch for aggravated assault on Thursday after he allegedly used his 2003 Nissan Altima to scare a 45-year-old woman who is an acquaintance. Police say Koch backed his car out of her driveway after they had an argument in the 200 ...

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The Kansas Supreme Court said Friday the state's current public school funding levels are unconstitutional. In the much-anticipated ruling, the court said Kansas' poor school districts were harmed when the state made the decision to cut certain payments when tax revenues declined during the Great Recession. The Supreme Court also sent the case back to district court ...

11 years ago
A Kansas House committee chairman has outlined a new proposal for phasing in sales of strong beer, wine and liquor in grocery and convenience stores. Chairman Marvin Kleeb (klehb) unveiled his proposal during a meeting Thursday of his Commerce, Labor and Economic Development Committee. The panel is considering a bill to allow grocery and convenience stores ...

11 years ago
More than two decades after a cookbook was checked out of a Kansas library, it's just now been returned. A copy of "The Versatile Grain and the Elegant Bean: A Celebration of the World's Most Healthful Foods" was placed in a Lawrence Public Library return box one night this week. The book had been checked out ...

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The City of Salina is denying liability in a lawsuit filed by the family of a child who died following an electrical shock. Back on May 29th Jayden Hicks and a group of friends were playing during a rainstorm in puddles near Campbell Plaza when she was shocked. Four other children playing with her and a ...

11 years ago
A Lindsborg man is arrested following a Thursday afternoon pursuit. According to Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Ben Gardner Via Twitter, the driver of a red car was arrested after fleeing from law enforcement near Salina. Officers used stop sticks to disable the vehicle. According to Saline County Jail records, 23-year-old Cody Norden of Lindsborg was booked into ...

11 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a body is found in a wooded area in South Salina. Saline County Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that the family of a 32-year-old Salina man is still being contacted before the identity will be released. The body had a rope around its neck, which was tied to ...

11 years ago
A northeast Kansas sheriff is alerting the public to a hoax phone call demanding ransom to spare the life of a loved one. The Johnson County sheriff's office says deputies were contacted this week by a resident who was on the phone with someone claiming to be holding the resident's brother hostage. Authorities said the caller claimed ...

11 years ago
A Kansas man accused of attacking a prosecutor after a judge upheld his life sentence for a child sex crime will be tried in June on a charge of attempted premeditated murder. KWBW Radio reports 27-year-old Michael Sherman, of Hutchinson pleaded not guilty to charge at his arraignment Wednesday. A Reno County judge then scheduled his ...

11 years ago
A northeast Kansas man has been found guilty of killing a woman to keep her from providing information to federal law enforcement officers about his involvement in drug trafficking. The U.S. attorney's office says a federal jury on Thursday convicted 32-year-old Marcus D. Roberson of Junction City of murder, conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and conspiracy ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court will release its ruling on a state school finance lawsuit Friday, ending months of speculation about whether the state has to increase spending for public schools. The court announced Thursday that the ruling would be issued Friday morning. The lawsuit was filed in 2010 by attorneys representing four school districts and ...