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Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says he's pleased with the schedule set in a federal lawsuit filed by Kansas and Arizona in hopes of bolstering enforcement of the states' proof-of-citizenship requirements for new voters. Kobach said Wednesday that U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren's schedule is reasonable. Melgren plans to have a Dec. 13 hearing on ...

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The Kansas Department of Revenue says the state collected nearly $18 million less in taxes than anticipated in October. Figures released Thursday also show tax collections have been $27 million short of expectations since the fiscal year began in July. The biggest reason is a shortfall in individual income tax collections. For the month, Kansas collected $445 million ...

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A 33-year-old Lawrence man has been sentenced to two years of probation for his role in more than a dozen burglaries from storage units around the city. Jacob P. Paine was sentenced last week to 24 months of probation, while two other defendants are scheduled for hearings Nov. 13 on up to a dozen charges each. Police ...

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A federal prison inmate has been charged with killing a Kansas man whose partial remains were found by a mushroom hunter south of Topeka. WIBW-TV reports the Osage and Shawnee county prosecutors announced the first-degree murder charge Thursday against James P. Harris. Harris is accused of killing 50-year-old James E. Gerety, who was reported missing in March ...

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A body found in rural northeast Kansas has been identified as that of an Olathe (oh-LAY'-thuh) man missing since Oct. 20. The Johnson County Sheriff's Office said Thursday there's no evidence of criminal activity in the unattended death of 22-year-old Brad Cook. A pedestrian found Cook's body Tuesday in rural De Soto. The discovery was made about ...

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Ten children and a school bus driver have been rescued after the bus they were in toppled into a southern Kansas creek swollen by heavy rain. Butler County Sheriff Kelly Herzet (HUR'-zeht) says the children climbed through a roof hatch to await rescue Thursday afternoon as the bus lay on its side, half-submerged. County 911 director Chris ...

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Two prominent Salina businessmen are the newest members of the Salina Business Hall of Fame. During a luncheon event on Thursday Ward Marshall and Karl Stutterheim were inducted into the 2013 class of the Salina Business Hall of Fame. Ward Marshall is the founder of Marshall Motor Company. He was inducted from the Historic Category, 1926-1975. ...

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Salina Police are investigating after a woman is fooled over the telephone. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, a 35-year-old woman in Salina received a call on Tuesday, from someone claiming to be with a utility company. The caller convinced the homeowner in order to qualify for an upgrade with some home appliance repairs, she would need to ...

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A pop-up camper is stolen from a Salina home. The owner of a white, late 1990's early 2000's pop-up camper contacted police  on Thursday to report that someone stole his camper that was parked on the east side of his property in the 100 block of E. Antrim. The camper, described as white with a thin blue ...

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A house under renovation is damaged by vandals. Officers were called to the 900 block of S. 2nd on Wednesday evening after someone smashed a front window with a pair of pumpkins. Police say sometime between 7:30pm and 8:15pm, someone threw two, 1-pound pumpkins through a 5-foot by 5-foot window valued at $600. The owner told police he ...

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Education officials say new math and English testing that will be recommended next month to the Kansas State Board of Education will be aligned with new curriculum standards and give more flexibility to student testing. The changes were outlined during a meeting Wednesday in Topeka. Education commissioner Diane DeBacker will recommend that the board approve ...