8 years ago
A government report shows the Kansas winter wheat harvest is mostly on track compared to this time a year ago. The National Agricultural Statistics Service estimated on Monday that 22 percent of the wheat in the state has been cut. That is the same progress at this point a year ago and near the 25 percent ...

8 years ago
Wichita police say a 28-year-old man is jailed on suspicion of making a terroristic threat after several people reported a threatening post on Facebook. Police say the man was arrested at a business Monday morning. Officer Charley Davidson says Sedgwick County 911 dispatchers started getting calls Sunday night from people concerned about the post that includes threats ...

8 years ago
The need for nurses continues to grow, and the shortage is especially dire in rural communities. To address that need, Kansas Wesleyan University and Salina Area Technical College are launching new programs to expand nursing education in the Salina area. Salina Tech is planning to start a one-year Practical Nursing program in the fall of 2018, ...

8 years ago
Shareholders who worked to save and restore a 138-year-old church just south of Lawrence have put the property on the market. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Stephens Real Estate held an open house Saturday for the Vinland Presbyterian Church, which is listed at $249,000. The 17 shareholders of Vinland Preservation LLC bought the property in 2001 with ...

8 years ago
A driver has struck and killed a California man as he biked across Kansas during a cross-country race. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 61-year-old Eric Fishbein, of San Luis Obispo, California, was killed Saturday night. The patrol says in a crash report that a car hit the bicyclist from behind on Kansas 96, about eight miles ...

8 years ago
Police are investigating the theft of a couple of vehicles. Jose Huasco told officers his 2010 Chevy Malibu was stolen sometime early Sunday between 2:30am and 10:46am from in front of his home in the 1200 block of North 7th. The blue Malibu is valued at $12,500 and has Kansas plate: 957 JCG.     A 2008 Dodge Ram ...

8 years ago
A handgun was discovered in a locker at Salina's aquatic park last week. According to Police Sergeant Jim Feldman, staff at Kenwood Cove contacted authorities last Thursday after they noticed a gun stored in a locker with the door open, and ID visible inside. An investigation led to the arrest of 22-year-old Daniel Puckett for criminal possession ...

8 years ago
A combine is heavily damaged by fire just east of Salina Sunday evening. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, 38-year-old Elora Heuiett of Longford, Kansas was operating a 1991 John Deer combine while harvesting wheat in the 3000 block of E. Stimmel Road when she smelled smoke in the cab. She told deputies she tried to ...

8 years ago
The U.S. Geological Survey says a small earthquake has shaken north-central Kansas. A  2.9 magnitude earthquake was reported just after 2 a.m. Monday. It was centered 6 miles northwest of the Jewell County town of Mankato. The Jewell County Sherriff's Department says there have been no reports of damage or injury. Three other quakes were reported last ...

8 years ago
The big income tax increase Kansas legislators enacted over Gov. Sam Brownback's veto won't balance the budget by itself, despite immediately boosting the state's credit outlook. Even though the reversal of most of Brownback's income tax cuts will inject $1.2 billion in new revenue through June 2019, lawmakers will have to continue relying on some of ...

8 years ago
The Saline County Health Department has started an initiative to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes in standing water. Every Wednesday is "Dump Day," where standing water should be dumped to prevent mosquitoes laying eggs. Zika Virus, according to the Center for Disease Control, is primarily spread through the bite of infected female Aedes aegypti, a species ...