11 years ago
The Kansas Attorney General's Office says a man wanted in connection with two slayings has been killed in a shooting with authorities. Thirty five year old Kevin Robert Welsh of Toronto, Kan., was being sought after the shootings earlier this month in Greenwood County, near the southeast Kansas town of Eureka. The attorney general's office says in ...

12 years ago
The Supreme Court doesn't seem likely to agree with a Kansas court that overturned the conviction of a man who admitted killing a sheriff. The justices Wednesday seemed skeptical of a Kansas Supreme Court ruling that said Scott Cheever's rights were violated at his trial for the 2005 shooting death of Greenwood County Sheriff Matt Samuels. ...

12 years ago
A Kansas City-area attorney will be joining Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's staff next month as his chief counsel. Brownback announced Wednesday that he had named Brant Laue to the job. Laue will replace Caleb Stegall, named by Brownback to the state Court of Appeals and confirmed by the Kansas Senate last month. The governor's office said Laue ...

12 years ago
Kansas legislators and the State Board of Education have concluded a rare meeting to discuss the status of public education and what common ground they can find on key issues. Wednesday's meeting at the Statehouse included the 10-member state board and members of the House and Senate education committees. Most of the discussion focused on how ...

12 years ago
Kansas regulators plan to review charges imposed on utilities by a state agency that represents residential customers and small businesses to finance its work. The Kansas Corporation Commission opened an informal inquiry Tuesday after chairman Mark Sievers raised questions about the Citizens' Utility Ratepayers Board. The KCC still approved $109,000 worth of ...

12 years ago
The final days of the popular live penguin exhibit at Rolling Hills Zoo are this Saturday and Sunday. To celebrate "Penguin Landing", Rolling Hills Zoo is throwing a “Bye Bye Birdie Party” both days. Visitors can come and sign the four giant Bye Bye Birdie going away cards, visit the penguins one last time, make a ...

12 years ago
There's been a boost in the reward for information on a man being sought in two shooting deaths in southeast Kansas. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation told The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/1hWqkBk ) the reward for information leading to the arrest of 35-year-old Kevin R. Welsh has been increased to $11,000. Welsh is not been charged but he ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a residential burglary and theft that dates back to last month. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, someone forced open a detached shed at a home in the 400 block of N. 13th, sometime between September 1st and September 30th and stole a Honda CR 50r mini bike valued at $250. Police say a ...

12 years ago
A documentary about slain abortion provider Dr. George Tiller is being screened in Wichita, where Tiller was murdered. Martha Shane and Lana Wilson, co-directors and co-producers, of the film, "After Tiller," are bringing the movie to Wichita in November. They say they hope the movie will spur civic discourse about abortion. The movie focuses on ...

12 years ago
State education officials are offering two plans for Kansas legislator to consider that would increase state funding for career and technical education programs. The plans, depending on which formula legislators adopt, would increase education spending for the state's 286 school districts by between $9 million and $12 million. Deputy Education Commissioner Dale Dennis said the ...

12 years ago
An historic limestone bridge erected in 1936 in western Kansas apparently will be demolished. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is taking public comment until Oct. 31 on a proposal to tear down and replace the bridge, which straddles Rush and Russell counties. Russell County officials refused to help repair and strengthen the limestone ...