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UPDATE 6:50 PM: A Lawrence disc jockey whose friends reported him missing has been found dead on the grounds of a northeast Kansas park. The manager of Clinton State Park says that that a body found Friday morning has been identified as that of 26-year-old Michael Packard. No information was released about the cause of death, but ...

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The Health Department is now a stand alone Saline County agency. Saline County Commissioner John Price stopped in during the third hour of the KSAL Morning News Friday with a closer look at what lies ahead. "There's a lot that has happened in the past, and a lot of hard feelings but I think the Health ...

11 years ago
Kansas Department of Transportation officials are reporting a drop in the number of traffic fatalities in 2013 to 344 deaths, the lowest number since statistics were first kept in 1947. KDOT says in a news release Friday that the previous low was 385 fatalities in 2008. The highest number of deaths was 780, in 1969. The numbers ...

11 years ago
A double axle trailer is stolen. Salina Police are investigating after a 7 x 12 foot enclosed trailer is stolen from the lot at Bike Tek, 660 S. Ohio. Police say sometime between December 31 and January 1, someone drove off with the trailer that has an aluminum frame and body is also tapered at ...

11 years ago
A judge has granted a motion to evaluate whether a 14-year-old Hutchinson boy is competent to stand trial after a house fire killed his mother and sister. Reno County Chief District Judge Patricia Macke Dick granted the motion Thursday. She also allowed the defense attorney to have access to the boy's school records. The Hutchinson News reports ...

11 years ago
A suspect has been charged with killing a northeast Kansas man who was driven to a police station after being shot. Pottawatomie County authorities said passengers in the car called deputies to the St. Marys police station around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday. The deputies found 24-year-old Levi W. Bishop, of Rossville, dead with a gunshot wound. Prosecutor Sherri ...

11 years ago
The Libertarian party will pick its candidate for governor at the party's convention in Wichita on April 26. About 150 registered Libertarians will choose between Keen Umbehr and Tresa McAlhaney. Because Libertarians are not considered a major party in Kansas, they are prohibited from picking their candidate by ballot in a primary election in August. Some Libertarians ...

11 years ago
Authorities say a school board president for a western Kansas district has been arrested on drug-related charges. Trego County Sheriff Richard Hanks tells television stations KAKE and KWCH that John Reeder was taken into custody Thursday at his WaKeeney home. He is charged with possession of marijuana, criminal use of a firearm and two counts of ...

11 years ago
A group of Kansas House members has filed legislation for the 2014 session that would add three southeast counties to the state's rural opportunity zone program. Gov. Sam Brownback established the program in 2011 to help draw new residents and businesses to counties where populations had dropped by 10 percent in the previous decade. People who ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a vehicle burglary. Police say someone forced entry into a 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix that was parked in an apartment complex's lot in the 600 block of S. 3rd during a time frame of December 30th and December 31st. Someone stole stereo equipment including a sub woofer, amp and stereo from ...

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The Kansas Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments this month in the appeal from the convicted killer of a Kansas abortion provider. The hearing in the first-degree murder case against Scott Roeder is scheduled for Jan. 29. The court has set aside 30 minutes for it. The abortion opponent is serving a life sentence for shooting ...