AUDIO / VIDEO KSU Rolls To Texas Bowl Win
The K-State Wildcats rocketed to a Texas-sized victory Wednesday night at NRG Stadium in Houston. The team that kicked off the first ever Texas Bowl, and the first decade of the game back in 2006 with...
View ArticleStore Break In
An unknown suspect broke into The Appliance Center at 211 South Broadway on Wednesday night. An undisclosed amount of cash was stolen from the building. The thief broke a window to gain access, leaving...
View ArticleSmoky Hill River Festival Receives Largest Gift Ever
Salina Arts & Humanities announced that the Smoky Hill River Festival has received a bequest of $321,975 from the Trust of Jeri Sparks, designated for the River Festival Legacy Fund held at the...
View ArticleHaskell Attorneys Argue School Isn’t Subject to Title IX
Attorneys for Haskell Indian Nations University argue in a court filing that the school is not subject to the federal Title IX law, which prohibits gender-based discrimination, sexual harassment and...
View ArticleManhattan Gears Up For Annual New Year’s ‘Little Apple’ Drop
The Kansas town known as the Little Apple is gearing up for a ball-drop event modeled after the one in New York's Times Square. Manhattan is staging its annual New Year's Eve celebration in the...
View ArticleKansas Universities Review Earthquake Insurance Plans
Regents universities in Kansas are reviewing earthquake insurance policies after several quakes were reported in the state this year. The Lawrence Journal-World reports chief financial officers decided...
View ArticleOfficials At Kansas Agency Step Down After Leadership Change
Two of the Kansas Department of Revenue's top officials have stepped down shortly after Gov. Sam Brownback appointed a new revenue secretary, who is expected to make changes to the department. The...
View ArticleBaby on Board: Visitors Can View Baby Giraffe
With a one month birthday milestone reached and all things going extremely well, the staff at Rolling Hills Zoo are ready for visitors to see for themselves the new baby giraffe born the end of...
View ArticleVandal Damages Vehicle Windows
Salina Police are investigating a vandalism case in which windows in a car were shattered. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that sometime between 11:30 Thursday night and 4:30 Friday morning...
View ArticleRape Suspect Had 19 Deportations
A Mexican man accused of raping a 13-year-old girl on a Greyhound bus that traveled through Kansas had been deported 10 times and voluntarily removed from the U.S. another nine times since 2003,...
View Article2 top GOP lawmakers want quick repeal of income tax break
Two new Republican leaders in the Kansas Legislature want to move quickly to repeal an income tax break for more than 330,000 farmers and business owners. The policy under fire was championed by...
View ArticleKansas high court to hear arguments in casino project
The Kansas Supreme Court will hear arguments in a lawsuit involving a southeast Kansas casino in January. Oral arguments in the lawsuit over the Kansas Crossing Casino are scheduled to be held before...
View ArticleKansas agency increases number of revoked officer licenses
An independent state agency has more than quadrupled the number of law enforcement officer's licenses it has revoked each year since 2011. The Kansas Commission on Peace Officers' Standards and...
View ArticleKansas appeals court says investigator entitled to benefits
A Kansas appeals panel says a former detective with post-traumatic stress disorder is entitled to disability benefits. The Lawrence Journal-World reports (http://j.mp/2iQkWas) the case involved Paul...
View ArticleSedgwick County prosecutor retires after over 30-year career
A Sedgwick County's chief deputy district attorney is retiring after more than three decades of prosecuting local criminal cases. The Wichita Eagle reports that in her current role, 59-year-old Kim...
View ArticleHutchinson center to break ground for $23 million project
A Hutchinson hospital is getting ready to break ground on a $23 million expansion project. The Wichita Eagle reports that the official groundbreaking for the Hutchinson Regional Medical Center project...
View ArticleMentally ill Kansas man sentenced to 20 years in killing
A Kansas man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing another patient at a mental health facility three days after he was discharged from a state psychiatric hospital. The Hutchinson News...
View ArticleThe Lawrence school district is appealing a finding that it violated rules by...
The Lawrence school district has appealed a nonprofit's finding that the district violated rules by receiving free residential internet service. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports (http://j.mp/2iMTWJ0)...
View ArticleWestar increases use of drones in Kansas
Westar Energy says the increasing use of drones is helping it work faster, save money and improve safety for its employees. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/2iAgWiu) that the company...
View ArticleMan Killed in New Years Eve Crash
An Ottawa County man was killed in a single-vehicle crash early on New Years Eve near Tescott. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 21-year-old Weston McClure was driving a 1999 Ford pickup headed...
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