Kansas lawmakers look at helping home beer brewers
(AP) — The Kansas House is considering legislation to lessen restrictions on people who brew beer, wine and cider at home so that they can legally enter competitions. House members gave the bill...
View ArticleSenator Roberts: New York Times Story Untruths
The New York Times wrote a hit piece on Senator Pat Roberts and Kansas today that contains several untruths. To say that Pat Roberts “is desperate to re-establish ties to Kansas” and that he doesn’t...
View ArticleMoran’s Memo: Congress will not fund U.N. arms treaty
In October 2009, President Obama reversed the policies of both President Bill Clinton and President George W. Bush by committing the United States to U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) negotiations. In the...
View ArticleGalindo, Rottinghaus Winter Royalty At Hutchinson High School
Seniors Stacy Rottinghaus and Gilbert Galindo were crowned Salthawk winter royalty Friday during the Hutchinson High School vs. Maize basketball games. Other king candidates included Radley Arnold,...
View ArticleHere Is Your 7-Day Forecast For Hutchinson And South Central Kansas
More snow is scheduled to arrive central & south-central Kansas on Sunday then spread across the rest of the area Sunday Night. Continuing thru Monday Night…the snow may accumulate to between 1...
View ArticleKansas man sentenced for child porn; awaits trial in murder of mother
Jason Hachmeister A Topeka man will serve the maximum sentence for his conviction on 105 counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Child. Jason Hachmeister was convicted by a jury December 9. The panel found...
View ArticleKansas man dies in crash with dump truck
Linn County location of Friday’s fatal crash A Kansas man died in a crash with a dump truck on Friday in Linn County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol sixty-four year old Roy Bright of Pleasanton...
View ArticleOfficials at odds over Kansas school testing gaps
Dr. Diane DeBackerKansas Commissioner of Education (AP) — Education policy experts differ over the causes of achievement gaps among Kansas public school students and whether the state is putting the...
View ArticleKansas bill would abolish no-fault divorce
Rep. Keith Esau WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas House member has introduced legislation to abolish no-fault divorce in the state. The bill would remove “incompatibility” as a valid reason for divorce....
View ArticleBond approved for 2 scientists charged in Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — One of two scientists from China accused of stealing trade secrets from a Kansas research facility hasn’t been able to make bond because a bank wouldn’t give his wife a loan. A...
View ArticleFire Marshall issues report on Blaze that killed Kansas twins
(AP) — A report by the Kansas State Fire Marshal’s Office says a December fire that killed two young twin brothers in southern Kansas was an accident caused by careless cooking methods. The Wichita...
View ArticleNew software flagging more Kan. prescription drug abusers
By PHIL CAUTHON KHI News Service TOPEKA — The number of patients flagged by K-TRACS, the state’s computerized prescription drug monitoring system, increased more than sixfold after officials began...
View ArticleMore Snow Possible Tonight Into Monday
Areas of light snow will spread southeast across Kansas today and increase markedly tonight and Monday. Forecast accumulations will occur primarily from around mid-night until early Monday evening....
View ArticleMiss Kansas bags buck during bow hunt
Vail and her buck. Photo courtesy Twitter (AP) — Miss Kansas traded evening gowns for camouflage when she went out on a deer bow hunt this winter in southeast Kansas. Theresa Vail joined a December...
View ArticleDentists speak out as fluoride bill nears hearing
Rep. Steve Brunk (AP) — Oral health advocates in Kansas are pushing back against an effort to require cities that put fluoride in their water supplies to notify citizens that fluoride lowers the IQ in...
View ArticleKC’s Union Station to Re-Create King Tut’s Tomb
(AP) – Union Station in Kansas City will be turned into Egypt this summer when visitors will re-create the discovery of King Tut’s tomb. Station officials announced last week that the exhibit, “The...
View ArticleBoard of Ed to receive draft of teacher fingerprinting plan
(AP) — The Kansas State Board of Education is expected to receive a draft regulation this week that eventually could lead to all teachers in the state being forced to submit fingerprint cards and...
View ArticleWeather service retools storm spotter presentation
Meteorologist Chance Hayes (AP) — National Weather Service officials in Wichita have retooled their storm spotter training classes as they prepare for presentations around the region. The weather...
View ArticleState orders Kansas firm to stop securities sales
Kansas Securities Commissioner Josh Ney (AP) — Kansas Securities Commissioner Josh Ney has ordered Derby-based Proud Veterans and its chief executive officer to stop selling securities in violation of...
View ArticlePolice: Man dead of ‘traumatic injury’ UPDATE
2:30 p.m. LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Police in Lawrence have identified a man found shot to death in an apartment in the northern part of the city. But the circumstances of the shooting of 23-year-old...
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