11 years ago
Area youth from Salina, Abilene, Great Bend, and Inman are among volunteers being rewarded by Kohl's Department Stores. According to the company, the Kohl's Cares Scholarship Program will recognize more than 2,300 young volunteers nationwide who have made a positive impact in their communities through volunteerism. Twenty-five youth from Kansas will each receive a $50 gift ...

11 years ago
A widespread trend of sharing books through small homemade structures has been shut down in a Kansas City suburb. However, Leawood officials say they will reconsider the decision to tell a 9-year-old boy to remove his "Little Free Library" from his family's front yard. Spencer Collins and his family erected a little blue box ...

11 years ago
The Dodge City Community College Board of Trustees wants to be clear that it supports a proposed merger with Fort Hays State University. The trustees on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution declaring its support for the plan. The trustees wanted to end any talk of the Dodge City school operating as a separate institution, with ...

11 years ago
A Hutchinson woman has died of injuries she suffered last week in a fire at a home. Via Christi Medical Center St. Francis says 65-year-old Judy King died Tuesday. Fire Chief Kim Forbes says King, who used a wheelchair, was injured after becoming trapped in the house during the June 18 blaze. Firefighters pulled her from the ...

11 years ago
A woman faces sentencing Aug. 7 for trying to poison her infant twin daughters by putting rubbing alcohol in their milk. Twenty-three-year-old Gloria Jones was convicted Tuesday of two counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. Kansas City area prosecutors say Jones put the alcohol in the girls' milk in October 2012, nearly killing one ...

11 years ago
The Missouri Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a Kansas City Royals fan injured by a hot dog tossed by the team mascot. The unanimous opinion Tuesday from the state's highest court centered on a legal standard called the baseball rule. That rule says fans cannot sue teams over injuries caused by events on ...

11 years ago
The Kansas State Board of Education is preparing to approve regulations for implementing a new state law allowing people with relevant experience but no education degree to obtain teaching licenses. Legislators approved the measure as a way to increase the available pool of teachers in science, math, engineering and technology in secondary schools. The board has already ...

11 years ago
Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole is returning to Kansas next week for the fifth of several trips planned this year to his home state. The 90-year-old Russell native lives in Washington, D.C., and is making the homecoming tour to greet longtime friends and supporters throughout the state. Dole spends an hour at each stop, chatting with ...

11 years ago
Kansas Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan says state tax collections may fall between $10 million and $20 million below expectations this month. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Jordan also said Monday that the state's fiscal situation is stabilizing after revenues fell a total of $310 million short of expectations in April and May. Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's administration has ...

11 years ago
Wichita police say a 41-year-old man is being held in the shooting deaths of his girlfriend, her adult daughter and her son-in-law at the family's home. Police on Tuesday identified the victims as 45-year-old Tuyet T. Huynh, her 20-year-old daughter, Trinh Pham, and Pham's husband, 21-year-old Sean Pham. Police say the Phams' 5-month-old child was in ...

11 years ago
Salina Police issued multiple citations last Friday night for seat belt violations. Lt. Russ Lamer tells KSAL News that officers focused on occupants who were not buckled up in vehicles with a check point Friday. Police made 28 vehicle stops and issued 24 citations to adults for seat belt violations. The check lane was set up in ...