11 years ago
A former Bishop of the Salina Catholic Diocese has passed away. The diocese Sunday evening announced the passing of Bishop Emeritus George K. Fitzsimons. The Bushop, wh would have celebrated his 85th birthday this September, passed away earlier on Sunday. In sharing this news Bishop Weisenburger made the following statement: "Bishop Fitzsimons was loved by all. In his ...

11 years ago
Kansas gamblers will still be able to deduct part of their losses on their income tax forms this year, but starting next year that deduction is gone. Amid haggling over income and sales tax rates, doing away with the little-used gambling deduction was a popular idea among lawmakers during their session earlier this year. The Topeka Capital ...

11 years ago
A Kansas City police officer fatally shot a man who refused to drop his weapon following a foot chase downtown. The Kansas City Star reports police responded to a report of something being stolen around 3 a.m. Sunday near 13th Street and Grand Avenue. Police say they began chasing the suspect, who pulled out a gun when ...

11 years ago
Kansas residents may now carry switchblades, daggers and other types of knives in most public places without fear of arrest. A new law that took effect July 1 lifted the state's ban on several kinds of bladed instruments. Gov. Sam Brownback signed the measure shortly after legislators approved it in April. The Topeka Capital Journal reports the ...

11 years ago
Salina South's Cody Busby was playing for more than just the West team during Saturday night's Shrine Bowl football game. He was also playing for a Salina child who is battling a brain tumor. If you watched the game, and thought Busby's helmet looked a little different, you were right. He had a special tribute to Keaton ...

11 years ago
A Wichita police officer has rescued a 2-year-old boy from a fast-flowing Wichita creek. Sgt. Bruce Watts says the boy was walking with his grandfather Friday when he slipped down a muddy hill and fell into Gypsum Creek. The boy then became caught on a rock, face down in the 2½- to 3-foot water. With the ...

11 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University, after completing final paperwork, is excited to announce their plans for a new sports complex. This announcement comes on the heels of Kansas Wesleyan University's hiring of Director of Athletics, Mike Hermann, and the new leadership of President Matt Thompson, who began in April. Excitement is building for this project, five years ...

11 years ago
A former Wichita cheer coach has been ordered to spend at least 42 years in prison for having sexual relations with four young girls. Twenty-nine-year-old Timothy Wells-Lee was convicted in April on 10 counts involving girls age 12 to 14 whom he coached at Wichita cheer academies between 2006 and 2008. KWCH-TV reports Wells-Lee was sentenced Friday ...

11 years ago
This is not your old man's marijuana. Authorities say a burgeoning domestic pot industry has transformed the potency of the weed now hitting the streets. In the past, law enforcement says they mostly seized compressed marijuana bricks. Now they are mostly intercepting medical-grade, domestic marijuana. A Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area study found busts involving Colorado ...

11 years ago
Governor Sam Brownback has called a special session of the Kansas Legislature for Sept. 3 to rewrite the state's "Hard 50" criminal sentencing law. Brownback made the announcement two days after Attorney General Derek Schmidt requested a special session. Schmidt's request had bipartisan support from prosecutors and legislators. The law allows judges to sentence some convicted murderers ...

11 years ago
Kansas State University has received a $13.7 million grant to help increase food supplies in Africa. The five-year grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development will be used to establish the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sorghum and Millet. Both crops are important in dry regions of Africa. Associate agriculture economics professor ...