11 years ago
Kansas is joining a proposed compact with other states hoping to exempt themselves from the federal health care overhaul. Republican Gov. Sam Brownback announced Wednesday that he signed a compact bill passed by the GOP-dominated Legislature earlier this month. The new law takes effect July 1. The compact would let participating states remove themselves from all federal ...

11 years ago
A Fort Riley soldier has admitted that he accepted disability payments he wasn't eligible to receive. The U.S. Attorney's office says in a statement that 37-year-old James Scott Nickerson pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of making a false official statement to a federal agency. Prosecutors say in October 2009, Nickerson applied for disability benefits under the ...

11 years ago
Thieves grab hi-tech items and jewelry from a home west of Salina. Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a burglary in the 6000 block of West State Street that occurred sometime between 12:35pm and 5:25pm on Tuesday. Deputies say the homeowner returned to find his garage door open and house ransacked. Numerous items were stolen including a 60-inch ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating the theft of two trailers from motel lots. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, a trailer with a riding mower and trailer with 2 ATVs on board were both stolen during the early morning hours on Tuesday. Police say a Dixon Z TR riding mower valued at $4,500 was tethered to a ...

11 years ago
An 11-year-old Salina boy is arrested after allegedly threatening a group of children with a knife. Officers were called to the playground at Coronado Elementary, 518 E. Neal, on Tuesday evening at 6:30pm after an argument turned violent. Police say the boy pulled out a butterfly knife with a 4-inch blade and waved it at the group, ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Highway Patrol says a county commissioner from western Kansas died when his plane crashed while he was crop dusting. The patrol says 67-year-old Don Cates, a Barton County commissioner from Claflin, died Tuesday afternoon when his ultralight, single-engine plane hit a power line and crashed into a ditch just northwest of Garfield in Pawnee ...

11 years ago
Kansas is starting later than initially planned with a new online portal for taking applications for driver's education permits from young residents. The Department of Revenue expects the portal to be available May 5. The department previously planned to have it available April 1. Department spokeswoman Jeanine Koranda said Tuesday the delay was caused by last-minute improvements ...

11 years ago
An active pattern is setting up that will bring chances for severe weather for parts of Central Kansas beginning tonight. According to the National Weathe Service, storms are expected to develop early Wednesday evening over west-central Kansas and track southeast overnight. They should impact most of the area. Severe storms will be possible tonight mainly for areas ...

11 years ago
Kansas legislators are considering proposals to give state workers a modest pay increase but end their guaranteed longevity bonuses. The Senate Ways and Means Committee touched on pay issues Tuesday as it reviewed budget issues facing lawmakers when they return to the Statehouse next week to wrap up their work for the year. The committee took ...

11 years ago
Some teachers at the University of Kansas are questioning whether a new program designed to attract hundreds of new international students to the school will be beneficial. The university plans to begin a KU Academic Accelerator Program in the fall. It is a three-semester program to provide academic, social and language help to international students. The ...

11 years ago
A suspected thief and his possible accomplices are caught on video. According to police, on April 2nd a white male wearing a yellow hat entered Walmart and removed a car stereo without paying for it. The suspect changed his hat as he left the store. Another male and a female left the store with the suspect. ...