12 years ago
Legislators are expected to make quick work of remaining education issues when the Kansas Legislature returns May 8 to finish the 2013 session, including a proposal sought by Gov. Sam Brownback to improve elementary reading scores. The plan calls for testing first-graders on their skills and holding them back if they aren't reading at grade level. ...

12 years ago
A Salina police officer who lost an eye last year in a shooting thought his career was over before he learned of many others in his profession who suffered similar wounds but were able to eventually get back to work. The Salina Journal reports Chuck Huen was hurt in a Sept. 27 confrontation with a 19-year-old ...

12 years ago
Lawrence officials say they are considering a proposal for a new type of retirement community in the city. It's called an intergenerational retirement community. Under the proposal, private developers would build a mix of single-family homes, apartments and condominiums for people 62 years and younger. The project would also include a not-for-profit continuing care retirement community. That ...

12 years ago
A new executive director will take over leadership of the Salina Area United Way. According to the organization, Amanda Michaelis will be the new person in charge. Michaelis earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Kansas and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration and Healthcare Administration from the University of Missouri. For the ...

12 years ago
Miami County authorities have charged two teenagers in connection with an ATV crash that killed a 17-year-old student. Miami County Attorney Elizabeth Sweeney-Reeder said Friday that 18-year-old William Mahaffy Sutherland of Overland Park has been charged with aggravated endangering a child and unlawfully hosting minors consuming alcohol. Sweeney-Reeder says another person who was 17 at the ...

12 years ago
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is close to winning legislative approval for new power for his office to investigate and prosecute election fraud cases. Kobach said Friday he's optimistic lawmakers will approve the bill when they reconvene next week to wrap up their business for the year. The House and Senate have approved different versions of ...

12 years ago
A Dickinson County couple married 36 years wins a $730,484 lottery jackpot. According to the Kansas Lottery, the couple's Super Kansas Cash $2 Quick Pick ticket matched all numbers in Wednesday's drawing “We were dumbfounded,” said the lucky winners. “In one word, we would describe it as ‘surreal.’” Claiming the ticket at Lottery headquarters, the husband described how ...

12 years ago
A Salina man discovers that his detached garage is broken into, and his tools are stolen. Salina Police are investigating a burglary in the 800 block of Merrill that occurred sometime between Sunday night at 8pm and Tuesday night at 11pm. Police say someone forced open the walk-in door on the garage and removed multiple tools including ...

12 years ago
A small Mennonite Church that opened in 1915 in central Kansas will close in June and then be torn down. Bergthal Mennonite Church near Pawnee Rock in Barton County will hold its final service June 30. Before that, the congregation is planning a memorial gathering on May 26. Membership peaked at 260 in 1953 but only about ...

12 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a residential burglary in Gypsum. According to Sheriff Glen Kochanowski, a couple who lives in the 100 block of W. 5th Street, returned home from a vacation on April 29th and discovered some of their property was missing. Deputies say there was no sign of forced entry but report that ...

12 years ago
Two Topeka police officers who died in the line of duty last year will be honored at a ceremony honoring Kansas law enforcement officers at the Statehouse. The 31st annual Kansas Law Enforcement Memorial service will be held Friday at the Statehouse. It will include the unveiling of a memorial that adds the names of Cpl. ...