8 years ago
While much-needed rain is in the forecast for much of Kansas, a little further to the south severe weather could accompany rain. Forecasters say storms packing tree-tumbling winds and car-denting hail could strike parts of the Plains, the latest round in a turbulent week of wild weather across the Midwest and South. Forecasters say the worst weather ...

8 years ago
Last season, both Kansas and Oregon were stopped shy of the Final Four. Oregon made sure it didn't happen twice. The high-octane Ducks shot 51 percent from the field and held Kansas to 35 percent as they fly into the Final Four for the first time since 1939 after a 74-60 victory at the Sprint Center. Kansas started ...

8 years ago
Kansas Congressman Dr. Roger Marshall is among those who are disappointed by the failed effort to repeal and replace the affordable care act. The effort represented the GOP's first genuine opportunity to repeal Obama's statute. But House Speaker Paul Ryan shelved the bill to avert a certain defeat. He faced defections from centrist Republicans who thought ...

8 years ago
It’s tax time, and charitable donations are on our minds. What if your donation could make a positive difference in a disabled veteran’s life? The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) issues hunting and fishing licenses to Kansas disabled veterans, free of charge. Licenses are paid for with funding provided by the State. ...

8 years ago
Kansas legislators who have resisted proposals to legalize marijuana for medical use are advancing a proposal aimed at making the state an industrial hemp powerhouse. The state House gave first-round approval Friday on a voice vote to a bill that would allow state universities and colleges to grow industrial hemp and conduct research on it. The ...

8 years ago
In 2016, the Kansas Jayhawks and Oregon Ducks were shut out of the Final Four in the Elite Eight. For this year's "Big Dance", one of the two is moving on to Phoenix. After a crushing 98-66 victory over Purdue in the Sweet Sixteen, the top-seeded Kansas Jayhawks are ready to cap off their short trip to ...

8 years ago
An affluent Kansas woman with a history of shoplifting has been ordered to spend a year and seven months in prison for the thefts. Forty-seven-year-old Kelli Jo Bauer of Overland Park, Kansas, also was ordered Friday in Kansas' Johnson County to pay more than $22,000 in restitution to merchants. Bauer has admitted she stole tens of thousands ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a car that hit two bicycle riders and then fled the scene. Police say that at around 11:20 Thursday night three bicyclist were stopped along the north curb line in the 2000 block of of Iron. A car which was headed west on Iron swerved right and struck two of the three ...

8 years ago
Members of the amusement park industry and insurers are seeking changes to a Kansas House bill that would ramp up inspection regulations after a lawmaker's son was killed on a water slide last year in Kansas City. The House Federal and State Affairs Committee heard testimony Thursday and Friday. The bill would require that amusement park ...

8 years ago
Officials offered an update Friday morning on contamination in and around the area of the Salina Regional Airport. At issue is contamination, things like solvents that have seeped into the ground, left behind when the federal government vacated the former Schilling Air Force Base. Some of the contamination dates back as far as the 1940s. The ...

8 years ago
Patrons gathered in front of the JCPenney Department store in the Central Mall in Salina. There was cake, candles, pictures and giant gold scissors to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the store calling Salina home. The store originally opened on March 24, 1917 and was one of only two JCPenney locations in the state of Kansas. JCPenney had ...