11 years ago
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has signed legislation aimed at providing health insurance coverage of services for hundreds of children with autism, starting next year. Brownback had a signing ceremony Wednesday at the satellite University of Kansas campus in Overland Park, the home for an autism research center. Local legislators and parents who supported requiring health coverage ...

11 years ago
A Kansas sixth-grader has died from complications of bacterial meningitis, but his school district and state health officials insist the disease is not contagious and does not pose a public health risk. The Louisburg Unified School District on Wednesday confirmed the death of Aaron T. Willard a day earlier. The district said in a statement ...

11 years ago
A Fort Hays State University fraternity is in trouble. According to the school, the Alpha-Upsilon Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity has been placed on non-operating status, as of April 2nd. The school says that the chapter failed to meet minimum fraternity standards and university expectations. These expectations include membership size, academic performance, and financial obligations. ...

11 years ago
Crime doesn’t pay, unless you’re a Kansas law enforcement agency reaping the spoils of war. The War on Drugs, that is. Buried deep within state statute is a little-known provision that directly rewards police departments for busting-up the local narcotics scene, and it does so using the government’s oldest trick in the book: taxes. As it reads, ...

11 years ago
A commercial grade mower is stolen from a Salina business. Police say a 2007 Hustler Super Z Mower was taken to All Seasons Power, 821 N. Broadway, for repairs earlier this month. Staff performed $1,800 of work on the machine and moved it on the lot chaining it to the fence. An recent inventory revealed that the ...

11 years ago
A Minneapolis, Kansas man's pistol is stolen from a Salina apartment. Brandon Harder, 27, contacted police after someone removed a 9mm Magnum Research US "Baby Eagle" handgun from an apartment at 1515 E. Iron. Police say the gun was taken sometime between April 11th at noon and 7pm on April 15th. Police arrest an eighteen year ...

11 years ago
A Salina woman is arrested after pawning a stolen watch. Police arrested 36-year-old Margarita Acosta of Salina, on theft charges and for making a false writing after she sold a gold bracelet watch for $165. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, Acosta removed jewelry from a home at 2040 Pinecrest sometime between March 12th and March 26th when ...

11 years ago
Kansas wildlife officials verify a state record rainbow trout. According the the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism trout in state waters are not that rare. It's not uncommon to drop a lure and get a bite after a few minutes, but to drop a lure, get a bite, and reel in a 15.72-pound ...

11 years ago
Flags around Kansas will be lowered to half-staff this week to honor the victims who were killed in Overland Park in Sunday afternoon's shootings outside a Jewish community center and housing community. Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff from sun-up to sun-down on Thursday and Friday in honor of Dr. ...

11 years ago
The Lakewood Middle School Jazz Band is recognized for performance excellence. According to USD 305, the band received a superior rating and brought a trophy back from the 32nd Annual Northeast Community College Jazz Festival in Norfolk Nebraska. The LMS Jazz Band competed against 17 groups. The contest included musicians from 10 states including Kansas, Nebraska, ...

11 years ago
More than 80 distinguished professors have endorsed a new proposed social media policy for Kansas universities. The professors, from several universities, sent a letter to the Kansas Board of Regents saying the proposed policy "exemplifies the role of scholarship for public intellectuals in a democracy." The new policy was proposed by a work group formed ...