12 years ago
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback has until March 31 to decide the fate of the Kansas GOP's plan to make it harder for voters to switch parties before primary elections. The Legislature delivered a bill containing the GOP plan to Brownback on Friday. He has 10 days under the state Constitution to sign the measure, veto it ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Department of Corrections has been looking for an inmate who was mistakenly released from a southwest Missouri jail. The KDOC handed 35-year-old Sean P. McKenzie over late last year to authorities in Vernon County, Mo., so he could stand trial on theft charges there. When those charges were dropped Feb. 25, Vernon County officials ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Corporation Commission is conducting energy audits at several rural grocery stores to determine how the stores can maximize efficiency. Ryan Freed, director of the KCC's energy division, says the audit information goes into recommendations about what energy improvements a store can make, and how long it would take them to pay off. Freed says ...

12 years ago
Light early morning snow caused slick conditions that led to a 22-vehicle highway accident in suburban Kansas. Eight people sustained minor injuries after 22 vehicles were involved in the accident on a ramp along Highway 69 and Interstate 35 early Sunday. Dispatchers reported the icy ramp caused drivers to lose control. Numerous other accidents also were reported in ...

12 years ago
Exhibitors from all over the country are headed to the Salina Bicentennial Center. The Mid America Farm Expo is this Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. According to the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce, over 200 companies from around the United States will be exhibiting their products, and about 350 exhibits will be on display showing the latest ...

12 years ago
Ballots for Salina's first ever mail-in election will arrive in mailboxes this week. Registered voters who live in USD 305 will decide whether or not to green light a $110.7 million upgrade to district facilities. Saline County Clerk and Election Officer Don Merriman is hoping for a 50-percent participation rate when all is said and done ...

12 years ago
Business recruiters in the central Kansas town of McPherson say there are more jobs than people to fill them, and fixing that problem might be out of their reach. The McPherson Sentinel  reports the worker shortage gives employees the upper hand in some cases, but in the long run having abundant options could end up hurting ...

12 years ago
A Topeka man who provided sperm to a lesbian couple has asked the Kansas Supreme Court to direct a district court judge to block his genetic testing. The order was filed Friday on behalf of William Marotta and also would instruct Shawnee County District Court Judge Mary Mattivi to conduct a hearing to determine if genetic ...

12 years ago
Authorities say three elephants escaped from their handlers at a circus in Missouri and damaged several vehicles in the parking lot before they were recaptured. The female elephants escaped from the the children's ride section of the Moolah Shrine Circus at the Family Arena in St. Charles. The circus issued a statement saying the handlers were able ...

12 years ago
A crash temporarily closed a south Salina restaurant early Sunday morning. A collision at the back of IHOP at 2273 South 9th Street between a vehicle and the back of the building prompted officials to temporarily close the restaurant. Salina Police tell KSAL News that a vehicle parking behind the building ran into the back of ...

12 years ago
A Kansas Senate committee has advanced a measure that aims to regulate unmanned vehicles, or drones. State Senator Caryn Tyson told the Senate Natural Resources Committee on Friday that Senate Bill 409 was designed to protect the privacy of individuals and business from drones equipped with cameras and recording devices. Several members of the committee said they ...