8 years ago
On Wednesday Salina City City Manager Jason Gage, utilizing authority delegated to him by Salina's City Commission, rescinded the lunchtime reduced speed school zones around St. Mary's School and Salina's eight public elementary schools. The purpose of the lunchtime reduced speed school zones was to enhance safety for children attending half-day kindergarten and their parents. Starting ...

8 years ago
Lawrence officials say contamination cleanup at a former fertilizer plant will cost more than expected. City Manager Tom Markus said Tuesday that the city is preparing to hire an outside contractor to help with the cleanup at the former Farmland Industries fertilizer plant. He said the $8.6 million trust fund transferred to the city to pay ...

8 years ago
After serving his country for 30 years in the United States Army, Retired Colonel William Clark's focus is now leading boys on a pathway to becoming men of honor and integrity. "What we're doing is transforming young men into a term I call, modern day knights," Col. Clark said. "You go back and look at history, knights ...

8 years ago
A former Manhattan city attorney has pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges. According to U.S. Attorney Tom Beall, 55-year-old Bill Raymond pleaded guilty to three counts of transporting child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography. Raymond admitted that he emailed child pornography to himself using a cellular telephone and a computer on Nov. 9, ...

8 years ago
A constipated 49-year-old gorilla at the Topeka Zoo is recovering after having surgery. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that zoo Director Brendan Wiley says the procedure the lowland gorilla, named Tiffany, underwent Wednesday went "really well." A significant amount of stool was found in her colon and was flushed out. Wiley says the best-case scenario is that she ...

8 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback is making an announcement about the Department of Corrections at a prison that has seen at least three significant disturbances in recent months. Lawmakers and the state employees' union have urged the administration to address chronic staffing shortages and low pay among Kansas corrections workers. The governor's office has not disclosed what Brownback ...

8 years ago
The Powerball jackpot is up to an estimated $510 million for Saturday’s drawing. This puts the advertised jackpot above $500 million for the first time since the jackpot run that produced the world record jackpot of $1.586 billion in January 2016! Any player who matches all numbers in Saturday’s drawing will win or share Powerball’s fifth ...

8 years ago
Police say a fiery crash of a semi-trailer truck will close one direction of Interstate 435 near Kansas City through mid-morning Thursday. Overland Park police say the crash occurred about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday when the truck went into a median and erupted in fire. The driver suffered only minor injuries but the crash damaged a safety device ...

8 years ago
Authorities are still searching for a truck that is connected to a rural Ottawa County murder. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, on Friday, Aug. 11 or Saturday, Aug. 12 an unknown suspect or suspects killed Matthew Schoshke at his rural home near Tescott. At approximately 7:15 p.m. Saturday the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office responded to 806 ...

8 years ago
The Saline County Commission named Heather Vidricksen Fuller and Lori Trow to serve first terms on the County’s Health Advisory Council.  The Commission also renewed the term of Ron Kramer, who will continue to serve on the council. Health Department Director Jason Tiller recommended Fuller and Trow, who were among six individuals who had completed expression ...

8 years ago
Wildlife experts say black bears wandering into Kansas from Missouri and Oklahoma will likely become established residents of the state within the next decade. Two bears were documented in southeast Kansas and another along the Colorado border as recently as two summers ago. For most of the past 15 years, bears only have been seen in ...