8 years ago
Records showing that Kansas officials investigated claims of child abuse for several years before a boy was killed and fed to pigs may be strengthening some lawmakers' desire for increased oversight of the child welfare system. Records released last week show that the Kansas Department for Children and Families investigated claims of child abuse over several ...

8 years ago
"It's not a day off, it's a day of remembering." That's what Salina Mayor Kaye Crawford told a large crowd who gathered at a Memorial Day ceremony in Salina. A crowd of over 100 strong enjoyed a bright, sunny spring day as they gathered Monday to remember, and honor, those who have died so that we ...

8 years ago
Grain elevators across Kansas are feverishly working to move last year's grain out to make room for the new winter wheat crop as another harvest nears. Kansas Grain and Feed Association executive director Tom Tunnell says there is still a storage issue, particularly in southwest Kansas. The activity at elevators comes amid a wheat crop that has ...

8 years ago
Wichita State University's new Innovation Campus will rapidly expand in the next few months. University president John Bardo said the project is moving faster than supporters envisioned when the campus was announced in August 2014. The campus will be on 120 acres of a former golf course on the eastern edge of Wichita State's main campus. It ...

8 years ago
Police are urging people to not follow the lead of a Wichita woman who was struck by a car after stepping onto a street in an attempt to rescue a line of ducklings. The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/2rBaefX) reports that the 57-year-old woman was treated at a hospital earlier this month and released. Police also ticketed her ...

8 years ago
Salina Regional Health Center will host a free educational seminar about atrial fibrillation. According to the hospital, Cardiologist Maria Baldasare, M.D., will host the event from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Thursday, June 15, in Conference Rooms 6 and 7 at Salina Regional Health Center, 400 South Santa Fe Ave. While the seminar is free, RSVPs ...

8 years ago
Kansas legislators are preparing to reopen a debate over keeping concealed guns out of those hospitals and other health care facilities. They're driven by a desire to avoid spending millions of dollars on new security at state hospitals. The Senate plans to debate a concealed carry bill next week. Gun-rights groups are pushing hard to narrow the legislation ...

8 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court has rejected an inmate's bid to withdraw his no-contest pleas in a 2003 attack that killed two women and wounded a third. Friday's ruling rejected 44-year-old King Phillip Amman Reu-El's claims that a Shawnee County judge misinformed him about appellate rights that would be waived by making the pleas. Amman Reu-El was convicted ...

8 years ago
Outgoing Salina USD 305 Superintendent Bill Hall has landed a new job at a school district in Missouri. The West Plains Daily Quill reports that Hall has been hired as the new Willow Springs school district superintendent.  Willow Springs is a town of about 2,200 people located in the Ozarks area of Southern Missouri near the ...

8 years ago
Severe weather rolled through Central Kansas to begin the day Saturday, and there is the potential for more later in the day. Storms that rolled through the area in the predawn hours Saturday morning dropped large hail and heavy rain, along with 60 mile-per-hour wind. The storms prompted warnings  for Lincoln, Ellsworth, and Saline Counties. According to ...

8 years ago
It’s fishing and boating season, and the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) reminds boaters and anglers that they play a critical role in preventing the spread of aquatic invaders that threaten Kansas waters. Anyone who boats or fishes in Kansas can learn more about Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) at ProtectKSWaters.org. ANS in Kansas ...