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TOPEKA (AP) — A state Senate committee has endorsed the creation of a shield law that would protect reporters in Kansas from being forced to reveal sources or information not previously published or broadcast.
TOPEKA (AP) — Anti-abortion legislators still are pushing a proposal to allow lawsuits against doctors over legally questionable late-term abortions.
Two men were being held in jail today on drug charges, after they were arrested Wednesday near the Oklahoma-Kansas state line.
TOPEKA (AP) — A Kansas Senate panel failed to agree Thursday on a variety of tax increase proposals to close a projected gap in the 2011 budget.
Three men who were spotted engaged in suspicious activity at the Native Lights Casino parking lot around noon Wednesday were arrested on drug charges, a Cowley County sheriff's official said.
WINFIELD — Willis "Wink" Hartman is a candidate for the Republican nomination for the Fourth Congressional District seat. SALINA (AP) — Salina city officials have approved sending FEMA officials a large box of maps and citizen appeals to the agency's floodplain remapping, which they said are incorrect.
WINFIELD — Can't seem to lose weight? WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 120 million U.S. census forms begin arriving Monday in mailboxes around the country, in the government's once-a-decade population count that will be used to divvy up congressional seats and more than $400 billion in federal aid. TOPEKA (AP) — Gov. Mark Parkinson named Kansas' top securities regulator as its new secretary of state.
The board of directors of the Cowley County Crime Stoppers Inc. has approved the following for Crime of the Month for March 2010. WINFIELD — A Winfield resident approached the Winfield City Commission about directing a possible nuisance abatement ordinance toward a neighbor he thinks is a drug dealer.
MULVANE (AP) — Four people have died in an accident on the turnpike in south-central Kansas.
TOPEKA (AP) — Gov. Mark Parkinson signed Kansas' first state-wide smoking ban Friday, calling it a victory for people concerned about clean air.
TOPEKA (AP) — Top Democrats filed a complaint Friday in the Kansas House against its Republican speaker, accusing him of misconduct for representing businesses, trade groups and insurance funds in a lawsuit against the state. TOPEKA — Passenger trains are a big step closer to stopping again in Arkansas City and other locations in Kansas. TOPEKA (AP) — Top Democrats criticized an unsuccessful push by Kansas' Republican House speaker to delay pay cuts for legislative leaders' staff — including the speaker's wife — because the state law imposing them took effect Thursday. TOPEKA — The Kansas House today passed a bill to establish a passenger rail program for Kansas by a vote of 115-5.
TOPEKA (AP) — The wave of fiscal austerity rolling through the Statehouse might be powerful enough to sweep away a pillar of extra pay received by the most powerful members of the House and Senate.
TOPEKA — Momentum continues to build in the state Legislature to bring north-south passenger rail service back to Kansas. TOPEKA (AP) — A handful of state senators have played hooky from the Statehouse more than a dozen times during the most recent two legislative sessions, blaming their absences on everything from illnesses to career obligations. WINFIELD — Police this morning announced that Richard May's 2002 Ford Windstar van was located in a remote area near Pawhuska, Okla., but May's whereabouts still are unknown.
A hazardous materials team was called in from Wichita on Friday to assist in the disposal of methamphetamine production debris found in a ditch, according to a Cowley County Sheriff's Office press release.
WICHITA (AP) — Some fear a proposed amendment to a drunken driving bill would make it easier for DUI offenders to avoid getting a device that prevents them from starting their vehicles if they have had too much to drink.
WINFIELD — A man in his mid-50s died from injuries sustained in an apartment fire Saturday night in Winfield, according to Winfield Fire Marshal and Deputy Fire Chief Alan Stoll.
WINFIELD — A man in his 50s died from injuries sustained in an apartment fire Saturday night, according to Winfield Fire Marshal and Deputy Fire Chief Alan Stoll.
TOPEKA (AP) — Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson said he still has no timetable for naming a new secretary of state, the state's chief elections official.
TOPEKA (AP) — When Raymond Lundin and other cold case investigators reopened an unsolved slaying, they would post a photograph of the victim to look at as they worked.
HUTCHINSON (AP) — With spring seemingly just around the corner, the push is on to eat better, exercise more, and live longer and healthier lives.
Previous News HeadlinesMarch 17th, 2010 Salina sends appeals to FEMASALINA (AP) — Salina city officials have approved sending FEMA officials a large box of maps and citizen appeals to the agency's floodplain remapping, which they said are incorrect.March 16th, 2010 Secretary of state namedTOPEKA (AP) — Gov. Mark Parkinson named Kansas' top securities regulator as its new secretary of state.March 15th, 2010 Information on tool thefts neededThe board of directors of the Cowley County Crime Stoppers Inc. has approved the following for Crime of the Month for March 2010.March 14th, 2010 Trains on trackTOPEKA — Passenger trains are a big step closer to stopping again in Arkansas City and other locations in Kansas.March 13th, 2010 Momentum on track for service through Ark CityTOPEKA — Momentum continues to build in the state Legislature to bring north-south passenger rail service back to Kansas.Rail bill passesTOPEKA — The Kansas House today passed a bill to establish a passenger rail program for Kansas by a vote of 115-5.Bill would limit comp pay for Statehouse leadersTOPEKA (AP) — The wave of fiscal austerity rolling through the Statehouse might be powerful enough to sweep away a pillar of extra pay received by the most powerful members of the House and Senate.March 7th, 2010 No decision yet on new state officerTOPEKA (AP) — Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson said he still has no timetable for naming a new secretary of state, the state's chief elections official.School snacks could change in KansasHUTCHINSON (AP) — With spring seemingly just around the corner, the push is on to eat better, exercise more, and live longer and healthier lives.Wagnon waffles on refund woesWINFIELD — Secretary of Revenue Joan Wagnon softened her suggestion that income tax refunds might be delayed because of the state's budget crisis, following her lunch-hour talk at the Winfield Area Chamber of Commerce earlier this week.Kansas cold case squad resurrectedTOPEKA (AP) — When Raymond Lundin and other cold case investigators reopened an unsolved slaying, they would post a photograph of the victim to look at as they worked.March 5th, 2010 Boeing to bid for Air Force tanker pactWASHINGTON (AP) — Defense contractor Boeing Co. said Thursday that it will bid for the Air Force's troubled $35 billion refueling plane contract, leaving rival Northrop Grumman Corp. to decide if it will make its own attempt to build the long-delayed jets.Counties talk about filing tax claimHUTCHINSON (AP) — Kansas counties might file claims later this year with legislators to recover severance tax revenues they lost in 2009.Senate GOP leaders to push for tax increasesTOPEKA (AP) — Republican leaders in the Kansas Senate said they'll push for $300 million in tax increases to close a state budget shortfall.County buys four vehiclesWINFIELD — The purchase of four vehicles for the Cowley County Sheriff's Department and another for the youth services department dominated the action at Tuesday morning's county commission meeting, held at the courthouse.Legislators to appear in OxfordOXFORD — Rep. Vince Wetta, D-Wellington, and Sen. Steve Abrams, R-Arkansas City, will visit with community members at the Oxford Lions Club, 116 N. Sumner, at 9 a.m. Saturday.Norris book signingWINFIELD — The Sun Room at College Hill Coffee was full of both sunshine and people Wednesday, when about 50 interested area residents stopped by to pick up literature about author Lynn Pettigrew Norris' book, "Whippoorwill: A Journey Through Loss."Former deputy AG challenges ethics panelTOPEKA (AP) — A former deputy Kansas attorney general is trying to remove a member of the panel hearing an abortion-related ethics complaint against him, because of her ties to a company that provided an answering service for a slain abortion provider. |
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