11 years ago
A proof-of-citizenship requirement for Kansas voters is likely to come under attack once the Legislature opens its annual session in January. But the debate over the policy championed by Secretary of State Kris Kobach also will play in out in federal court. The law took effect at the start of 2013. More than 19,000 Kansas residents have ...

11 years ago
Kansas is set to begin a drug testing program next year for some welfare recipients similar to a Missouri program that cost about $500,000 and turned up fewer than two dozen people who tested positive. After eight months, and 636 drug test requests, Missouri's program this year cost nearly $500,000 and found 20 people who tested ...

11 years ago
Elevators that carry dozens of workers daily between the Kansas Statehouse and its underground parking garage have been knocked out of service by a Christmas Eve sprinkler leak. Statehouse Architect Barry Greis said Thursday that water damaged the electronic systems for the two elevators. He isn't certain when they'll be working again. The leak complicated efforts to ...

11 years ago
The parent company of Cessna Aircraft says it has reached an agreement to buy Beechcraft Corporation for approximately $1.4 billion. The purchase was announced Thursday night by Providence, Rhode Island based Textron Incorporated and would bring two mainstays of Wichita's general aviation industry under a single corporate leadership. Textron chairman and CEO Scott Donnelly said in a ...

11 years ago
Republican Senate candidates have to settle an intraparty fight over the problem-plagued federal health care law before they can use the new law to target Democrats in the 2014 midterm elections. GOP incumbents running for re-election are among virtually all Republican candidates who oppose President Barack Obama's signature law. The question is what should be done ...

11 years ago
Police in Wichita are looking for a man they say left his baby daughter on a street before running away from a minor traffic accident. Two witnesses picked up the 1-year-old girl in her carrier and brought her to the mother's house. Paramedics checked the baby and said she was unhurt. Police Capt. Troy Livingston says the ...

11 years ago
Salina police and the Saline County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a case involving a 2003 Dodge Caravan Van reported stolen between December 23rd. and 24th. from Bergeson garage at 520 West North Street. The van belonged to the Best Cab company. A Saline County deputy spotted the van late in the afternoon of the 24th. ...

11 years ago
An Artic Cat 650 4-wheeler, trailer and toolbox were reported stolen Monday from the parking lot of the Hampton Inn, 401 South Schilling. A security video showed suspects and further investigation led to the arrests of 32-year bold Robert Roche of 1633 East Cloud, 28-year old Casey Zach of the same address and 30-year ...

11 years ago
Authorities are investigating two suspected arson fires at two apartment buildings. One of of the fires was Monday, and the other was Wednesday. No injuries were reported. Salina Fire Department investigator Troy Long says it appears an accelerant was used to set both fires. Samples have been sent to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation laboratory for analysis. The ...

11 years ago
A new report says Kansas court employees could face unpaid furloughs as the judicial branch tries to handle an $8.25 million budget shortfall. A committee appointed by the Kansas Supreme Court in October to look for ways to deal with the shortfall forwarded its recommendations to Chief Justice Lawton Nuss on Dec. 13. The committee says furloughs ...

11 years ago
The Ellis County Sheriff's Office has arrested two people in connection with recent mail theft cases from rural mail boxes. Detective Scott Braun says that the sheriff's office had received reports of seven recent mail thefts in the county as of Dec. 18. Law enforcement said they believed thieves were looking through mailboxes in rural areas ...