8 years ago
The government has updated its forecast for winter wheat production now that harvest is under way across the nation's breadbasket. The National Agricultural Statistics Service projected on Wednesday that U.S. growers would bring in 1.28 billion bushels of winter wheat. That is up 2 percent from last month's forecast, but is still down 23 percent from ...

8 years ago
A power outage in southwest Kansas was found to be caused by a bobcat. The Wichita Eagle reports that a crew from Wheatland Electric found the bobcat atop a 35-foot utility pole on Tuesday near Lakin. The animal came into contact with a pair of electrified lines and died immediately. The line crew had used a bucket ...

8 years ago
Authorities say five people have died in a fiery six-vehicle wreck that temporarily closed a stretch of Interstate 70 on the western edge of the Kansas City metropolitan area. The Kansas Turnpike Authority says the crash happened Tuesday afternoon when a tractor-trailer crested a slight hill and failed to slow for traffic that was stalled because ...

8 years ago
Employees working at Salina Regional Hospital at 400 S. Santa Fe, were conducting inventory and found that a wheelchair that belongs to the hospital is missing. Authorities say that the wheelchair went missing sometime between July 7 and July 8. The wheelchair is a blue Straxi Ranger and has a Salina Regional sticker attached. In the morning ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are in search of a stolen trailer with several thousand dollars worth of tools inside. Police say the trailer was parked on the side of a residential street outside of 225 E. Key in Salina and is owned by Dylan Killingsworth, 36. The trailer was taken in the early morning hours on Tuesday, July ...

8 years ago
Wichita State University is planning to unveil a new fully online degree in spring 2018 for students interested in homeland security. If approved by the Kansas Board of Regents, WSU will be the only university in Kansas to offer this four-year degree. The program is a broad overview of homeland security and will give students knowledge ...

8 years ago
Police say a northeast Kansas officer has shot and killed a suspect while investigating a vehicle theft. The  shooting happened Tuesday night in Leavenworth. Police Chief Patrick Kitchens says the officer reported the shooting shortly after arriving to investigate the stolen vehicle. Police have asked the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to review the shooting, as is standard ...

8 years ago
Authorities say a 5-year-old child has been shot in the leg as two adults argued at an extended-stay hotel in suburban Kansas City. Police said in a news release that the shooting happened Tuesday at Crossland Economy Studios in Lenexa. The release said the child was taken to a hospital and is expected to make a ...

8 years ago
Salina USD 305 Board of Education members approved the discontinuation of a student participation fee associated with athletics and other activities at Tuesday evening's meeting. The participation fee will be dropped beginning the 2017-18 school year. “Credit for the change goes to the Board of Education,” said Dr. James Hardy. “With a 60 percent free and ...

8 years ago
A major project to replace a section of a Salina street is beginning this week. According to the City of Salina, construction will begin on Belmont Boulevard. On Thursday, Vogts-Parga Construction of Newton will begin reconstructing northbound Belmont Boulevard from Hartland to Magnolia, a distance of five blocks. The project includes removal and replacement of the ...

8 years ago
County Administrator Rita Deister provided Commissioners with a draft copy of the 2018 budget, including budgets for the rural fire districts.  After consulting with the auditor, the maximum tax levy under a State Legislature imposed tax lid is $22,707,109 while the proposed budget actually represents $21,541,604.  The mil levy would be reduced from 37.508 mils ...