Kansas Governor Sam Brownback issued an executive order Friday to grant temporary relief from motor carrier rules and regulations for those helping with state and local storm clean-up in Oklahoma hit by tornados on May 18th. “As fellow Midwesterners, we understand from experience the severe impact spring storms and tornados can have on supplies of [...]
(AP) – Kansas legislators were resuming negotiations on tax issues after the failure of a plan from top Senate Republicans. House and Senate negotiators’ meeting Friday came after the House voted 109-5 against a Senate GOP to lower the sales tax on groceries to 4.95 percent in January. The plan also would have kept the [...]
(AP) — School districts in Kansas face the loss of about $7.2 million this coming school year in federal funding that’s reserved for the highest-poverty schools. In a letter notifying school districts of the cuts Thursday, the Kansas State Department of Education described the loss in Title I funding as “major.” The department said 5 [...]
ELLIS CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Minutes May 20, 2013 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Lyle Johnston called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. Present were Council members John Walz, Jolene Niernberger, Steve Ferland, Loran Gottschalk and Terry Redetzke. Also present were Public Works Interim Co-Director Danny Wickham, City Clerk Amy Burton, Police Chief Taft Yates, [...]
(AP) – The Kansas Highway Patrol says a second child has died from injuries suffered in a one-car accident in south-central Kansas. The patrol says 5-year-old Navaeh Smallwood of Turon died Thursday after being hospitalized since Monday’s accident on Kansas 61 about a mile north of Preston. Another child, 2-year-old Craigjohn Vanzandt of Turon died [...]
(AP) — The Kansas House will consider a new tax plan drafted by top Senate Republicans to impose a lower sales tax on food but keep the tax on all other items at 6.3 percent. The House’s debate was set for Friday morning after senators approved the measure Thursday evening on a 24-15 vote. The [...]
Six members of a family in an RV were westbound on I-70 Thursday in Thomas County when they hit a concrete bridge at mile-post 36 west of Colby. According the Kansas Highway Patrol, “the RV veered into the median striking the eastbound guardrail, and continued over the guardrail and landed on the passenger side, coming [...]
AP) — Visitors to the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center will be able to watch the restoration of rusted pieces of Apollo-era rocket engines that helped boost astronauts to the moon. The Apollo F-1 conservation project premiers Friday at the Hutchinson museum. The first public tour begins at 11 a.m. with ongoing tours daily after [...]
(AP) — Top Republicans in the Kansas Senate don’t yet know whether a new tax plan they’ve pushed through their chamber will find favor with GOP House members. The bill approved Thursday by the Senate would lower the state sales tax on groceries to 4.95 percent in January while keeping it at 6.3 percent for [...]
Salina Police Department released a video today of the suspects in the robbery of the Hampton Inn at 401 W. Schilling Road around 5:45am Thursday morning. The video is from the Kwik Shop close to the motel and also video from the motel front desk. If you have any information on who the suspects might [...]
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