11 years ago
Following a public hearing Monday evening that lasted nearly three hours, Salina City Commissioners postponed a decision to allow the demolition of the facility that used to house St. John's Hospital. The decision, at least temporarily, keeps the now vacant facility from being destroyed. Commissioners unanimously delayed the decision for 90 days, until April ...

11 years ago
Kansas legislators have begun the 2014 session with seven new members in the House. The two chambers convened at 2 p.m. Monday with agendas consisting mostly of opening-day formalities. Several issues will be addressed this week, including proposals to change the penalties for certain murders and to abolish the death penalty. Kansas enacted a death penalty law ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Hospital Association is working on a proposed alternative to expanding Medicaid under the federal health care overhaul, but Republican leaders remain wary. Hospital Association Vice President Cindy Samuelson said Monday that the association doesn't know what form its proposal will take. One option is using additional federal funds promised under the federal health care law ...

11 years ago
A new federal report says more Kansans approaching retirement age than young adults have signed up for health coverage through an online insurance marketplace. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that 34 percent of Kansans who chose a plan via the marketplace through Dec. 28 were 55 through 64 years old. Twenty-seven ...

11 years ago
A group hoping to convince Salina City Commissioners to enact legislation that would end fluoridation of the city water supply showed up in force at the city commission meeting Monday evening. About a dozen members of the group called “Salina Cares” spoke, asking commissioners to end the process of adding fluoride to city water. The group ...

11 years ago
A Topeka man who is charged with killing his mother is being sued by a brother. Jason Hachmeister is charged with premeditated first-degree murder in the September 2011 strangulation and stabbing of his mother, 58-year-old Sheila Hachmeister, at her home. His brother, Aaron Hachmeister, filed a wrongful death lawsuit last September. The Topeka Capital-Journal reported Monday that ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating the theft of a number of tools from a residence under construction. Police say someone entered an unlocked home in the 800 block of Eileen sometime between Thursday night at 8pm and Friday morning at 7am and removed numerous power and construction tools. Ladders, tools and a space heater that belonged ...

11 years ago
A Salina man is arrested for allegedly attempting to strangle a woman and child in a south Salina home. Officers were called to Salina Regional Health Center on Sunday evening after a woman and elementary school aged male were treated and released. Police arrested 30-year-old Darris Brown on multiple charges that include aggravated battery, 4 counts of ...

11 years ago
Wichita police say a 70-year-old man was arrested after he accidentally shot a child in the face while showing off a gun. Sgt. John Hoofer says the 10-year-old child who was shot Saturday night was treated and released. The man was showing the gun to two children but no one else was injured. Hoofer says ...

11 years ago
The American Civil Liberties Union says an official email sent by a Kansas Corporation Commission employee discussing his religious beliefs may have opened the KCC to legal liability. Jared Bowes, a KCC media specialist, tried to put a veiled reference to Jesus into the commission's December newsletter, but it was edited out. Bowes then ...

11 years ago
Kansas legislators return Monday to the Statehouse to begin their 90-day, 2014 session. The session is scheduled to run through mid-May, with legislators taking a recess in April before returning to finish remaining business. Here are five things to know about the Kansas legislative session: ___ SCHOOL FINANCE RULING: Legislators are waiting on a decision from the Kansas ...