12 years ago
Goveronr Sam Brownback continues to face resistance from Kansas legislators to authorizing another $202 million in bonds for a new national biosecurity lab. The House Appropriations Committee on Thursday postponed a decision on the governor's proposal for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility at Kansas State University. The governor says the additional bonds will complete the financing ...

12 years ago
For approximately the past 13 months, the Geary County Attorney’s Office, Junction City Police Department, Geary County Sheriff’s Office, Riley County Police Department, Grandview Plaza Police Department and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation have conducted a complex investigation involving the conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. The investigation involved the use of undercover officers/agents, confidential informants, ...

12 years ago
Authorities in eastern Kansas say they have arrested a 27-year-old man in the deaths of three people at a rural farm home. Franklin County Sheriff Jeff Richards says the 18-month-old daughter of Kaylie Bailey, one of the three found dead at the farm in Ottawa earlier this week, is also "presumed dead." Richards said Thursday that Kyle ...

12 years ago
Police arrest a "person of interest" in connection with the disappearance of a Salina woman. Officers from the Salina Police Department's Special Response Team, the Abilene Police Department, and the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office arrested 24-year-old Joel M. Heil at a motel in Abilene Wednesday evening at 5:20pm. Police say that Heil is a "person of interest" ...

12 years ago
Interim Kansas Securities Commissioner Josh Ney along with Governor Sam Brownback awarded three students from Salina South High School, along with their teacher, with iPad minis for their winning video submission in the 2nd Annual Kansas Financial Scholars Program Video Contest. State legislators from the Salina area that were present were Senator Tom Arpke, Representative ...

12 years ago
A pilot crop dusting in Rice County walks away from a crash landing on Wednesday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a crop duster airplane was flying east, spreading chemical. The aircraft contacted the ground while spreading the chemical, causing the plane to crash land. The pilot, 54-year-old Edward Smith from LeCompton, was not hurt. The incident ...

12 years ago
Top Republicans in the Kansas Legislature had dreamed of ending its annual session in 80 days, a show of efficiency that would have trimmed 10 days off the normal but often-violated schedule. But Senate President Susan Wagle said Wednesday that it's unlikely lawmakers can meet the goal because of an impasse over tax cuts. The Wichita Republican ...

12 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A detention hearing is scheduled to resume in federal court in Topeka in the case of a Kansas doctor indicted on four charges of illegal distribution of drugs from his Manhattan clinic. The hearing for 53 year old Michael P. Schuster will continue Thursday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Gary Sebelius. The hearing ...

12 years ago
More than 1,000 advocates for the developmentally disabled are rallying at the Kansas Statehouse to urge officials to maintain the current system for providing services. Many of those gathered Wednesday wrote messages on a 65-foot canvass banner addressed to Republican Gov. Sam Brownback. They argue that folding services for the developmentally disabled into the state's KanCare ...

12 years ago
A Kansas Senate committee has approved a bill authorizing an additional $202 million in bonds for a national biodefense lab after adding limits designed to address some conservative Republicans' concerns. The Ways and Means Committee's voice vote Wednesday sends the measure to the full Senate for debate, possibly as early as Friday. Kansas has authorized $105 million ...

12 years ago
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and the Kansas Legislature's top GOP leaders are negotiating over additional cuts in income taxes and changes in the state's sales tax. Brownback confirmed Wednesday that he's been talking directly to Senate President Susan Wagle of Wichita and House Speaker Ray Merrick of Stilwell about taxes. The Legislature reconvened Wednesday after a monthlong ...