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An independent commission led by a former U.S. surgeon general has concluded there "is no compelling medical reason" for the U.S. armed forces to prohibit transgender Americans from serving. It's urging President Barack Obama to lift the ban by executive order. The five-member panel was convened by a think tank based at San Francisco State University. ...

12 years ago
The University of Kansas Student Senate has voted to eliminate a student fee that supports women's and non-revenue sports. Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little has the authority to reject the Wednesday's vote on the nearly 35-year-old fee. The fee costs students $25 each semester. Students have been paying the fee since the late 1970s to help the university comply ...

12 years ago
Authorities say a man suspected of stealing 23 cattle also apparently stashed a lot of stolen property in central Kansas. Stafford County Sheriff Jeff Parr says the man was arrested last week in the cattle theft from a county ranch. He says investigators on Monday found items such as a recreational vehicle camper, car trailers, a ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Senate has approved regulations for counselors who help consumers navigate an online insurance marketplace created by the federal health care overhaul strongly opposed by most Republican state officials. Wednesday's 30-10 vote in the GOP-dominated Senate sends the measure to the House. The bill would require health care the so-called health care navigators to register with ...

12 years ago
Kansas legislators are trying to help the state's microbreweries by increasing the amount of beer they can make each year. The state Senate approved a bill Wednesday to raise the limit on manufacturing by microbreweries to 30,000 barrels of beer a year, instead of 15,000 barrels over the two-year term of their licenses. The chamber's 40-0 ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Senate has given first-round approval to a proposal from the state Republican Party to make it harder for voters to switch parties before primary elections. The Senate's voice vote Wednesday advanced the bill to another, final vote. Passage on the second vote would send the bill to Republican Gov. Sam Brownback because the House ...

12 years ago
A proposal to strip Kansas cities and counties of their power to regulate firearms is moving again through the Legislature after supporters stripped out two provisions preventing the state House from considering it. The House Federal and State Affairs Committee rewrote the bill Wednesday and approved it a second time. The full House is likely ...

12 years ago
The U.S. Geological Survey reports three minor earthquakes struck southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma. The first quake was reported at 4:50 a.m. Wednesday 14 miles east-northeast of Anthony in Harper County, Kan. It measured 3.4 on the Richter scale. Another quake, rated 2.7, was reported at 7:30 a.m. about 10 miles south-southeast of Medford, ...

12 years ago
A Hays woman has her laptop and camera stolen from her car. Salina Police say Ashia Hostetler told officers her Apple laptop computer and Nikon SLR camera were taken from her Chevy Malibu sometime between Friday afternoon at 3pm and Saturday morning a 8am. There was damage to the vehicle, total loss is listed at ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a business burglary. According to Captain Chris Trocheck, officers were called to Paints Unlimited, 704 E. North Street after someone entered the store sometime in the overnight hours of Monday into Tuesday and stole business checks, car stereo equipment, a vehicle programer and a Milwaukee brand drill. Burglars also damaged a 2000 Harley ...

12 years ago
A fire at Fort Riley fueled by strong winds burned 2,500 acres of grass but caused no structural damage or injuries. Fort spokesman Steve Elstrom says the blaze started about 2 p.m. Tuesday during a military training exercise on the northwest side of the fort. Firefighters from Fort Riley and Riley County fought the blaze ...