11 years ago
The Kansas Department of Transportation says it spent more than $18.5 million clearing and salting highways during the past winter. KDOT included its winter storm expenses in a quarterly summary of operations posted online Tuesday. The figure for clearing snow and spreading salt to prevent ice buildup was for the 2013 fiscal year, which ended June 30. ...

11 years ago
A south-central Kansas house is being sold where BTK serial killer Dennis Rader killed one of his victims. The three-bedroom, 960-square-foot house in Park City is being sold at an upcoming real estate auction. In 1985, Rader sneaked into it and killed his 53-year-old neighbor, Marine Hedge. After his capture in 2005, he still could recite the ...

11 years ago
A short chase east of Salina ends with a crash, and two arrests. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, units  were in pursuit of a 1997 Ford Escort.  As the driver, 24-year-old Mathew Leach from Ramona, Kansas, attempted to make a left turn onto Marymount Road, he struck a large wooden fence post and came to ...

11 years ago
It was reported to police that Tuesday night three young boys broke in to seven different cars on five different streets. A neighbor noticed some suspicious activity going on around some of the cars on the street and reported it to the police. The police soon arrived to find a 14-year-old boy stepping out of a ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Board of Education has yanked the licenses of six teachers, including four convicted of sex crimes. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Calvin J. Andrews of El Dorado lost his license Tuesday because he was convicted of one count of lewd and lascivious behavior. Jacob Douglas Lull of Cloud County was convicted of one count ...

11 years ago
The Wichita City Council has taken no action on efforts by abortion foes to use zoning laws to drive out an abortion clinic. Representatives from four groups asked the council on Tuesday to rezone the property of the South Wind Women's Center to prohibit abortions. A similar effort earlier this year to rezone it was rejected ...

11 years ago
The former wastewater manager for the city of Hays has been charged with violating the Clean Water Act by lying about nitrogen levels in the city's discharges. The U.S. attorney's office says a four-count federal indictment Tuesday accuses 57-year-old Charles L. Blair with making false statements about nitrogen levels in effluent at the city's wastewater treatment ...

11 years ago
If a Tuesday afternoon meeting is any indication, Saline County and Salina City Commissioners appear close to reaching an agreement on funding of repair of the Salina-Saline County Health Department. Tuesday afternoon county counselor Mike Montoya discussed the latest proposal from the city in regard to repair funding. A structure problem with the roof caused the health ...

11 years ago
Two young siblings are credited with saving a toddler from drowning in an apartment pool in Topeka. Six-year-old Crystal Canul and her 11-year-old brother, Josias, rushed to the pool Monday night after their mother spotted the 2-year-old struggling while looking out a window of their second-floor unit. The mother wasn't a strong swimmer, so ...

11 years ago
Secretary of State Kris Kobach says Kansas will continue to enforce a law requiring new voters to provide proof of their U.S. citizenship despite a threatened lawsuit. Kobach said in a statement Tuesday that he's not surprised the American Civil Liberties Union is threatening to sue on behalf of other groups, including the NAACP and ...

11 years ago
Saline County Commissioners Tuesday morning approved their 2014 budget. The $37.6 million budget includes a mil levy increase of 3 mils, and full funding of the Saline County Health Department. The budget includes $2.6 million to fund the Saline County Health Department. Of the 3 mil increase, a little over 2 mils is attributed to ...