11 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Lawrence officials are taking aim at a bed bug problem that's emerging at apartment complexes with new rules allowing the city to tell people how and when to exterminate the critters. City code enforcement manager Brian Jiminez says bed bugs are becoming an issue at apartment complexes because of the large turnover ...

11 years ago
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says the state's proof-of-citizenship requirement for new voters can still be enforced after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling against a similar Arizona law. Kobach says the Kansas law differs enough from Arizona's version that the high court's Monday decision doesn't apply to Kansas. County election officials in Kansas said they were ...

11 years ago
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has asked for an investigation into an immigration reform protest held outside his Wyandotte County home. Kobach said Monday he has contacted state and Wyandotte County officials seeking an investigation into the protest held Saturday outside his Piper home. Event organizer Sunflower Community Action says about 300 participants chanted and left ...

11 years ago
A Kansas State University graduate student has been sentenced to 60 days in jail plus three years' probation for head-on crash that killed two people last year. The Manhattan Mercury reports a Riley County judge imposed the sentence Monday on Miles Theurer, who could have received up to 14 years in prison. The 24-year-old veterinary medicine student ...

11 years ago
In a spirited joint meeting Monday afternoon, Salina City and Saline County Commissioners discussed the displaced Salina / Saline County Health Department. It's been over a year, and the two commissions are still trying to find a permanent home for the agency. A structure problem with the roof caused the agency to close over a year ago, ...

11 years ago
A group of National Guard soldiers are coming home Tuesday. According to the National Guard, about 20 Kansas National Guardsmen from Detachment 2, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment will be welcomed home from Afghanistan on Tuesday. A ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Salina Army Aviation Support Facility #2, 2917 Hein, located ...

11 years ago
Multiple construction tools are stolen from an outbuilding. The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a burglary that took place over the weekend in the 300 block of N. Simpson Road. Deputies were contacted by Archie Ponton of Ponton Construction, after realizing someone entered his garage and took a number of power tools and saws. Some of the ...

11 years ago
A Salina man will be making his first ever trip to the Country Stampede next week thanks to a Salina radio station. Cory Saylor of Salina was the grand prize winner over the weekend in the Salina Media Group radio station Y93.7 Long McArthur Country Stampede VIP ticket giveaway. Finalists had to qualify at event sponsor locations ...

11 years ago
The Kansas National Guard Teen Camp is going on this week at the Webster Conference Center north of Salina, According to the National Guard, the camp is designed for youth ages 13-17 who have a family member in the Kansas National Guard. The annual event is an opportunity for these teens to engage with each other ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a business burglary. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, someone entered Mid Kanas Tool and Electric, 314 W. Cloud, sometime between Thursday night at 9:30pm and Friday morning at 8am. Once inside someone removed multiple tools from the display area and took $150 from the cash drawer. Police say there was no sign of forced ...

11 years ago
A longtime opponent of the Kansas death penalty plans to bicycle 100 miles through northeast Kansas to push legislators to repeal the law. Bill Lucero will attempt to make the ride Tuesday around Topeka and Shawnee County. He is expected to be joined by other death penalty opponents and members of a local bicycling club. Lucero, whose ...