11 years ago
Fifty-two Kansas counties have filed suit claiming the state shortchanged them by about $7.6 million in making payments from a fund set up to offset the effects of declining oil and natural gas production. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Shawnee County District Court. It contends Gov. Sam Brownback's administration improperly accelerated a cut in payments ...

11 years ago
Preliminary enrollment figures show the number of Kansas students attending public schools grew by less than 1 percent this fall. The raw figures disclosed Tuesday by the Kansas Department of Education were based on the Sept. 20 enrollment count. The figures show there were nearly 460,000 full-time equivalent students attending Kansas public schools. The figure is different ...

11 years ago
A Manhattan man will be sentenced in December for killing a Fort Riley soldier. KMAN reports that the sentencing date for 43-year-old Matthew Wilson is set for Dec. 12 in Riley County. Wilson pleaded no contest Friday to one count of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated battery. Prosecutors say ...

11 years ago
The latest government snapshot of Kansas farms shows that winter wheat planting is nearing completion amid the harvest of other crops. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that 94 percent of the winter wheat has now been planted. About 74 percent of the crop has emerged. The report rated wheat condition as 59 percent good to ...

11 years ago
The state's largest electric utility is asking Kansas regulators for permission to let some customers pay for their electricity in advance. The Wichita Eagle reports Westar Energy has filed an application with the Kansas Corporation Commission, which will decide whether to allow the prepaid service. Westar says the pilot program would allow customers to make smaller advance ...

11 years ago
Watercraft is stolen from a property in Salina. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, a 1999 Kawasaki Jet Ski and trailer were stolen from a side yard in the 2500 block of Blakemoore Saturday night. Police say on October 26th sometime between 6pm and 8pm, someone removed the watercraft and trailer that were parked just outside the privacy ...

11 years ago
Police are investigating a burglary, theft and damage to property case after vehicles are damaged on an auto lot. Officers were called to R & L Motors, 304 E. Pacific on Monday, after someone damaged an SUV and passenger car. Police say sometime between Saturday night at 8pm and Monday morning at 9am, someone smashed a driver ...

11 years ago
Wichita police say officers ended a chase two minutes before a fleeing motorist was involved in a fatal collision. Officials said Monday that the pursuit ended just after 2 a.m. Sunday after speeds reached 60 to 70 mph. The Wichita Eagle reports that the driver of the fleeing van then ran a stop sign and slammed ...

11 years ago
Salina Police will be out in force Wednesday evening looking for seat belt violations. Lt. Russ Lamer tells KSAL News that four officers and one spotter will be working around the city from 9pm to 11pm Wednesday, looking for occupants who are not buckled up. Citations for unrestrained adults are $10 while the citation for children under ...

11 years ago
Two Kansas National Guard soldiers who died in a suicide bombing in Iraq are being honored by the Defense Intelligence Agency in Washington. The agency will add the names of Sgt. 1st Class Clayton Wisdom and Sgt. Don Clary to a memorial honoring those who have died in service while protecting DIA personnel. Clary and Wisdom were ...

11 years ago
A federal judge has sentenced two Texas brothers to prison for what prosecutors say may have been the largest deer poaching operation in Kansas history. James Bobby Butler Jr. was the owner and operator of a hunting camp near Coldwater, where his brother, Marlin Jackson Butler, worked as a guide. James Butler was sentenced Monday in Wichita ...